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	Cloud or customers? Why CA wanted Nimsoft CA announced it would pay about $350 million to acquire IT service management vendor Nimsoft in a move that industry watchers say could benefit CA on multiple levels. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Large Health Care Group Increases Availability A Cisco Medical-Grade Network provides a highly reliable, high-performance environment for securely sharing vital healthcare information and improving interactions among stakeholders throughout the healthcare community. Today, the entire wired, wireless, and security infrastructure at Baptist Health hospitals is built with Cisco solutions. Read more now! In this Issue Microsoft touts speed, HTML 5 support in IE9 Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries CA makes ambitious moves to the cloud CA buying Nimsoft to further cloud computing ambitions CA continues cloud computing buying spree Stealth start-up promises virtual, cloud application performance management Start-up provides systems management via the cloud Why Big Blue bought more IT management technology VMware gains IT management expertise from EMC E-GUIDE: HP ProCurve Standards to Soothe Networking Headaches Is you network comprised of multiple switching tiers running proprietary protocols capable of handling next-generation applications? This Network World eBook looks at open, virtual switching, unified fabrics and bandwidth of 10 Gigabit Ethernet and more. Get expert advice on how to turn your network into a more simplified, open infrastructure. Read Now. Microsoft touts speed, HTML 5 support in IE9 Microsoft previewed its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser to MIX10 attendees and promised to drive standards work on HTML 5. Read More Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries IT professionals with certain IT certifications could make bank compared to counterparts, according to a study of 17,000 high-tech workers conducted by Dice Learning. Read More CA makes ambitious moves to the cloud CA inks deal to acquire cloud computing provider 3Tera in an acquisition that could get the management software maker into more and new customer accounts for its existing monitoring tools and future cloud-related products Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. CA buying Nimsoft to further cloud computing ambitions CA inks a deal to acquire for $350 million Nimsoft, an IT service management player with customers in the managed service provider market. Read More CA continues cloud computing buying spree CA enters into a deal to buy 3Tera in a move industry watchers say will catapult the IT management software maker into cloud computing customer accounts Read More Stealth start-up promises virtual, cloud application performance management Start-up AppDynamics offers application performance management software for distributed applications hosted in physical, virtual and cloud environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sunbelt Software Protecting Against the New Wave of Malware This white paper examines why older, traditional antivirus approaches don't work and why a new approach to endpoint security is required to better protect your company from malicious threats. Learn about the scope of the malware problem and strategies that can help you defend against evolving threats. Learn More Start-up provides systems management via the cloud Systems management start-up Viewfinity provides systems, privilege and user migration management capabilities via cloud computing. Read More Why Big Blue bought more IT management technology IBM acquires network automation, configuration capabilities and Dell brings more systems management technology in-house. Read More VMware gains IT management expertise from EMC VMware acquires several management software assets from EMC's Ionix portfolio, potentially equipping the virtualization vendor with management and automation capabilities for the cloud. Read More
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