What's become of 2008's 10 IT management start-ups to watch, Part 1

10 IT management technology start-ups to watch; Start-ups aim to tame IT management complexity Network/Systems Management Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile | Forward this to a Friend >>> Sponsored by Cisco How to Transition to a Strategic Network Platform New technology trends such as unified communications, virtualization, and mobility are handily showing business benefits, but they are also putting strains on the corporate network. This paper, produced by the Yankee Group, outlines a strategic approach, in which the network is viewed as a single, end-to-end system, with the goals of providing lower TCO, increased uptime, and faster time-to-market of new services. Read more now! Spotlight Story What's become of 2008's 10 IT management start-ups to watch, Part 1 IT management software makers that launched prior to an economic recession show what it takes to market software designed to help IT departments do more with less. Read full story Related News: 10 IT management technology start-ups to watch IT management software and appliance vendors used the downturn to show how they could help companies reduce manual labor, cut costs, streamline processes and optimize IT services during the economic downturn. Start-ups aim to tame IT management complexity IT management newcomers race to deliver the next-generation management platform that can control cloud computing, virtual systems, advanced applications and heterogeneous environments without requiring extensive manual labor. Open source management software gets enterprise-ready Open source management applications now available from commercial software makers could help enterprise IT departments acquire advance management capabilities, sign on for substantial support and connect with community at a lower cost. Got virtual support? Systems management vendors can't survive without it Virtual systems management might not be the most talked about technology today, but it could be the most needed tool for IT managers running heterogeneous physical and virtual systems on customer premises or in cloud computing environments. Attention online retailers: Keynote offers one week free monitoring Retail Web site owners worried holiday traffic could bring down the online shop, so to speak, could take advantage of a free offer from Web site monitoring vendor Keynote Systems.Getting a handle on Web site performance Optimizing Web performance for mobile shoppers More consumers are using their smartphones and other mobile devices to browse for products, compare prices and make purchases. Retailers need to keep up. Free IT management software not just for the small shops anymore Spiceworks this week will make available the latest revision of its free IT management software -- now enable to manage customer environments with up to 1,000 computers and/or devices.20 free software favorites Manage power consumption for free IT managers feeling the need to be green can achieve some energy-efficient results without doling out cash by downloading Spiceworks IT Desktop software and the company's new Power Manager plug-in application.Free management software gets network smartsManaging PC power, data center and network device energy consumption Free online services benchmarks cloud provider performance Apparent Networks this week added to its already free cloud performance management application with a free online service designed to help cloud customers measure the quality and performance of services delivered by cloud computing providers. 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