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	American Water taps Novell's PlateSpin tool With all the talk of cloud this and cloud that, sometimes it's easy to forget that many IT managers are often as not grappling with traditional infrastructure and all its constraints. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! In this Issue 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years IT caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy Pay creeps up after two-year downward spiral Take control of your servers Microsoft, Skype combo could be great for the enterprise How CIOs can become business forecasters Ballmer: Microsoft won't tie Skype to Windows Most companies skimp on third-party code checks, study finds Got SCIM? Akamai and Riverbed team to speed hybrid cloud performance WHITE PAPER: Aerohive A Practical approach to Wireless 2.0 Creating "Wi-Fi that works" is a tall order given the breadth of client and application types, the speed and complexity of 802.11n, high-density environments, etc., controller-based vendors cannot live up to their promises of Ethernet-like determinism. Read now! 25 ways IT will morph in the next 25 years Imagine a world where the computers, networks and storage systems are all tens of thousands of times faster than they are today -- and then think about the sci-fi type of applications that will be possible. Read More IT caught in crossfire when it comes to smartphone privacy The news that iPhones, iPads and Android devices secretly track the locations of their owners poses a potentially serious dilemma for IT staffs. If someone's manager asks IT to retrieve that data and hand it over, what should IT do? We certainly have to acknowledge that a device that's used for business purposes but automatically tracks personal information blurs the line between personal and corporate information. Read More Pay creeps up after two-year downward spiral After two years of pay cuts and stagnating wages, IT salaries are once again on the rise, driven by demand for contract and permanent IT staff, according to IT staffing industry executives. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splice Communications The Benefits of Outsourcing Telecom Management Choosing the right network solutions provider (NSP) will help businesses improve network reliability, service quality, operating efficiency, billing accuracy and better allocation of resources – all reducing the total cost of ownership of your network infrastructure. Many companies have realized the benefits of working with an NSP. Read now! Take control of your servers Today I'd like to talk about gathering evidence. As a DBA you have to gather evidence for all kinds of things all the time. Sometimes you're chasing a rogue query through the system, sometimes you're trying to find out which user is doing something, sometimes you're trying to find which process is deadlocking or blocking, etc. Ferreting evidence is a large part of our job.  Read More Microsoft, Skype combo could be great for the enterprise Microsoft's acquisition of Skype should be a good news story for enterprises that use Microsoft servers and want to include low-cost unified communications and videoconferencing. Read More How CIOs can become business forecasters The CIO who can help the boss more accurately predict the future and manage profitability across economic cycles can be indispensable. Chris Curran shares some suggestions on how you can be that CIO. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More Ballmer: Microsoft won't tie Skype to Windows Microsoft will integrate Skype's calling features into many of its key products, including Office, the Xbox and its Windows Phone software, but it will also continue to offer Skype for competing platforms, CEO Steve Ballmer said. Read More Most companies skimp on third-party code checks, study finds Despite all of the talk surrounding the importance of software quality, a study released today shows few companies are walking the secure development walk. Read More Got SCIM? Ping CTO Patrick Harding took exception to my recent comments about the proposed Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) protocol. Read More Akamai and Riverbed team to speed hybrid cloud performance Riverbed and Akamai are teaming up to offer technology and services that promise to optimize WAN traffic more effectively when it travels between corporate data centers and cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) providers. Read More
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