Tuesday, May 05, 2009

Weekly Update: Project profiling, Certification, Uptime and more

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Research: Simplify Windows Monitoring, Security, and...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6556/0/Highlight/?mid=

Research: PDUs: Power Monitoring and Environmental...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19355/0/Highlight/?mid=

Blog Post: IBM in Jeopardy
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31471/3/Highlight

Blog Post: Jevons' Paradox - beware the unintended...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31462/3/Highlight

Ppm-sp discussion: Project Profiling
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2736950/1/Highlight

Networking-career discussion: Career choice CCNA or ITSM ITIL certification
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2734782/1/Highlight

Industry-collaborations-sp discussion: MSP Market Share numbers Q.
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2730270/1/Highlight

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HOW SAFE IS YOUR NETWORK? - ANALYST #1 CHOICE FOR VULNERABILITY MANAGEMENT - FREE TRIAL (Download)
By Qualys
Everyone could use a health check of their network. With no software to download or install, this Qualys free trial...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/5372/0/Docs/?mid=


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,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6074/0/Docs/?mid=


SIMPLIFY WINDOWS MONITORING, SECURITY, AND COMPLIANCE
By Splunk
Centralized Windows monitoring is limited to filtered alerts and minimal performance metrics. Agent-based monitoring...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6556/0/Docs/?mid=

PDUS: POWER MONITORING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING TO IMPROVE UPTIME AND CAPACITY PLANNING
By Raritan
The rapid growth of powerful servers has pushed power and cooling systems to their limits. How can the power and...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19355/0/Docs/?mid=


MINIMIZING TECHNOLOGY PROJECT DELAYS WITH DIGITAL LIBRARIES
By Safari Books Online
The Critical Path to Delivering On Time and Under Budget. Created for project management professionals (PMPs),...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6282/0/Docs/?mid=


IMPLEMENTING ENERGY EFFICIENT DATA CENTERS
By APC
Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for data centers. It is...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/5753/0/Docs/?mid=

READ THE REPORT: 3COM WIRELESS LAN MOBILITY SYSTEM OUTPERFORMS CISCO NETWORK SOLUTION
By 3Com
In tests by the Tolly Group, 3Comï¾'s Wireless LAN Mobility System outperformed a comparable Cisco resilient controller...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19292/0/Docs/?mid=

CONSOLIDATED DISASTER RECOVERY USING VIRTUALIZATION
By PlateSpin
Traditional disaster recovery infrastructures have failed to keep pace with business requirements for recovery speed...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19265/0/Docs/?mid=


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Recent Blog Entries

IBM IN JEOPARDY
Posted by iTech-Ed (CEO)
It all started with Big Blue, the IBM chess computer that played and disputedly beat...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31471/3/Blogs

4 PITFALLS TO AVOID WHEN NETWORKING AND ESTABLISHING YOUR UNIQUE VOICE
Posted by Dennis Stevenson (Director, Software as a Service)
Defining your voice and getting it heard in the marketplace is the Social Media 2.0 way of...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31469/3/Blogs

JEVONS' PARADOX - BEWARE THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF DRIVING DATA CENTER ENERGY EFFICIENCIES.
Posted by bill.mottram (Managing Partner)
In a thoughtful article Christian Belady surfaced the Jevons' Paradox as a caution to the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31462/3/Blogs

RPATH OFFERS FREE MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR APPLICATIONS ASPIRING TO THE CLOUD
Posted by Dana Gardner (Principal Analyst)
rPath would like to be your applications' path to cloud computing. The Raleigh, N.C.-based...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31443/3/Blogs

MR. ELLISON'S STORAGE DILEMMA'S.
Posted by bill.mottram (Managing Partner)
For many years Larry Ellison has made little secret of his desire to drive down the cost of...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/31419/3/Blogs


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Recent Threads

PROJECT PROFILING (Ppm-sp)
Asked By pram_poduval (AM)
How is Project Profiling done for a service to be outsourced?
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2736950/1/groups

OBJECTIVE SETTING AND APPRAISALS DOCUMENT EXECUTION PERIOD (Soa-sp)
Asked By Nabil Bukhari (SAP Business Analyst)
How can I change the execution period for Appraisal document? Note: i got the follwoing error...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2736773/1/groups

SOA ROLES IN DEVELOPING RECORDS AND ARCHIVES MODELS AND IMPLMENTATION METHODS FOR PUBLIC SECTOR. (Soa-sp)
Asked By mobings (CTO)
How , what and where SOA(Service Oriented Architecture) , specifically in public sector , can...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2735178/1/groups

CAREER CHOICE CCNA OR ITSM ITIL CERTIFICATION (Networking-career)
Asked By pnkhakre (Net Admin) | Replies (8)
Please tell me whether to go for CCNA or to have an ITSM ITIL certification...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2734782/1/groups

STORAGE AS A SERVICE (Storage-select)
Asked By ditchboy434@yahoo.com (IT Architect) | Replies (1)
Many compnaies is moving from traditional tier-level storage into storage as a service (SaaS)...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2733312/1/groups

MSP MARKET SHARE NUMBERS Q. (Industry-collaborations-sp)
Asked By dwlucas | Replies (1)
Any recommendations on how to get Managed Service Provider market share numbers, is...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2730270/1/groups


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