How much will you spend on application downtime this year?

Have you hugged your SysAdmin today?; Some IT skills hot, even in down economy Network/Systems Management Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Kaseya Horror Stories: Managing IT Across Multiple Locations Increasing demand and shrinking budgets can make systems management across multiple locations a frightening experience. Join us for this important FREE webcast August 18, 2009 and discover how you can efficiently manage hundreds of systems through one interface, saving time, hassle, money and resources. Spotlight Story How much will you spend on application downtime this year? Phurnace Software commissions Hurwitz & Associates to survey some 250 IT professionals about the cost of application maintenance, personnel and downtime. Read full story Related News: Have you hugged your SysAdmin today? When your e-mail works today or the application you depend upon responds quickly, don't forget to thank your company's system administrator – who probably played some part in ensuring you could remain productive and get your job done. Some IT skills hot, even in down economy Foote Partners' latest analysis shows that pay for 28 IT skills and certifications is on the rise, while 46 skills and certifications saw a decrease in pay in Q2. Recession no reason to neglect IT workforce, Gartner says Gartner survey shows companies continue to put hiring and staff development on hold, despite specific skills being in demand. IT cost management must: Chargeback Forrester Research report details why IT chargeback practices and technologies will become mandatory for most IT organizations. New IT job: Virtual Infrastructure Architect IT departments adopting virtualization across IT domains such as network, servers, storage and desktops should consider creating a new position designed to address the technology at an enterprise level. Network performance worries delay app deployments Apparent Networks' survey reveals IT managers put off new VoIP, video and unified communications deployments due to network performance worries. Savvy management: Putting IT on a diet IT organizations with less budget money to spend could find ways to re-align existing technology and human resources to optimize services -- without making a large capital investment. July Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies each of books on Enterprise Web 2.0 and Building a Greener Data Center; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons to one lucky reader and 15 copies of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Unleashed. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries July 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are Black Hat's best How well you remember the Black Hat conference's most notorious incidents? Wireless burning questions How much longer are you going to hang onto that Ethernet cable? And other questions. Next-Generation Data Centers IT transformation begins at the data center, as enterprises embrace technologies such as virtualization and cloud computing to build adaptable, flexible and highly efficient infrastructures capable of handling today's business demands. Read this Guide.   August 03, 2009 TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES iPhone SMS attack to be unleashed at Black Hat Mystery solved: MS emergency patch precedes Black Hat session Clampi Trojan plunders financials for botnet CERT and ISC warn about BIND9 DNS vulnerability 5 technologies Iran is using to censor the Web Microsoft-Yahoo will change cloud computing Cloud computing confusion reigns in U.S. government Black Hat's most notorious incidents What business is Cisco in today? Cisco fixes critical WLAN flaws Requirements Engineering for Successful Systems Development Learn how unifying the development process through connected requirements management across engineering disciplines and phases in the product development lifecycle will help you reduce the amount of time to bring new products to market while ensuring that they will meet emerging customer and marketplace needs. Learn More Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now   This email was sent to networking.world@gmail.com Complimentary Subscriptions Available for newsletter subscribers. Receive 50 issues of Network World Magazines, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Apply here. Terms of Service/Privacy   Subscription Services Update your profile To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Unsubscribe Network World, Inc., 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2009 www.networkworld.com