Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ

All the week's news about data center technology, 09/27/05
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Network World's Data Center News Alert

Management play: HP snaps up Peregrine, AppIQ, 09/26/05

Looking to fill out its management offerings, HP last week said
it would pay $425 million to add Peregrine Systems' asset
management technology to its software suite.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7751>

IT managers tell of ITIL adoption labor pains, 09/26/05

Enterprise companies tackle the arduous task of implementing
organizational change across distributed networks.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/092205-itil.html?nl>

Start-up aims to simplify virtualized testing, 09/26/05

Start-up Akimbi Systems says it has the answer for IT shops
looking to reduce the headaches involved with setting up
multiple test environments for complex software development
efforts.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-akimbi.html?nl>

Software as appliance, 09/26/05

Next up on the applications scene - enterprise software that can
be bought, deployed and managed as easily as a typical network
appliance.
<http://www.networkworld.com/buzz/2005/092605-softapp.html?nl>

Newsletter: Virtualization requires top-down management,
09/20/05

Data center managers have already discovered that consolidation
and virtualization of data center resources can produce
significant ROI. Part of that ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7752>

High bandwidth requirements may force LAN cabling decisions,
09/19/05

LAN cabling experts and vendors say that organizations
installing copper cabling in data centers should investigate new
unshielded twisted-pair products that can support future
high-bandwidth technologies such as 10G Ethernet.
<http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/091905-cabling.html?nl>

Opinion: Can networking make a financial comeback?, 09/19/05

It's hard to remember the heady days of the 1990s, when network
stocks were flying high, IPOs showed enormous gains in their
very first hours and the financial future of networking seemed
rosy. Networking is sure not looking like a high-flyer anymore
...

<http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2005/091905nolle.html?nl>

Newsletter: Factors to consider when weighing iSCSI for storage,
09/13/05

ISCSI is a standard protocol for running block-level SCSI
commands over an IP network. Storage managers can use iSCSI as a
low-cost way of ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7346>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. McAfee, Omniquad top anti-spyware test
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews6987>
2. Ransomware: How big is your risk?
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7753>
3. How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7754>
4. Mass. finalizes plans to phase out Office
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7755>
5. The rise of the IT architect
<http://www.networkworld.com/nldatacenternews7349>

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