HP saves energy with thermal mapping; Enterprise help desk lacks maturity

Network/Systems Management News Alert This newsletter is sponsored Gateway Virtual Server Management: Weighing the options Learn about an array of exciting new time-saving tools that make it possible to manage virtual servers in a similar way as physical servers by watching the latest Network World Editorial Perspectives Webcast. Click here to watch! Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 07/26/07 HP adds thermal mapping to energy-saving services, 07/25/07: HP Wednesday announced it had added thermal mapping capabilities to its data center assessment services that show customers how they can potentially save between 10% and 45% on energy costs by using cooling systems more efficiently and optimizing data center design. Study: Enterprise help desk lacks maturity, 07/24/07: End users are giving their IT help desk better grades for efficiency than the IT departments are willing to give themselves, based on a study released by London, Ont.-based Info-Tech Research Group. Google's privacy chief backs t-shirts, not ties, 07/24/07: Google's global privacy counsel, Peter Fleischer, wants to see t-shirts replace the tie as standard business attire, saying the tie "constricts circulation to the brain." Optimize Your WAN: Network World Shows You How In this Executive Guide learn how optimization can supercharge your WAN. Click Here Satellite services and telecommuting not always a pretty mix, 07/24/07: The satellite-Internet sales pitch to telecommuters is unusually honest: Come to us if you can’t get anything else. ITAA recommends a new breed of IT outsourcing, 07/24/07: The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) recently released a report on an alternative to offshoring of IT services – lower cost domestic outsourcing. Extreme Networks upgrades secure-switch software, 07/24/07: Extreme Networks this week unveiled two security offerings designed to allow customers improved insight and control over their networks. A10 announces two smaller application acceleration boxes, 07/23/07: A10’s application acceleration gear family has two new members - AX2000 and AX2100 - that have lower throughput but also lower prices for smaller data centers.

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