| How to cut IT costs without hemorrhaging With no fat left to trim, how can IT managers keep cutting costs without damaging core services? Many industry professionals say implementing processes around IT cost management or deploying chargeback technologies can provide the insight that IT and business teams need to better understand how to spend what's left of budgets. What not to cut from IT budgets: Staff As the economic crisis carries on and IT executives consider what to cut next, industry watchers warn against slashing staff resources. CIOs not confident managing virtual servers A majority of CIOs consider managing their virtual server environments a critical priority, but more than half aren’t confident they are doing it effectively, survey results show. Managing your VMware virtual environment in four simple steps When it comes to managing virtual server environments, two distinct camps have emerged. One side argues that virtual machines require the same care and feeding as their physical counterparts, just multiplied by 100 because VMs proliferate at a faster pace. The second camp contends that VMs introduce new, unique challenges not before seen in the physical realm. HP, VMware team to manage virtual servers HP Wednesday announced an expanded partnership with VMware to jointly develop software to manage VMware hypervisor technology. Virtual goo Virtualization is a superhero among technologies, transforming static, brittle data centers into dynamic, flexible resource pools and giving IT an easy way to cut costs, improve services and expand operations beyond the limits of the physical world. With great power, however, comes great responsibility. 7 steps to succeeding with virtualization As server virtualization projects gain scale and strategic value, enterprise IT managers must move quickly beyond tactical approaches to achieve best results. 7 things what will sink virtualization Many IT professionals measure the success of a technology deployment by all the things they did (see "7 tips for succeeding with virtualization"), but some say a successful virtualization implementation often can be the result of things IT didn't do. What does it take to manage virtual servers? Virtualization can help IT managers allocate more resources with less hardware, but not without introducing a slew of management challenges. Podcast: Putting business intelligence tools to work Don Campbell, CTO of for business intelligence and performance management at IBM, talks with Jason Meserve about how business intelligence (CI) tools can be used to dig deeper into organization's operations. Who is BI right for and could it have been used to help avert the current economic crisis? Campell explains. (15:19) Podcast: Idiots guide to the perfect resume, rattoo removal and other job search skills With the economy still in rough shape for the time being, I have wanted to bring some additional tools up for discussion. Our first conversation is with Susan Ireland, author of the Idiots Guide to the Perfect Resume. What you will find here is that there is no one resume format that will work for everyone. Next up is Dr. Mitchell Chasin, Director of the Center for Reflections discussing Tattoo Removal. With more companies starting to establish policies about the presence of tattoos, this is a conversation worth hearing. It seems like more resumes are starting to become works of fiction more than they are a record of your employment history. We talk with Josh Levy and Ross Cohen, co-founders of BeenVerified.com, a service that can help you and potential employers save time by having an independent source of employment verification. (63:40) Brad Reese on Cisco: Brocade trumps Cisco in salary survey A salary survey in the December 2008 issue of Certification Magazine has ranked the Brocade Certified Fabric Designer (BCFD) as the highest paying certification to hold in the United States ($120,770). Larry Chaffin: Putting Realism into Your Network: Does Riverbed's Mazu buy make it a stronger rival to Cisco? Riverbed makes a bold move to purchase Mazu Networks. Is this a good or bad move for Riverbed? Who could be next? Asked & Answered: Cisco switch settings Reader asks: 'What is the command to set a new user name in Catalyst switches?' Ron Nutter answers. Who goes there? Identity management is all about who you are and what you should be allowed to do. This Product Guide describes the technology and how it works. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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