Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Weekly Update: Project delays, Compliance, Outsourcing and more

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Research: IBM BladeCenter-integrate servers, storage and...
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Research: Managed Hosting Services: Fully or Semi-managed
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Blog Post: The Value of Expertise
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Blog Post: HP Software marketing head Anton Knolmar delves...
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Networking-career discussion: Query on CISSP certification
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Network-projectmanagement discussion: ROM / Debriefing Letter Template
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Wiki Article: Document your Network
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IBM BLADECENTER-INTEGRATE SERVERS, STORAGE AND NETWORKING
By IBM
By doing more with less, you can realize savings and reduce complexity at the same time. IBM BladeCenter is a complete,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19135/0/Docs/?mid=


BEST PRACTICES FOR .NET TROUBLESHOOTING
By AVICode
Discover best practices and strategies to avoid application failures and performance bottlenecks, and when problems do...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19293/0/Docs/?mid=


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...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19266/0/Docs/?mid=


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...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19829/0/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=

MANAGED HOSTING SERVICES: FULLY OR SEMI-MANAGED
By Aplus.net
Small and medium sized businesses face many time consuming tasks when looking for a web presence, especially if they do...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19710/0/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=


FIVE NEW AIX DISASTER RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES AND STRATEGIES (Podcast)
By Vision Solutions
Join Jeff Howard from IBM's Power Systems product team and Rich Krause from Vision Solutions as they discuss...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19733/0/Docs/?mid=

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Recent Blog Entries

WARRANTY 'ROBO-CALLS' GET FTC PROBE
Posted by Sherman Hand (Directory Of Security, Fraud and Abuse)
Federal regulators are close to filing lawsuits against companies behind a national wave of spam...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32420/3/Blogs

SNOW LEOPARD PREVIEW
Posted by hohlecow (Software Engineer)
World of Apple has posted a look at the WWDC 2009 build of Snow Leopard. While not much has...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32419/3/Blogs

THE VALUE OF EXPERTISE
Posted by Dennis Stevenson (Director, Software as a Service) Comments(1)
Over the weekend I decided to undertake a home improvement.  I would say a "small improvement"...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32418/3/Blogs

EDS'S DAVID GEE ON THE SPECTRUM OF CLOUD AND OUTSOURCING OPTIONS UNFOLDING BEFORE IT ARCHITECTS
Posted by Dana Gardner (Principal Analyst)
HP's purchase last year of EDS came just as talk of cloud computing options ramped up...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32413/3/Blogs

HP SOFTWARE MARKETING HEAD ANTON KNOLMAR DELVES INTO CREATING NEW IT ECONOMIES OF PERFORMANCE
Posted by Dana Gardner (Principal Analyst)
IT departments are nowadays having to do more with less, gaining additional productivity while...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32411/3/Blogs


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Recent Threads

CAREER AS IT ENGINEER/SECURITY OR WEB DEVELOPER (Networking-career)
Asked By Barryt82
I was hoping for some advice from you all. I recently graduated Uni as computer science bsc...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2826208/1/groups

QUERY ON CISSP CERTIFICATION (Networking-career)
Asked By paulAni (MTS) | Replies (1)
I have following queries on CISSP Certification. 1) 99% of my career( which is around 10 years ) is...
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ROM / DEBRIEFING LETTER TEMPLATE (Network-projectmanagement)
Asked By Timpson, Clifford Sr SSG RET
I have to prepare a ROM for IT equipment and prepare a debriefing letter. Therefore, I am looking...
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WATCHGUARDX550E HARDWARE FIREWALL (Firewall-select)
Asked By all-purposs-53 (to master) | Replies (2)
Can you please let me know about this Firewall,Can I count on it for good protection?
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GOOD LEARNING GUIDES FOR POSTGRESQL ON CENTOS LINUX (Linux-career)
Asked By NEVITA (Mr)
Anyone can point me to good guides on how to learn Postgresql especially on linux?
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RE-BRANDING OUR SDLC (Ppm-sp)
Asked By Soccer7 (Project Leader) | Replies (1)
Currently our SDLC doesn't have a very good reputation. It's seen as a paperwork nightmare...
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NETWORKING CAREER (Networking-career)
Asked By navinpathak (admin) | Replies (3)
I am Navin from Gorakhpur ,UP,India. I am working with Tata telecom as a system eng. basis...
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Date: August 27-28, 2009 Location:San Diego, CA Cloud Computing can be a great equalizer, putting...
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INTEROP MUMBAI
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SOFTWARE TEST & PERFORMANCE '09 ( STPCON)
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PERFORMANCE FOR GOVERNMENT ROADSHOW
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Date: July 7-9, 2009 Location: San Francisco, CA
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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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DOCUMENT YOUR NETWORK -- last edited by howard_nyc
This list has been created to provide the most elaborate overview of elements in a network that...
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