SaaS heats up IT service management arena

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	SaaS heats up IT service management arena Software-as-a-service options are popping up all over these days, as discussed in this week's special Enterprise Cloud Services feature package. IT management is no exception. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Management Madness: How to Manage Mobile Devices There are six major mobile operating systems in use now and each one offers its own set of security and management challenges. The resources in this Mobility KnowledgeVault will help you keep these devices secure on the corporate network with expert tips on management tools, endpoint security software, increasing application support and more. Read now In this Issue Battle looms over securing virtualized systems Google: Five data center energy saving ideas you can implement 11 cutting-edge car tech innovations Large-scale IPv6 trial set for June 8 Ex-Cisco consumer chief Flips for grilled cheese You can't manage what you can't see: gaining visibility My fav free forensic analysis tools So, why are senior U.S. officials using Gmail? N.C. outsourcing deal leads to IT layoffs Precise virtualizes application monitoring Project management training improves success rates WHITE PAPER: Netezza, an IBM Company Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared This ebook will provide the fundamental differences between the Netezza TwinFin® and Oracle Exadata solutions from the perspectives of query performance, simplicity of operation and value. The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now Battle looms over securing virtualized systems There's growing consensus that traditional approaches to network security -- the firewall and intrusion-prevention appliances, the host-based antivirus software -- simply do not work well in virtualized environments for which they were never designed. Read More Google: Five data center energy saving ideas you can implement When it comes to saving data center energy few companies would have the expertise of Google, which has some of the largest data centers in the world. It has or is experimenting with some interesting ideas to cool data centers more efficiently as well - it will soon open a seawater-cooled data center in Finland for example. Read More 11 cutting-edge car tech innovations Automotive technology is reaching MENSA status with these high-tech upgrades for your vehicle. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Avaya Virtual Services Platform 9000 A high performance modular routing switch for core deployments. Core network infrastructure needs to be able to handle increased load without packet loss, while providing quick recovery times in case of a component failure. Learn More Large-scale IPv6 trial set for June 8 The largest experiment in the 40-year history of the Internet will take place on Wednesday, as hundreds of Web sites test a new standard called IPv6 that can support vastly more devices with faster, lower-cost connectivity than today's technology. Read More Ex-Cisco consumer chief Flips for grilled cheese So after building the world's most popular pocket camcorder, being acquired by Cisco, becoming his new company's consumer chief and then resigning when his company decided to kill his baby, what does Jonathan Kaplan do for an encore? Or entrée? Read More You can't manage what you can't see: gaining visibility One of the biggest problems that security professionals and system administrators face is lack of visibility. While blind spots have always existed, technologies like virtualization and cloud computing are making the need to see into their operations even more critical. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software Transaction Tracing through Complex Web Applications In this Quest white paper, learn about the components of a transaction as they cross various application domains. Then, discover the difficulty in connecting transaction components for monitoring, why continuously monitoring is key and how a third-party solution simplifies the challenge. Learn more. My fav free forensic analysis tools I was talking about colleges with my son the other day to see what he is interested in for a possible major. I was hoping and praying he wouldn't say English since my guidance there would be like trying to divide by zero or philosophy because that meant he'd be living here until his late 30's. He told me he was interested in being a detective. Well! I must say my ears perked right up! Read More So, why are senior U.S. officials using Gmail? Google's announcement that hackers had gone after the Gmail accounts of senior U.S. officials raises a question: What are government officials doing using Gmail? Read More N.C. outsourcing deal leads to IT layoffs Dex One will reportedly cut about 30% of its IT staff after signing an outsourcing pack with HCL Technologies. Read More Precise virtualizes application monitoring In an effort to reduce deployment time, software provider Precise Software has packaged its flagship application performance management (APM) application in a virtual machine, making the product the first APM virtual appliance, the company said. Read More Project management training improves success rates Project managers seeking training funds have new evidence that training improves project success rates, thanks to a survey that links the two. Read More
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