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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 http://toolbox.com

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Research: The Myths of Hosting Your Business Email: Debunked
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Research: Unlocking the Mainframe: Modernizing Legacy...
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Blog Post: 5 Lies You Tell Yourself About Productivity
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Blog Post: Hooray! Oracle acquisition of Sun makes perfect...
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Networkadmin-select discussion: For 2000 users what Servers I have to Use
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Agile-projectmanagement discussion: Application of Agile Scrum Methodology in Telecom...
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Wiki Article: Server Supervisor
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PROJECT GUIDE: ERP IMPLEMENTATION BEST PRACTICES, TOOLS ANALYSIS, AND RISK ASSESSMENT FOR RAPID IMPLEMENTATION
By Oracle
Companies who implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) software tend to be intimidated by the time and cost of an...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6174/0/Docs/?mid=

THE MYTHS OF HOSTING YOUR BUSINESS EMAIL: DEBUNKED
By Intermedia
As businesses evaluate the possibility of choosing a hosted solution for their business email, they often come across...
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FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF AIR CONDITIONERS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
By APC
Every Information Technology professional who is responsible for the operation of computing equipment needs to...
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UNLOCKING THE MAINFRAME: MODERNIZING LEGACY SYSTEMS TO A SOA
By Oracle
Successful execution of an SOA strategy, combined with the release of the business value contained in legacy systems,...
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APPLICATION PERFORMANCE BRIEF: ORACLE
By Blue Coat Systems
Blue Coat appliances can optimize and accelerate all Oracle Applications traffic - reducing latency and increasing WAN...
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8 PHASES OF A SUCCESSFUL CONSOLIDATION INITIATIVE
By PlateSpin
This white paper provides an overview of the factors driving server and data center consolidation and considers best...
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REAL-TIME, ON-DEMAND INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND DATA INTEGRATION
By Vision Solutions
This white paper shows you how a software-based data replication solution can drive value by providing simplified,...
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TOP CONSIDERATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURE BACKUP AND RECOVERY
By Zmanda
Best practices for ensuring security of backup data.
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Recent Blog Entries

IT LOOKS LIKE LARRY ELLISON (AKA ORACLE) IS BUYING SUN
Posted by Willie (IBM DB2 for z/OS SME)
Just in case you haven't watched any television this...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31235/3/Blogs

WHAT DOES ORACLE BUYING SUN MEAN?
Posted by Nari Kannan Comments(1)
Oracle seems nearer to a deal buying Sun Microsystems soon. What does it mean?
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31233/3/Blogs

5 LIES YOU TELL YOURSELF ABOUT PRODUCTIVITY
Posted by Matthew Moran (Author, Consultant, Speaker, Songwriter)
You do it. You know you do. Busy People Get More Done. The fact is, people who get more...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31223/3/Blogs

HOORAY! ORACLE ACQUISITION OF SUN MAKES PERFECT SENSE
Posted by Dana Gardner (Principal Analyst)
The reported acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle today makes a ton more sense than...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31222/3/Blogs

DELIVERABLE: CONCEPTUAL TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
Posted by Craig Borysowich (Chief Technology Tactician)
Describes the conceptual technology platform capable of supporting the implementation of...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31218/3/Blogs

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Recent Threads

FOR 2000 USERS WHAT SERVERS I HAVE TO USE (Networkadmin-select)
Asked By fawadaryan (Servers Cisco) | Replies (5)
I have 2000 Users i would like to make server for that users so what should I do what hardware...
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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE IS A SPECIAL FORM OF ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT (Enterprise-architecture-sp)
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I would like to seek some views from this group on a way of looking at Enterprise Architecture...
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NETWORKING COURSES AFTER A BCA (Networking-career)
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Now I'm pursuing bca want to be in networking sector so want to know about some relative courses...
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APPLICATION OF AGILE SCRUM METHODOLOGY IN TELECOM PROJECTS ALONG WITH PRINCE2 (Agile-projectmanagement)
Asked By Vivek Gupta (Project Manager)
Is anyone using Agile Scrum methology in Telecom Prince2 projects? How these two methodologies...
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SAN BOX COMPARISION (Storage-select)
Asked By vikas.tathe | Replies (6)
Requesting a comparison for SAN Box between EMC CX 4-120 and HP EVA 4400 SAN...
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I NEED TO CHOOSE A LINUX OS (Linux-select)
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I can choose among: Currently recommended distributions on LC2430S: Fedora 10 Ubuntu...
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WHERE TO START THE SECURITY CAREER? DARK SIDE FIRST OR... (Security-career)
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Just got interested in security although still in the financial field and would love to make that...
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Most Popular New Wiki Contribution

SERVER SUPERVISOR -- last edited by vikont
Server Supervisor monitors the availability of various network resources from local workstations...
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Recent Wiki Contributions

SESSION DESCRIPTION PROTOCOL -- last edited by stevetuf
Session Description Protocol (SDP) is an IETF standard network communication protocol...
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