IT shops borrow money, lease in droves as recession strains budgets The recession has IT shops seeking financing and leasing agreements in ever-greater numbers, and demand shows no sign of relenting. Future-proofing your router purchases This newsletter will continue the discussion of routing and the identification of what if anything is driving the need for IT organizations to rethink their approach to routing Networks will offer 48/7 service by 2013, says Cisco Forget 24/7 availability: By 2013, telecommunications operators will deliver at least 48 hours of Internet connectivity to their customers, every day of the week, according to a study by Cisco Systems. Faster, better, cheaper -- pick one It's an old engineering adage that you can't have it all. As the saying goes: "Faster, better, cheaper pick two." The idea is that any system can optimize at most two parameters, to the detriment of the third. No IT budget? Invest in best practices Best practice frameworks such as ITIL could help budget-strapped IT organizations streamline processes, improve services and optimize existing resources. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
No comments:
Post a Comment