Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Weekly Update: Unified communications, SaaS, PPM and more

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Research: An Improved Architecture for High-Efficiency,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/5752/0/Highlight/?mid=

Research: How should an enterprise move toward Unified...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/20048/0/Highlight/?mid=

Blog Post: IT Strategy: SaaS versus On Premise Software
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32984/3/Highlight

Blog Post: ZPrime rattles a few cages
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/33229/3/Highlight

Networking-career discussion: Ccnp scope
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2911456/1/Highlight

Data-center-select discussion: Should I go with an EqualLogic or LeftHand SAN
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2908271/1/Highlight

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**** RESEARCH ****
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ACHIEVING GREEN IT: ESKER AUTOMATION WITH LEGACY SAP SYSTEM ELIMINATES PAPER INVOICING
By Esker
In an initiative to reduce their company's carbon footprint, ALCAN started at the back office by replacing its outdated...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19421/0/Docs/?mid=

IBM SYSTEM STORAGE DS-RELIABLE DATA STORAGE FOR THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
By IBM
Storage infrastructure simplification is an important step an electronics business can take toward meeting the needs of...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19134/0/Docs/?mid=

AN IMPROVED ARCHITECTURE FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY, HIGH-DENSITY DATA CENTERS
By APC
Data center power and cooling infrastructure worldwide wastes more than 60,000,000 megawatt-hours per year of...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/5752/0/Docs/?mid=


HOW SHOULD AN ENTERPRISE MOVE TOWARD UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS?
By Avaya
Unified Communications is orchestrated communication and collaboration across locations, time, and medium to accelerate...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/20048/0/Docs/?mid=


CHOOSING A NETWORK SWITCH (Download)
By Insight
When choosing LAN switches for your network there are a number of considerations - applications, security, business and...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19902/0/Docs/?mid=


USING SYMARK POWERBROKER™ TO ENRICH YOUR ORGANIZATION'S RBAC MODEL
By Symark Software
The essential notion of Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for IT security administration is establishing permissions...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19009/0/Docs/?mid=


OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF IBM SYSTEM X AND BLADECENTER SERVERS USING INTEL(R) XEON(R) 5500 SERIES PROCESSORS
By IBM
Optimizing new IBM servers with Intel(R) Xeon(R) 5500 processors. The latest servers from IBM have one thing in common...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19747/0/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=


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Recent Blog Entries

IT STRATEGY: SAAS VERSUS ON PREMISE SOFTWARE
Posted by David Sawyer (VP, Operations and Technology)
In Part I of this series we introduce the factors to consider in whether follow a SaaS versus...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/32984/3/Blogs

ZPRIME RATTLES A FEW CAGES
Posted by iTech-Ed (CEO)
I seem to be spending the summer talking about zIIP and zAAP (System z Integrated Information...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/33229/3/Blogs

DEFCON UPDATES
Posted by Security Monkey (Information Security Investigator) Comments(4)
Just a reminder that all DefCon commentary will be on Twitter @ChiefMonkey. There be dragons on the...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/33217/3/Blogs

IDENTIFYING SECURITY THREATS
Posted by Craig Borysowich (Chief Technology Tactician)
There are two ways to approach the identification of threats. One way is to consider all possible...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/33182/3/Blogs

TAKE AN ITABLET AND CALL ME IN THE MORNING!
Posted by Nari Kannan
Rumors are swirling about the Apple iTablet which is seen as a successor to the Apple iPod! But...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/33181/3/Blogs


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Recent Threads

CCNP SCOPE (Networking-career)
Asked By mohitjindal (ccna)
I'm btech (cse) in 08 , i had done CCNa exam .warking as desktop/network engineer...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2911456/1/groups

PPM SOLUTIONS IN THE MARKET TODAY (It-portfolio-management-sp)
Asked By ONA LLC (Managing Partner)
Would appreciate hearing from colleagues about your experience with various PPM offerings in...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2913063/1/groups

WHAT SHOULD I NEED TO DO TO GET JOB AFTER RHCE (Sysadmin-career)
Asked By shashikantnikam (BE CSE Linux (RHCE) Certified)
I have completed BE in Comp. Sci.Also I have done RHCE. I want to do career as system admin. In...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2911981/1/groups

SHOULD I GO WITH AN EQUALLOGIC OR LEFTHAND SAN (Data-center-select)
Asked By mellerbeck
I like the ability of the LeftHand to have a virtualized SAN which I think would be great for DR, I...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2908271/1/groups


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18TH SECURITY SYMPOSIUM 2009
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Date: August 10-14, 2009 Location: Montreal, Canada.
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CLOUD USER '09
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Date: August 27-28, 2009 Location: San Diego, CA
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PROCESS EXCELLENCE WEEK FOR SERVICE AND TRANSACTIONAL WORLDS
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Date: September 21-24, 2009 Location: Chicago, IL
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