Automation tools help manage desktops

All the week's news and views about Network/Systems Management,
10/24/05
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Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert

Automation tools help manage desktops, 10/24/05

One company discusses new automation tools that give desktops
the respect they deserve.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9461>

Case study: How one IT exec brought user support back in-house,
10/24/05

In 2002, Herb Schmoll, who was managing end-user services at a
global financial services company, got a call from a former boss
to join him at Sunbeam Products, and he did, landing at a
company that had only recently declared what was then the U.S.'s
...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9462>

For outsourcing due diligence, ask these 5 questions, 10/24/05

Don't gamble with your new data center. Make sure your
outsourcer has good answers to these five questions.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9463>

Diversifying the IT department, 10/24/05

IT departments seek ways to diversify and include more members
of minority groups and women.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9464>

Starwood CTO Tom Conophy explains his desktop outsourcing
strategy, 10/24/05

Starwood Hotels and Resorts, the White Plains, N.Y., hotelier,
is in the midst of migrating from a mainframe infrastructure to
a next-generation computing environment built on Unix and Linux
servers. CTO Tom Conophy expects that its next-generation ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9465>

Best-of-breed tools for the next-generation data center,
10/24/05

A research analyst identifies the best tools for the
next-generation data center.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9466>

Face-0ff: Smart networks are not a good investment, 10/24/05

Network intelligence as promoted by the large network vendors is
the Star Wars defense system of our time - monolithic,
vulnerable and inherently unreliable.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9467>

Face-Off: Smart networks are a worthy investment, 10/24/05

Investments in smart networks quickly pay dividends across the
company because the network is the single element that touches
all the components of IT infrastructure. An intelligent network
makes everything it touches more valuable.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9468>

Cartoon: Microsoft legal settlements, 10/20/05

Cartoon of the Week, 10/20/05
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9469>

Cisco bets a billion dollars on India, 10/19/05

Cisco this week said it will invest $1.1 billion in India over
the next several years, with new projects in R&D, venture
capital, equipment financing, and customer support targeted for
the world's second-largest country.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9470>

Oracle patches 88 holes in quarterly security update, 10/19/05

Oracle released a bundle of critical security patches for its
software on Tuesday, fixing 88 vulnerabilities in products
including its database and application servers and in some
PeopleSoft and JD Edwards applications. A work-around exists for
just ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9471>

Newsletter: Microsoft preps new certification path; students get
a boost from (ISC)2, IBM, 10/19/05

There are two sets of items today that I want to talk about:
some news concerning the Microsoft Certified Professional
program and news that ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9472>

Newsletter: Reflectent gains a Citrix edge, 10/19/05

This week I'm at Citrix iForum Global, the annual gathering of
Citrix users and partners from around the world (following the
2004 hurricane season the event was moved ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9473>

Deloitte ranks fastest growing tech companies, 10/19/05

Deloitte & Touche Wednesday unveiled its list of the fastest
growing technology companies in North America.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9474>

Compliance software adds privacy keyword filtering, 10/18/05

Workshare on Monday released the latest version of its document
compliance software that for the first time includes the
company's Document Hygiene technology designed to guard against
privacy breaches and the disclosure of sensitive information.
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9475>

Newsletter: Six years for success, 10/18/05

If you're a middle manager seeking to advance, you've got about
six years to prove your potential as a senior manager or your
superiors will identify you as a career ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9476>

The top 5: Today's most-read stories

1. School traps infected PCs in its web
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9477>
2. Cartoon of the Week
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9478>
3. Cisco bets a billion dollars on India
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9479>
4. Cisco finally brings security push to LAN
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9114>
5. WiMAX just around the corner
<http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt9118>

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