Q1 Labs offers log management appliance; Is IT too hard on itself?

Network/Systems Management News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 11/01/07 Q1 Labs offers log management appliance, 10/30/07: Network security management vendor Q1 Labs breaks off a bit of technology to address customers' log management requirements in light of PCI and other compliance regulations. Network downtime not as severe to users as IT pros think, 10/31/07: End users and IT managers don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to how well IT does its job, but recent survey results show that IT gives itself poorer grades than the users they serve do. Podcast: How IT service providers are accelerating ROI: A shift in the IT services space is being caused by the growth of solution accelerators, internally developed software that can customize a particular business process or aspect of product development for several clients. Denise and Alex talk with Forrester VP and Principal Analyst John McCarthy about recent research on solution accelerators. Find out what factors are driving IT services firms to develop these, how they compare with framework attempts, and what how it will impact enterprise IT's use of IT services (13:15). 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 Open source management applications flourish, 10/29/07: Open source management software makers Zenoss and GroundWork Open Source continue to enhance their respective products to the point that it's getting more and more difficult to distinguish the open source wares from commercial management products. Dell to unveil simpler, cheaper products at Oracle OpenWorld, 10/31/07: Dell CEO Michael Dell plans to announce a series of new products aimed at making life easier for IT managers. Companies tap RSS to tame info overload, 10/30/07: As employees struggle to read an increasing amount of work-related material, some companies have turned to RSS technology to improve productivity. 5 things Tom Ridge has learned about risk, 10/29/07: Tom Ridge is the two-term governor of Pennsylvania and first U.S. secretary of homeland security. He recently launched Ridge Global, an advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. Ridge believes another terrorist attack is likely. Industry standards vs. proprietary technologies, 10/26/07: Standards have won over corporate buyers, not that proprietary technologies don’t have their benefits. Frameworks vs. point products, 10/26/07: Everyone loves an underdog story, but this isn't one. BMC, CA, HP and IBM came to power in the management software market in the 1990s with tools to manage network devices and software designed to keep mainframe systems humming along. Being among the few choices at the time, the vendors dominated the market and customers endured product implementations that could run up to 18 months and spent well into the millions of dollars to get management software in place. But in too many cases, the technology didn't deliver. X.500 vs. LDAP, 10/26/07: How LDAP outlasted X.500 in directory services battle. 3 tips for creating a business-savvy IT staff, 10/24/07: Without technology, you wouldn't have a business. And yet, information technology staffs often do not have an integrated view of how technology enables their company to make money. 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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