NetIQ enters IT process automation fray; Outsourcing vs. keeping it in-house

Network/Systems Management News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Confio Software Inc Improve Oracle Database Performance Learn how response time analysis allows IT managers to construct a profile of a specific Oracle session or the entire database to gauge the overall health of the system. This monitoring technology allows IT professionals to accurately access response time data so they can immediately fix any performance issues. Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 10/30/07 NetIQ enters IT process automation fray, 10/24/07: NetIQ develops IT process automation software to help customers reduce the manual work across network, security and application management. Outsourcing vs. keeping it in-house, 10/26/07: Outsourcing isn’t just about cost savings any more. Customer relationships and expanding geographical reach are other potential benefits, proponents say. U.S. outsourcing contracts shrink in size and number, 10/24/07: U.S. companies signed fewer outsourcing contracts in 2007 and committed less time and money to those they did purchase, according to the most recent TPI data. Executive Guide "Data Center Decisions" Download our new Executive Guide "Data Center Decisions" to sharpen your competitive edge. This guide offers tips on dealing with server consolidation, virtualization, management, cooling and power issues. Click Here for More Information Agent-based vs. agentless, 10/26/07: A management software mainstay, agent software can be difficult to deploy and update on multiple boxes and, in some cases, is said to hurt the performance of the device it managers. Ruby on Rails management vendor lands $6.2 million in funding, 10/29/07: FiveRuns adds $6.2 million in funding to its business, plans to accelerate product development, sales and marketing, and partnership efforts for its Ruby on Rails-based technology. Netuitive upgrades service-management software, 10/29/07: Netuitive updates its Service Analyzer product with dashboard views, alarm prioritization and real-time, service-level monitoring capabilities. Business, gov't systems keep running despite wildfires, 10/24/07: For Qualcomm CIO Norm Fjeldheim, it's been anything but a typical working week. On Monday, Fjeldheim became one of the more than 250,000 San Diego area residents driven from their homes by the fiercest set of wildfires to ravage Southern California since 2003. Encrypt data stored off site, warns Louisiana agency, 10/25/07: The loss of unencrypted storage media from an Iron Mountain vehicle last month renewed calls for IT managers to better protect data stored off site. CIO compensation: Top IT execs make millions of dollars, 10/24/07: That fabled seat at the table that CIOs so crave comes with extra responsibility and pressure. And lots of money. Group creates standard to ease e-discovery data transfer, 10/24/07: The Electronic Discovery Reference Model standards group Tuesday unveiled an XML-based standard that it says will allow documents transfer through the systems of multiple vendors during the various stages of e-discovery. Editor's note: Starting the week of Nov. 12, you will notice a number of enhancements to Network World newsletters that will provide you with more resources and more news links relevant to the newsletter's subject. The Network/Systems Management newsletter written by Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie will be merged with the Network/Systems News Alert and will be named the Network/Systems Alert. You'll get Denise's analysis of the network/systems management market, which you will be able to read in full at NetworkWorld.com, plus links to the day's network/systems management news and other relevant resources. This Alert will be mailed on Mondays and Wednesdays. We hope you will enjoy the enhancements and we thank you for reading Network World newsletters.

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