Thesis (M.A.)--University of Virginia, 1998. / Description based on content as of June 1999. Title from title screen.

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Dudeism was inspired by a film released in 1998 named The Big Lebowski, which recounts the adventures of a character called the Dude, the namesake of the religion. The Dude is an example of the (mostly) ideal practitioner of Dudeism, which Dudeists mean has existed throughout the ages, expressed differently by different systems of belief and behaviour while retaining an essential Dudeistic spirit.    A superficial overlook of this system of belief and behaviour finds many similarities to early Taoism, a parallel which Dudeism itself encourages, particularly in regards to the Tao Te Ching. It is also clear that many of Dudeism’s central concepts are inspired or borrowed from said work.    This essay explores the relationship between Dudeism and Taoism through comparison, focusing on the teachings of Tao Te Ching in relation to Dudeist thought and practice. It seeks to establish Dudeism’s religious history as a religion firmly rooted in both a modern motion picture and ancient Eastern thought. The essay concludes that Dudeism has adapted the teachings of the Tao Te Ching for a modern, Western audience through the language and imagery of The Big Lebowski, adding its own twists to ancient concepts.

This work deals with programs designed to manage data networks and to their use in managerial practice. The purpose is to explain how these programs contribute to a systemic understanding of managed network and system thinking. All these methods are applied on example of two largest wireless ISP companies in South Bohemia. The dissertation explains the issue of making mental models of the managed network, which concerns specially managers of ISP companies. The work is not an administrator view at programs for network management, but rather a management view and instructions how to use these programs in management decisions to solve complex problems and future development of managed network.

This master's thesis deals with the design and implementation of optimization and monitoring of the server room. Optimization consists in designing access system and server room temperature measurement, automatic infrastructure start-up and power management, server and network infrastructure optimization, server virtualization management and network monitoring.

This diploma thesis describes the work performed in the optimization of the corporate network in the company Alps Electric Czech to expand the amount of information obtained about the state of the network and thus improve the response of the IT department to potencial errors. During the optimization, a monitoring system was also deployed and its connection to the helpdesk and a tailor-made website running on the Flask microframework. With the gradual deployment, adjustments were made based on feedback from the IT department staff. Overall, the network has become more clarified, increasing the efficiency of maintenance and service.