Management vendors team on configuration spec; Virtualization management gotchas

Network/Systems Management News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Sterling Commerce SOA and the Business of Change Changes such as mergers, acquisitions and dealing with a competitive landscape are the ever fluid business and technical environment we all exist in today. With best IT practices and SOA strategy you can prepare for success through IT/business alignment, proper organizational change management and critical skills training. Download this webcast and listen to an IDC analyst take you through this critical subject. Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 08/21/07 Management vendors team on configuration spec, 08/20/07: CMDB Federation releases a draft specification to allow multiple databases and management data repositories to share information. Management tool vendors gear up for virtualization, 08/20/07: BMC, CA, Network General and others combine specialized server management with traffic-flow analysis to track application performance across a virtual infrastructure. Lotus ships Notes/Domino, 08/20/07: IBM/Lotus last week shipped Notes/Domino 8, ushering in its new client framework and integration with its next-generation social networking tools. Network World's Network Infrastructure Buyer's Guide Find the right infrastructure products for your enterprise - fast. Our extensive database of detailed product information in over 20 specific network gear market segments will help you quickly pinpoint what you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best decision for your enterprise. Click here to go the Buyer's Guide now. Podcast: Virtualization management gotchas: Andi Mann, research director with Enterprise Management Associates, on how to avoid virtualization trouble spots. Study: Could onshoring become the new offshoring?, 08/17/07: A recent ITAA report details how U.S. companies can kill two birds with one stone: outsource their labor force and keep jobs available to U.S. workers. Windows administrators seek increased automation, 08/16/07: Internal politics is the topmost frustration for Windows administrators, who would prefer less bureaucracy and more automation over a salary increase, according to a research survey published this week. Cisco has green credentials: An Environmental Protection Agency report lists Cisco as the leading hi-tech company that uses green power. 15 ways to create innovation with IT, 08/16/07: Behind every successful innovator are effective leadership and management practices. Below, 15 CIO 100 winners share their secrets. Managed services and the channel: Cisco Subnet's Channelguy asks: As a channel partner considering managed services, do you invest in your own infrastructure and manage your own fate or do you extend your reseller roots to managed services? Citrix: XenSource fills critical virtualization hole in product portfolio, 08/16/07: Citrix's announcement that it would acquire XenSource demonstrates the company’s plans to support the most relevant application delivery technologies possible, company officials say. The software, according to Citrix Chief Strategy Officer Wes Wasson, will not only enhance Citrix's desktop and server products, but also be put to use in the company's application networking tools also acquired with NetScaler and Orbital Data. Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie talked with Wasson today to learn more about why Citrix made this move now and what it means to corporate IT customers.

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