Zenoss tool watches over Cisco UCS

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	Zenoss net management tool watches over Cisco UCS Zenoss has updated its popular open core network monitoring tool to cover Cisco's one-year-old Unified Computing System (UCS). Zenoss Enterprise 3.0 also added support for NetApp and beefed up its support for VMware. Zenoss is billing the new tool as a better way to track hardware/software dependencies even as network managers use more virtualization and move services to the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service See how you can transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Read now! In this Issue Dial-up no more: Mass. towns score $71.6 million for fiber net Five trends shaping data center designs Qnap NAS delivers blistering-fast performance Internet2 taps Georgetown CIO as its chief Gartner: Social networking to replace business e-mail by '14 Secrecy of cloud computing providers raises IT security risks 85% of mobile broadband users have had connection problems Who to call when identifying a problem or planning a deployment gets beyond you The dark side of server virtualization Cathay Pacific plans in-flight broadband, live TV from 2012 WHITE PAPER: Qwest A Cost-Effective Approach to Complexity Outsourcing network management can save time and drive lower total cost of ownership. Read more! Dial-up no more: Mass. towns score $71.6 million for fiber net Relief may soon be on the way for towns in Western Massachusetts who have long suffered through being stuck on dial-up connections. Read More Five trends shaping data center designs In the past, companies built data centers like parents buy clothes for their children: Buy big and wait for the kids to grow into them. Read More Qnap NAS delivers blistering-fast performance Holy TurboNAS, Batman! The Qnap TS-259 Pro TurboNAS posted sky-high performance for a network-attached storage box. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP HP Business Value of EVA Storage Virtualization This Edison Group report is an independent assessment of the architecture and business benefits of HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). Learn how EVA enables access to the storage in a single array by numerous hosts, tiered storage within the array to different types of drives and better performance than non-virtualized systems. Read Now. Internet2 taps Georgetown CIO as its chief Internet2, the advanced networking consortium, has appointed Dave Lambert as its new president and CEO, replacing Douglas Van Houweling. Read More Gartner: Social networking to replace business e-mail by '14 Commoditization of wireless e-mail is increasing, according to Gartner, which attributes the reason to standardization, interoperability and growing competition from e-mail servers and services. Read More Secrecy of cloud computing providers raises IT security risks Despite how attractive cloud computing can sound as an outsourcing option, there's widespread concern that it presents a security and legal minefield. Cloud service providers often cultivate an aura of secrecy about data centers and operations, claiming this stance improves their security even if it leaves everyone else in the dark. Read More WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs Employee Web Use and Misuse: This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring and URL filtering together while insuring security with anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. Read Now 85% of mobile broadband users have had connection problems More than four in five mobile broadband users (85 percent) have experienced problems with their connection, says Acision. Read More Who to call when identifying a problem or planning a deployment gets beyond you For an enterprise IT professional, one of the worst circumstances has got to be the inability to pinpoint performance problems. The longer the problems persist, the higher the frustration levels. Toss in some cross-discipline finger pointing, and a bad situation quickly worsens. Read More The dark side of server virtualization Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers. The economics are firmly behind the trend. Server virtualization reduces the total cost of ownership by reducing the number of physical servers, requiring less cooling and less power while increasing flexibility. This is all good for the business and the server group, but what effect does it have on the management of the network? The truth is that it complicates network management. Read More Cathay Pacific plans in-flight broadband, live TV from 2012 Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways plans to offer in-flight broadband, cell-phone service and live television on its aircraft from early 2012. Read More
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