IT managers struggle to deliver top performance with finite resources

Network/Systems Management Alert NetworkWorld.com | Network Management Research Center | Update Your Profile IT managers struggle to deliver top performance with finite resources By Denise Dubie IT managers tasked with keeping networks running smoothly and applications available report that it can still be a struggle to prevent network resource-consuming and bandwidth-hogging activities from impacting performance. Read full story Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers the technologies, products and services that address network, systems, application and IT service management for Network World. E-mail Denise. MORE STORIES SPONSORED BY PACKETTRAP NETWORKS THE BEST NEW FREE NETWORK MANAGEMENT TOOLS 2+2 = 1 with pt360. Open source and commercial support + network monitoring and diagnostic tools = pt360's centralized dashboard. Includes tools you need - SNMP, ping, TFTP and more. Click here to download now. RELATED NEWS: Can IT and end users get along?, 12/12/07 IT managers want to tell end users one thing: We are not the enemy. Verizon Business' managed services hold key to its future, 12/12/2007 Verizon Business has a number of initiatives it considers crucial to its future but perhaps none may be more important than its managed services ... Two wireless LANs better than one, Carnegie Mellon says, 12/11/2007 Carnegie Mellon University has launched a massive upgrade of its campus-wide wireless LAN . . . and chosen two WLAN vendors to supply the 802.11n ... A tool to help curb recreational traffic, 12/11/2007Twice a year the IT industry starts buzzing about employees slacking off at work. The first flare-up is during the March Madness college basketball ... THE FASTEST FIREWALLS  Crossbeam, IBM win raw performance test; Juniper scores on price. HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE Find the very best tech holiday gift ideas. SPONSORED BY PACKETTRAP NETWORKS THE BEST NEW FREE NETWORK MANAGEMENT TOOLS 2+2 = 1 with pt360. Open source and commercial support + network monitoring and diagnostic tools = pt360's centralized dashboard. Includes tools you need - SNMP, ping, TFTP and more. Click here to download now. Holiday Tech Toys Stumped on what gadgets and gizmos to give this holiday? Have no fear, Cool Tools' Keith Shaw is here. We do all of the heavy lifting of wading through hundreds of submitted technology products to find the very best holiday gift ideas. Click here to view our holiday gift guide: http://www.nww.com/PSA2_1210 Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnsreport.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   12/17/07 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: Xbox signal jamming WLANs Trojan robbing online bank customers '20/20' peers into 'Tank on Empty' Cisco opening up IOS Microsoft early with public virtualization beta The nine worst Microsoft products Cisco: the new software giant Open source and the corporate elephant Microsoft pulls plug on potty-mouth Santa AT&T employees, others discuss telework cuts TOP 100 OF 2007 Free trial: VoIP Monitoring Software Stop problems before they start by proactively analyzing VoIP quality across your WAN with a 30-day trial of Orion VoIP Monitor. Start your free evaluation today and you'll have detailed VoIP performance reporting in minutes! Click here for your free trial. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Network/Systems Management Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007