Joseph Davies, a technical writer in the Windows group at Microsoft, is the author of the The Cable Guy articles on Microsoft TechNet. He has been a technical writer and instructor of TCP/IP and networking technology topics since 1992, and has written a large amount of training material for both internal Microsoft training organizations and for a series of courses taught at a local community college. As a Microsoft instructor and course designer, he wrote introductory and advanced courses on TCP/IP and a course on the Windows NT 4.0 Routing and Remote Access Service.

As a technical writer for Windows product documentation, he wrote the following:

•  The Windows 2000 product documentation and Windows Server 2000 Resource Kit chapters on TCP/IP, routing, remote access, and virtual private networking
•  The Windows XP product documentation on Internet Protocol security (IPSec) and IPv6
•  Portions of the Windows Server 2003 product documentation and Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference sections on TCP/IP, IPSec, IPv6, Internet Authentication Service (IAS), remote access, routing, and virtual private networking

He is author of the following books published by Microsoft Press:

•  Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP) (with Tony Northrup)
•  Understanding IPv6, Second Edition
•  Windows Server 2008 TCP/IP Protocols and Services
•  Deploying Secure 802.11 Wireless Networks with Microsoft Windows
•  Understanding IPv6

His list of accomplishments include:

• Winner of a Distinguished Award and Best of Show in Technical Publications by the Puget Sound chapter of the Society for Technical Communication (STC) and a Distinguished Award by the International SCT.
•  Microsoft Windows Server 2003 TCP/IP Protocols and Services Technical Reference (with Thomas Lee)
• Winner of a Merit Award by the Puget Sound chapter of the STC.
•  Deploying Virtual Private Networks with Microsoft Windows Server 2003 (with Elliot Lewis)
•  Microsoft Windows 2000 TCP/IP Protocols and Services Technical Reference (with Thomas Lee)
• Winner of a Merit Award by the Puget Sound chapter of the STC.

He has also written the free online book TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows and numerous white papers and articles published on the Networking and Access Technologies Web site and related sites.