Embotics gets deeper into private cloud management

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	Embotics gets deeper into private cloud management From its roots tagging and tracking virtual machines across the virtual data center, virtualization management company Embotics is set on helping IT organizations effectively and efficiently manage private clouds. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Computing Drives Improvements in IT Service Delivery IDC OPINION Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers allowing them to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services cost-effectively. Read now In this Issue 10 SaaS companies to watch Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard? Six tough questions for your next IAAS vendor 5 tips for getting better results from your IT contractor IaaS is smart choice for ConnectEDU New tool shows would-be emailers if you're swamped on Gmail How to build a distributed monitoring solution with Nagios 5 tips on how to optimize your infrastructure SaaS purchases often happen outside IT's realm How to measure data quality and protect against software audits WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn More 10 SaaS companies to watch These days, companies are applying the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model to just about everything, from core business functions, including IT, to industry-specific processes. This list, compiled with the help of SaaS trend watchers and users, provides a representative look at what types of software you'll find offered in the cloud. Read More Desktop virtualization: niche solution, or new desktop standard? Desktop virtualization promises to simplify management, increase efficiency and improve security, but it doesn't come cheap and requires a big rethink. Will the latter forever relegate desktop virtualization to a few corners of the enterprise, or will the allure of the former convince corporations it is time to start from scratch? Our experts debate. Read More Six tough questions for your next IAAS vendor Capgemini CTO Joe Coyle lists six must-ask questions for prospective IAAS providers. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Making Wall Street history with HP 3PAR F400 Storage System Read this case study to learn how Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc. improved storage performance by 24-fold while reducing backup times by 75%, consolidated its storage footprint by 66%, and cut storage administration time by 90% with HP 3PAR F400 Utility Storage solutions, powered by Intel® Xeon® processors. Read now 5 tips for getting better results from your IT contractor IT outsourcing is on the rise and for good reason. There are notable benefits associated with it such as gaining greater flexibility in meeting customer demands regionally or nationally, changing fixed costs to variable costs, extending expertise beyond internal resources, improving risk management and so on. Read More IaaS is smart choice for ConnectEDU As most parents and teachers can attest, teenage students have a tendency to procrastinate - not a particularly endearing characteristic, especially if you're a company that helps students with their college applications. Read More New tool shows would-be emailers if you're swamped on Gmail A Georgia Tech researcher is taking aim at email overload with a new tool that shows people thinking about messaging you just how swamped your Gmail account is in real time. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Moving to a Cloud-based Delivery Model Help Desk software as a service is attractive to many IT departments. It offers the same benefits of traditional IT help desk solutions, in addition to reducing capital expenses, accelerating implementation, and providing easier upgrades. This paper explores considerations for implementing IT service management in-house or as a service. Read Now! How to build a distributed monitoring solution with Nagios With Nagios, the leading open source infrastructure monitoring application, you can monitor your whole enterprise by using a distributed monitoring scheme in which local slave instances of Nagios perform monitoring tasks and report the results back to a single master. You manage all configuration, notification, and reporting from the master, while the slaves do all the work. Read More 5 tips on how to optimize your infrastructure While many enterprises have been able to creatively manage IT demand through the recession without much infrastructure change, exponential data growth is driving the need for infrastructure consolidation and optimization. Read More SaaS purchases often happen outside IT's realm Much of SaaS purchasing comes from business groups outside of the IT department, according to a Forrester Research report. Read More How to measure data quality and protect against software audits Software asset management (SAM) covers a complex cross section of IT and business and can pose an integration problem between IT, purchasing and finance. For this reason the focal point of license management is transparency. And consistent transparency can only be realized through consistent data quality management. Read More
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