Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Weekly Update: e-Learning, Personal cloud and more

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Research: Download Internet Explorer 8 Today
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Research: Accelerating Web Applications, Streaming Media,...
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Blog Post: PreSales and the Personal Cloud
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Blog Post: Is NetApp missing a golden green opportunity?
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Blog Post: Computer Repair Contracts that Keep You Profitable
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Networking-career discussion: Please suggest job options after B.E. in E.C.E
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Storage-select discussion: Xsigo I/O Virtualization
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Ppm-sp discussion: Assessing the maturity of a PMO and designing a...
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CONSOLIDATED DISASTER RECOVERY USING VIRTUALIZATION
By PlateSpin
Traditional disaster recovery infrastructures have failed to keep pace with business requirements for recovery speed...
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DOWNLOAD INTERNET EXPLORER 8 TODAY (Download)
By Microsoft
Your business-ready browser...made better. Internet Explorer 8 has increased security and better performance. It's...
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A NEW DIMENSION IN IT INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT: INTEGRATED KVM AND SERIAL CONSOLE SYSTEM
By Raritan
As large, multiplatform, heterogeneous IT infrastructures grow, data centers become more complex. Advances in remote...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/5098/0/Docs/?mid=

TESTING LIVE MIGRATION WITH INTEL(R) VIRTUALIZATION TECHNOLOGY FLEXMIGRATION
By IBM
Intel successfully performs live migration through virtual technology. Live migration is essential for a dynamic data...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19749/0/Docs/?mid=

SERVICES NOT SILOS: CONSOLIDATE MULTI-TIER DATA IN REAL TIME
By Splunk
Multi-tier data, scale out infrastructures, virtualization, service-oriented architectures (SOA) and composite...
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BEST-IN-CLASS COMPANIES STRENGTHEN SECURITY, REDUCE DOWNTIME BY 33%
By Symantec
With growing IT infrastructure comes greater security risk. An increased number of end users means a corresponding...
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ACCELERATING WEB APPLICATIONS, STREAMING MEDIA, AND SSL
By Blue Coat Systems
Charlotte County Public Schools in Florida needs to serve e-learning, Internet and files to 18,000 students in dozens...
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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...
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Recent Blog Entries

COMPUTERS SERVICES TIPS FOR GETTING PAST SMALL BUSINESS SALES BARRIERS
Posted by Joshua Feinberg (Editorial Director)
Many computers services firm owners are great at talking to prospects until it's time to actually...
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PRESALES AND THE PERSONAL CLOUD
Posted by benbree (Consultant)
Presales and the Personal Cloud The goal of the presales technical team is to get the sales team...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32583/3/Blogs

IS NETAPP MISSING A GOLDEN GREEN OPPORTUNITY?
Posted by bill.mottram (Managing Partner)
NetApp's customer facing green strategy or lack thereof was one of my few disappointments at the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32578/3/Blogs

MAINFRAME SPECIALTY ENGINES
Posted by iTech-Ed (CEO)
I know I've spoken about specialty engines before (about a year ago, in fact), but at the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32573/3/Blogs

COMPUTER REPAIR CONTRACTS THAT KEEP YOU PROFITABLE
Posted by Joshua Feinberg (Editorial Director)
If you are trying to set up profitable computer repair contracts for your small business clients,...
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Recent Threads

PLEASE SUGGEST JOB OPTIONS AFTER B.E. IN E.C.E (Networking-career)
Asked By irshad shaik (FRESHER)
Im a fresher , i did B.E. in ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS. what are te job options?
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2841906/1/groups

XSIGO I/O VIRTUALIZATION (Storage-select)
Asked By Johnny (Storage Admin) | Replies (7)
Has anyone looked into Xsigo? It looks very promising. The thought of connecting any storage...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2841678/1/groups

SOA AND FUNCTION POINTS (Soa-sp)
Asked By Angels-n-Demons (Project Manager)
How do I measure SOA services using estimating techniques like Function Points?
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2838909/1/groups

PPMC (HP) VS EPM (MS) (It-portfolio-management-sp)
Asked By shawn164 (Portfolio Manager) | Replies (7)
Has anyone used the HP PPM Center solution and the Microsoft Portfolio + Project web access...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2838055/1/groups

ASSESSING THE MATURITY OF A PMO AND DESIGNING A PLAN OF ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT. (Ppm-sp)
Asked By Susan Nuss (VP, Director, PMO, Consultant) | Replies (2)
Does anyone have a tool, application or survey to assess the maturity of an organization's...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2835989/1/groups

LOOKING FOR A LIST OF TYPICAL ROLES IN IT (Ppm-sp)
Asked By ardaakbas
Looking for a list of typical roles (and skills, if available) in an IT organization for resource...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2835786/1/groups

FORRESTER: IS PRAGMATIC EA FRAMEWORK REALLY PRAGMATIC? (Enterprise-architecture-sp)
Asked By Pragmatic EA Framework (www.PragmaticEA.com) (Enterprise Architect) | Replies (3)
Cited from a Forrester paper written by Henry Peyret, Principle Analyst, reproduced courtesy of...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2834559/1/groups


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PERFORMANCE FOR GOVERNMENT ROADSHOW
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Date: July 7-9, 2009 Location: San Francisco, CA In just one day, you'll digest all the critical...
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OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION - OSCON
by O'Reilly Media
Date: July 20-24, 2009 Location: San Jose, CA Venue: San Jose McEnery Convention Center
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18TH SECURITY SYMPOSIUM 2009
by USENIX
Date: August 10–14, 2009 Location: Montreal, Canada
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NTR GLOBAL -- last edited by msalom
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