Tuesday, January 19, 2010

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Research: Don't Lose Your ROI with Antiquated Network...
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Research: Refreshing Servers: A Clever Way to Save Money
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Blog Post: Effective Decision Making
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Blog Post: Are You Ready to Select a Sourcing Service...
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Blog Post: Starting a New Series on Entrepreneurialism
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Networking-career discussion: Right direction for career advancement?
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Sysadmin-career discussion: RHCE with RHEL5
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DON'T LOSE YOUR ROI WITH ANTIQUATED NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (Download)
By Sun Microsystems
We all know driving ROI is critical to the justification of your server refresh, upgrade, or virtualization project....
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/20513/0/Docs/?mid=

REFRESHING SERVERS: A CLEVER WAY TO SAVE MONEY (Download)
By Sun Microsystems
Most mid-size companies keep their servers for three to five years. Current economic conditions might suggest that...
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THE UNIFIED MANAGEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURES
By HP
As server infrastructures get ever more complex, maintaining service across a network is a real challenge – especially...
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BIGGER PICTURE, SMARTER DECISIONS: TODAY'S BI TOOLS
By IBM
With people and systems increasingly interconnected, it's hard to keep up with data. In the ForwardView article,...
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UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS POCKET GUIDE
By ShoreTel Inc.
IP Telephony provides the foundation for meeting today's need for Unified Communications (UC) in the enterprise. The...
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BUSINESS CRITICAL CLOUD STORAGE: BEST PRACTICES FOR ISVS ARCHIVING CUSTOMER DATA
By Iron Mountain Digital
As storage needs continue to skyrocket, cloud archiving has gained popularity as a cost-effective option that saves...
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DATA PROTECTION OPTIONS FOR VIRTUALIZED SERVERS
By Quantum
Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection - Best Practices and Technologies by Greg Schulz. Industry Trends and...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/20828/0/Docs/?mid=

THE SHORTCUT GUIDE TO NETWORK MANAGEMENT
By SolarWinds
The Shortcut Guide to Network Management for the Mid-Market, written for SMB and mid-market businesses, outlines...
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EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING
Posted by Luca Cutolo (Lead IT Architect)
Today topic is how to successful implement "Effective Decision Making" processes. Thought...
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TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC INCENTIVES MOUNT FOR SEEKING ALTERNATIVES TO COSTLY MAINFRAME APPLICATIONS
Posted by Dana Gardner (Principal Analyst)
Listen to the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript or...
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ARE YOU READY TO SELECT A SOURCING SERVICE PROVIDER?
Posted by KDouglass (Managing Partner)
Provider selection is perhaps the most important decision to be made in the course of a...
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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE AND STAKEHOLDERS' PLANS
Posted by Adrian_Grigoriu (Strategy and Enterprise Architecture consultant)
EA was compared to city planning. One needs to plan infrastructure like roads, water and gas...
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STARTING A NEW SERIES ON ENTREPRENEURIALISM
Posted by Dan Morrill Comments(1)
I continually talk about how starting a new company can be one of the smartest things...
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RIGHT DIRECTION FOR CAREER ADVANCEMENT? (Networking-career)
Asked By smallah | Replies (3)
I have completed MSc(CS) 5years integrated course in 2008 with only 56% marks, the issue...
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HP'S LEFT HAND FOR SAN STORAGE? (Data-center-select)
Asked By byers
We are looking at increasing our SAN Storage and we are considering HP's Left Hand solution...
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RHCE WITH RHEL5 (Sysadmin-career)
Asked By athreyavc
I am preparing for the RHCE and aiming for it in March2010. I am a linux user ( I heavily...
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INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR WINDOWS 2003 SERVER ADMINISTRATOR (Sysadmin-career)
Asked By exchange2007server (System Administrator) | Replies (2)
Can anyone send me Latest Interview Questions for Windows 2003 server Administrator...
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MCSA OR MCSE -- WHICH HAS MORE VALUE? (Sysadmin-career)
Asked By alokna (student) | Replies (2)
I have cleared 70-290,291,294,270.I hv heard that papers for 2k3 will be ending from this...
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ANALYSIS BY EA - JT (Enterprise-architecture-sp)
Asked By Avancier (Mr.) | Replies (3)
JT A technical problem prevented my replying to your last ITtoolbox message - hence the...
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EA META MODELS: GEM V SAM (Enterprise-architecture-sp)
Asked By Avancier (Mr.)
Roy Thanks for the large volume of answers to JT's question. Thanks for the links to your meta...
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MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER - HELPING IT GAIN EFFICIENCIES AND REDUCE COSTS
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Date: January 28, 2010 Time: 11:00am - 2:00pm EST Location: Live Chat
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