| Network skills in demand, pay well in down economy Network management, desktop support and Windows administration among the sought-after skills that continue to pay during the downturn. Vendors scramble to rein in virtual environments BMC, HP, Embotics, Fortisphere and VKernel update management products to take on virtual environments. Virtual management start-up snags $4.6M VKernel lands $4.6 million in Series A funding to further development on its virtual appliance technology designed to manage virtual server environments. Vendors scramble to rein in virtual environments The rush to virtualize data-center resources has players across the entire IT landscape working to deliver virtualization products and win customer favor. Management and automation vendors see the technology as an opportunity to improve current tools and create news ones designed to help enterprise IT shops optimize their virtual environments. 10 IT products for taking your network to the next level Need a deeper look into your virtual environment so you can charge departments for resource use? Want to keep closer track of communications among virtual machines? Ready for a product that extends the life of the batteries operating your critical wireless networks? Here are 10 best-of-their-kind products for increasingly sophisticated IT environments. 7 tips for succeeding with virtualization As server virtualization projects gain scale and strategic value, enterprise IT managers must move quickly beyond tactical approaches to achieve best results. Managing your VMware environment in four simple steps When it comes to managing virtual server environments, two distinct camps have emerged. One side argues that virtual machines require the same care and feeding as their physical counterparts, just multiplied by 100 because VMs proliferate at a faster pace. The second camp contends that VMs introduce new, unique challenges not before seen in the physical realm. VMware's VirtualCenter coming to Linux, iPhone VMware CTO Stephen Herrod drew a cheer at the VMworld conference Wednesday by announcing plans to bring the next version of VMware's VirtualCenter management software to Linux and the iPhone. 7 virtual management companies to watch Virtualization is taking enterprise companies by storm, and ill-prepared IT managers might find themselves struggling against a proliferation of virtual machines (VM), increased configuration complexity and other management issues that come with widely deploying virtual servers. Reader's Choice picks for the best Windows open source projects Microsoft Subnet blogger Ron Barrett has assembled a collection of readers all time favorite Windows open source tools for security, network management, graphics and more. All about OSPF Here's an index of three months of OSPF training posts by Wendell Odom. Top Trends: Patch Management Find out how patch-management products work, and what they can do for you, in this Product Guide. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons
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