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	BMC automates IT management for Italian music net BMC BladeLogic delivers IT automation capabilities to help Italian music network Dada.net manage hundreds of servers without adding staff. Read More WEBCAST: HP Improve Tracking of VM Devices Virtualization has a major impact on the network and those who manage it, making it difficult to gain visibility to inter-VM traffic. This Webcast addresses the challenges – from operating expenses and compliance to security and management. Learn best practices to alleviate some of the burden virtualization has placed on the network. Listen now In this Issue Google Chrome chips away at Microsoft IE Why IT pros like their favorite gear 10 best IT jobs right now Best of the Tests CIOs seek IT cost transparency in 2010 Stealth start-up promises virtual, cloud application performance management Why Big Blue bought more IT management technology BMC takes service desk to the cloud via Salesforce.com IT management vendors kick off 2010 with cloud-related acquisitions WHITE PAPER: NetScout Virtualization Simplified Industry analyst Jim Metzler helps identify how to overcome the challenges of managing virtualized server environments in this in-depth whitepaper. Read now. Google Chrome chips away at Microsoft IE Janco Associates' February 2010 Browser and Operating Systems Market Share report shows that Microsoft remains in the lead with Internet Explorer, but loses a bit of momentum that apparently Google Desktop and Chrome managed to acquire. Read More Why IT pros like their favorite gear IT professionals share their love for products that can automate manual processes, improve visibility and management, and speed performance for users. Read More 10 best IT jobs right now Today's hot IT jobs are those that can help satisfy growing demand for technologies such as virtualization, cloud, network security and social computing skills. Here we examine 10 IT jobs and the technology know-how required to land them. Read More WHITE PAPER: Force10 Podcast: The Future of Network Design Virtualization will forever change the way networks are designed and built. Are you ready? Get expert advice on how to prepare for data center networking in the virtualization era. Discover where virtualization is headed on the network; strategic initiatives you must undertake; and more. Learn More Now Best of the Tests We tested more than 100 products in 2009 in a wide variety of categories, but 15 of those products were head and shoulders above the rest and earn our Best of the Tests Award. Here are the categories and winners: Read More CIOs seek IT cost transparency in 2010 IT service management vendor Digital Fuel finds high-tech leaders ready to revamp processes and get IT cost management best practices in place. Read More Stealth start-up promises virtual, cloud application performance management Start-up AppDynamics offers application performance management software for distributed applications hosted in physical, virtual and cloud environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Network Managed Services: A Cost-Effective Approach to Complexity The new era of networked applications and interconnected business processes yields heightened efficiency and productivity for enterprises. However, these benefits can be realized only with properly managed, scalable networks. Outsourcing network management tasks to a third party allows companies to save time and drive substantially lower total cost of ownership. Learn more! Why Big Blue bought more IT management technology IBM acquires network automation, configuration capabilities and Dell brings more systems management technology in-house. Read More BMC takes service desk to the cloud via Salesforce.com BMC and Salesforce.com partner to deliver BMC's Service Desk Express on Force.com platform. Read More IT management vendors kick off 2010 with cloud-related acquisitions Acquisition news from BMC and CA in January points to an ongoing trend among IT management software makers hoping in 2010 to capture the capabilities to manage applications and services in cloud computing environments. Read More
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