Microsoft outlines business intelligence strategy; Blue Shield's tactical planning

Network/Systems Management News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by NEC Unified Solutions Network availability and performance have become a top priority for IT management as more organizations deploy IP telephony. Find out how expert maintenance and round-the-clock monitoring of network assets can serve to greatly minimize downtime as well as reduce time to repair. Learn more from NEC Unified Solutions. Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 05/10/07 Microsoft outlines roadmap for business intelligence, 05/09/07:  Microsoft Wednesday staked out the future of its business intelligence strategy by unveiling the next version of SQL Server and the performance management layers to be built on top of it. Click here for more. CIOs share secrets of getting IT some respect, 05/09/07:  One of John Furlong’s pet peeves is IT employees who don’t dress like their clients. Click here for more. Infoblox unveils branch DNS device, 05/07/07:  IP address management vendor Infoblox is making available an appliance designed to help IT managers provide network services such as DNS and DHCP to distributed branch locations. Click here for more. Network Pros' Favorite Freeware Tools Get your copy of Network World's latest Executive Guide "Management's Many Faces" and see which free management tools are rated tops by your peers. Also, find case studies and expert information on the technology and techniques network IT executives are using to address today's management challenges. Click Here to download! How Blue Shield of California handles planning, 05/08/07:  Joining Blue Shield of California in the summer of 2005, Elinor MacKinnon found no strategic or tactical planning function inside the IT department. So she set about creating one from scratch for the San Francisco-based health insurer. Click here for more. Search technology from MIT identifies markets, technologies, 05/09/07:  A search technology developed at the MIT Media Lab is helping some Fortune 500 companies uncover new markets and trends by examining consumer sentiment found on the Web. Click here for more. IBM gathering public input to help Africa, 05/08/07:  IBM wants your advice on how to spur innovation and economic development in Africa. Click here for more.

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