Network Automation extends BPA to the cloud and virtual servers

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	Network Automation extends BPA to the cloud and virtual servers Automate 8 software automates tasks in Amazon Cloud Services application and VMware environments. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps Still paying for silo'd IT mgmt. tools? Is root-cause analysis functionally isolated? Have VM triage and optimization issues? Building private/hybrid clouds? How can you assure performance reliability and meet SLAs? AccelOps integrated monitoring delivers end-to-end visibility, proactive control, reduced MTTR and service insight. See our depth, breadth & value with a 14-day trial download. In this Issue 31 "How To" resources you might have missed Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers Best NAS boxes for less than $1,000 IT jobs outlook modest for 2011 Mobility drives IPv6 urgency What's in your network? Offshoring blamed in part for IT's jobless recovery Verizon launches IPv6 transition services Microsoft spells out anti-tracking tool in IE9 Red Hat working on complex event processing software Zenprise extends mobile security to line-of-business apps WHITE PAPER: Vyatta Integrating Services at the Edge Independent throughput test showing the packet processing performance of Intel's Xeon quad core processors using the Vyatta Network OS. Read now! 31 "How To" resources you might have missed Between Network World and its sister publications we've produced a dizzying number of "How To" articles this year. Here's a handy roundup of some of the most useful, featuring pieces on everything from Android smartphones to Windows 7 to full disk encryption. Read More Cisco, BMC co-develop cloud platform for service providers The Integrated Cloud Delivery Platform, jointly developed by Cisco and BMC, is aimed at eliminating many of the manual steps required to set up and provision cloud computing services. Read More Best NAS boxes for less than $1,000 Buffalo Technology shattered the $1,000 barrier for a terabyte of shared storage back in 2005. With storage prices continuing to drop, that same $1,000 today can buy a 4T or even 5TB network-attached storage (NAS) device with RAID 5 disk redundancy, plus additional features, like backup storage licenses and indexing capabilities. We tested eight units, each suitable for workgroups in large enterprises or as an entry-level server for small businesses. Get the full report after free registration. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks XNV Brings Virtual Lifecycle Management to the Network Extreme Networks ® delivers a network-based, dynamic data center virtualization lifecycle management solution that delivers unprecedented visibility, control and automation of Virtual Machines (VM) to the network administrator. Read now! IT jobs outlook modest for 2011 Perhaps the best thing that will be said about 2010 and IT hiring is that large layoffs have tapered off and the overall trend seems to favor hiring. Read More Mobility drives IPv6 urgency The continual release of shiny new smartphones, tablets and other communications gadgets means that it won't be long before mobile devices will support only IPv6 addresses. Why? At the rate mobile devices are being created – not only for user access, but for wireless machine-to-machine communications, too – there simply won't be any more IPv4 addresses to assign them. Read More What's in your network? Documenting your network may sound like a mundane task, but it's vitally important for IT managers to keep their network documentation up to date for a number of reasons. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Avocent MergePoint® Infrastructure Explorer Need real-time insight so you can simply plan and manage your data center? Learn how Data Domain used Avocent MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer software to find underutilized racks and saved $400K in space, power and cooling in one quarter. Read Now. Offshoring blamed in part for IT's jobless recovery Data center workers were a big part of the unexpectedly weak U.S. labor report released Friday as TechServe Alliance said only 600 new IT jobs were created in November. Read More Verizon launches IPv6 transition services Organizations struggling to adopt IPv6 could get a hand from a new service offered by Verizon. Read More Microsoft spells out anti-tracking tool in IE9 Microsoft today said that the next major milestone of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) will let users determine who tracks their movement and behavior online, its response to calls for more consumer control over the practice. Read More Red Hat working on complex event processing software The capability will be featured in JBoss Enterprise Business Rules Management System 5.1, due next year. Read More Zenprise extends mobile security to line-of-business apps Zenprise has beefed up enterprise mobile security by adding to its MobileManager application new features that can be applied to Google Android, Apple iOS and Windows Mobile smartphones and other devices. Read More
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