Denise Dubie's take on the trends in this market, along with links to the latest news headlines.

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A majority of Interop Las Vegas attendees polled say IT bugets in 2009 will exceed those of 2008 as planners prepare to spotlight new technologies at the show. Cloud-management wares multiply Telemetry, NetIQ, ScienceLogic and Univa UD use Interop to debut products designed to manage performance and availability for IT services delivered via the cloud. NetScout, Cisco partner to spot performance problems NetScout integrates its Sniffer Global product with Cisco Mobility Services Engine to help enterprise network managers spot performance problems on wired and wireless networks. Vendors meld IT asset controls, facilities management Avocent application monitors power, cooling and space alongside IT asset data, while Netreo adds power management, environmental metrics to its OmniCenter DataCenter Dashboard. Virtual server management demands strong policies, automation tools Automation tools are important, but human processes are the key to preventing virtual server sprawl, Interop panelists say. Universal Health Care for SQL Server? SQL Profiler - 2008 style... Microsoft Subnet blogger Brian Egler greatly admires SQL Server Profiler. One of its features lets you quickly set up a trace on current connection, it is new in SSMS 2008, namely "Trace Query in SQL Server Profiler". May Giveaways Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet are collectively giving away books on Google Apps Deciphered, the CCNA Security exam, an awesome SQL Server 2005/2008 training video and the grand prize, a Microsoft training course from New Horizons worth up to $2,500. Deadline for entries May 31. Evolution of Ethernet From 3Mbps over shared coax to 40/100Gbps over fiber…and beyond. Apple iPhoneys: The 4G edition iPhone enthusiasts from around the Web offer their visions for the next-gen iPhone. 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