 Network/Systems Management News AlertNetwork World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 10/09/07Podcast: Do geeks make better entrepreneurs?, 10/03/07: A new survey from CDW suggests that tech-savvy entrepreneurs (who self-identify as 'total geeks') were likely to be more successful than non-tech-savvy small business owners. Keith Shaw speaks with Brad Purl from CDW on why tech-savvy business owners tend to succeed, and offers tips on how "geeks" can get ahead in small business. 5 IT projects that need your attention right now, 10/05/07: There's always too much to do. If you had an infinite budget and project schedule, or at least more resources than you have now, you could accomplish impressive things for your company. Performing triage means you need to pick IT projects that can deliver the most bang for the buck. Accordingly, we discuss five projects that deserve a CIO's immediate attention. We chose these projects because they have a measurable impact, contain elements with a relatively fast ROI, and enhance both network security and manageability. End user service management grows in importance, 10/08/07: A relatively new category of IT management tool measures the performance of end user computing assets (i.e, desktops and notebooks) from the end user’s perspective. Tools in this category help you understand how people use their computers (“working patterns”), and how well the computers perform their required tasks. Knowing this kind of information can help reduce your support costs, help you plan and execute migration cycles, and ultimately help increase end user productivity.
IT managers get help with server efficiency, 10/05/07: The British Computer Society (BCS) said it's developing a model that's designed to help IT managers select the most efficient servers, and so deliver a greener IT infrastructure. The trouble with online collaboration tools, 10/05/07: Collaborative technologies are great and all, but right now we're not terribly satisfied with them at our business. That's the report from more than half of 400 CIOs and IT decision makers surveyed by Avanade, an IT consulting firm, about the use of collaborative technologies. Podcast: NAC plays guard for Tar Heels: The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, jumped into Network Access Control to help ease the workflow of getting its 20,000 students on the network and keeping unwanted folks off the network. Mike Hawkins, Associate Director of Networking at UNC-Chapel Hill, explains how the university chose its vendor and what hand they had in developing the technology. (10:27) Tech grads get higher salaries, but workers may face perils, 10/03/07: Computer science graduates and other students leaving college with IT skills appear to be in demand: Starting salary offers are up, according to a recent report, and university officials say that IT recruiters are crowding campuses. Symantec seeking product management umbrella, 10/04/07: Symantec is looking to bring its storage, backup, security protection, configuration and patch-management tools under a common management umbrella that will lead to better IT policy and compliance reporting, a company executive said Wednesday. Got career questions?: National IT recruiter Matt Colarusso will be available for a live text chat Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Matt will discuss the IT job market and you. Got questions about the IT job market in the months to come? What should you do to manage your own career? How hard will it be for your department to fill vacancies? Certifications vs. degrees; hot job skills and weak ones - Matt, a prominent national IT recruiting expert that manages the Sapphire National Recruiting & Strategic Accounts Team will answer these questions for you and more. No registration necessary. Just go to the Network World Chat page at the appointed time and log in. Zero-defect network: Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris wonders if there could ever be a zero-defect network. The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console: Microsoft author and guest blogger Kerrie Meyler writes: "If you're familiar with MOM 2005, you know that management packs were distributed in a binary format with an extension of AKM, and could not be edited outside a Management Group (e.g., you could only change them within MOM). This changes with Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007, where management packs are written in XML." PLUS, enter to win one of 15 free copies of Meyler's book on Microsoft Operations Manager. |
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