IT management and automation market shrinks, yet players grow

	10 years after Microsoft vs. DoJ | Can Microsoft SharePoint deliver enterprise-level business process management?
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	IT management and automation market shrinks, yet players grow Run-book automation vendor iWave Software acquires data center orchestration and cloud management provider Enigmatec, while MokaFive picks up $21 million in venture capital funding for its virtual desktop management suite. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Networking Goes Borderless A fresh look at networking architecture is required to deal with the increasing demand for anywhere, anytime access to corporate networks. In this interview, Marie Hattar, Cisco Systems VP of Network Systems and Security Solutions, describes why future business success depends on borderless networking. Learn More In this Issue 10 years after Microsoft vs. DoJ Can Microsoft SharePoint deliver enterprise-level business process management? Virtual systems management for the masses Start-up Abiquo manages public, private clouds via open source Capacity management challenges persist in virtual environments Lack of IT skills keeps virtual deployments small Leveraging the Capabilities of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 E-GUIDE: APC by Schneider Electric 5 Ways to Shrink a Data Center Most data centers can support an average density of 100 to 200 watts per sq. foot. The future of high-density computing – beyond 30 KW - will have to rely on water-based cooling, but is that cost effective? This expert guide discusses the latest energy technologies for today and the future. Read Now. 10 years after Microsoft vs. DoJ Ten years after losing its antitrust browser battle against the U.S. Department of Justice, Microsoft continues to dominate some markets, swings and misses in others, and serves as an example of what not to do for competitor Google. Read More Can Microsoft SharePoint deliver enterprise-level business process management? Microsoft's collaboration platform SharePoint lands in the top spot for BPM tools among IT pros surveyed by Forrester Research, prompting the research firm to examine SharePoint's viability as an enterprise BPM product. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avocent Four tools for successful power reduction. Discover how you can reduce energy consumption in the data center and on the desktop for significant cost savings. This independent report outlines the best approaches to developing, deploying and managing an effective power management solution, as well as tools for successful power reduction. Read now! Virtual systems management for the masses Virtual systems management capabilities come to product suites aimed at giving IT departments enterprise-level features at SMB costs. Read More Start-up Abiquo manages public, private clouds via open source Abiquo launches U.S. operations, announces funding and releases Version 1.5 of its flagship open source cloud management software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Capacity management challenges persist in virtual environments A study by Forrester Consulting shows capacity management continues to limit companies hoping to expand their virtual system deployments. Read More Lack of IT skills keeps virtual deployments small Forrester Consulting conducted a study commissioned by IT management software maker CA to learn how IT organizations are adopting virtualization and if challenges hinder the technology's expansion in enterprise companies. Read More Leveraging the Capabilities of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R2 is the latest systems management product from Microsoft.  SCCM has a long history in systems management, much of which is not necessarily well remembered by old timers in the IT industry when SCCM was known as Microsoft SMS (Systems Management Server). Read More
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