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	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 RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Compuware High Performance in a Virtualized World Server virtualization provides many benefits, such as cost savings and flexible response to peak demands. But what if virtualized applications slow down? How are you protecting application performance? Register to find out what to look for in an effective APM solution to ensure the success of your virtualized environment. Click to continue In this Issue 10 best IT jobs right now 9-year-old plots his fifth Microsoft certification IT chargeback: Take back the cost of your virtual infrastructure How John Hancock Financial Services plans to overhaul IT financial management practices with HP software Gartner: CIOs don't expect IT recovery Forrester: Tech downturn 'unofficially over' The blind side: What network monitoring tools don't see WHITE PAPER: Compuware The Definitive Guide to APM In this Application Performance Management eBook, get hands-on, practical insight into industry best practices for managing your critical applications from an end-to-end perspective. Find out how to manage performance from the distributed front-end of IT operations to the mainframe back-end, while keeping the end-user experience in mind. Read Now. 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 9-year-old plots his fifth Microsoft certification Born with a passion for computing, 9-year-old Marko Calasan hasn't wasted any time becoming a high-tech pro with four Microsoft IT certifications. 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 IT chargeback: Take back the cost of your virtual infrastructure Best practices around IT chargeback could help IT departments apply accountability to their virtual infrastructures and associate costs incurred with resources consumed by the end-user community. Read More How John Hancock Financial Services plans to overhaul IT financial management practices with HP software John Hancock Financial Services IT executive discusses the firm's plans to better track IT assets, services and costs with in-house processes and products from HP. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Gartner: CIOs don't expect IT recovery Gartner estimates 2010 IT budgets in the U.S. will be 2.5% higher than 2009, which is on par with 2005 budgets. Read More Forrester: Tech downturn 'unofficially over' Forrester Research forecast for high-tech spending in 2010 promises a return to purchasing after a dismal downturn caused many cutback in 2009. Read More The blind side: What network monitoring tools don't see Enterprise Management Associates study, commissioned by Anue Systems, shows that many network and security operations professionals lack the visibility they need to optimize network, application and IT service availability and performance. Read More
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