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	How to get "bigger, faster" desktops Microsoft customer uses virtualization and management tools from the software giant to enable optimum services without taxing IT staff. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! In this Issue No rush to desktop virtualization Citrix shows desktop virtualization on iPad Microsoft releases new desktop virtualization tools for Windows 7 Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday: Tiny but potent Microsoft woos developers with latest IE9 preview Patch Tuesday's update small, but critical, Microsoft says Virtualization and cloud change everything How far has virtual systems management come? Outsourcing IT management: Is the time right? WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks User experience management challenge Would your users rate their application experience an A or C-? Do you know how critical apps like SAP, PeopleSoft & Sharpoint are performing? Fluke Networks Systems can show actual end-user experience of critical applications. Find out more & view Gartner Report Compliments of Fluke Networks Systems. No rush to desktop virtualization Microsoft Corp. is pushing desktop virtualization as a way of making Windows 7 play nicely with old applications, especially those written for Windows XP. So now that the technology has been "blessed" by Microsoft, should we expect a desktop virtualization boom? Read More Citrix shows desktop virtualization on iPad May 4, 2010 - At last week's Interop 2010 show in Las Vegas, Citrix officials demonstrated a desktop virtualization scenario on an Apple iPad. Read More Microsoft releases new desktop virtualization tools for Windows 7 Microsoft on Friday released new versions of its Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) and Application Virtualization (App-V) tools. Both are part of the also newly revised Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack 2010. MDOP is a gimme available to Software Assurance customers. Also see: As Windows 7 gains steam, VDI set to rise Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday: Tiny but potent It's not the quantity of the security updates issued by Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, but the quality, according to security industry watchers. Microsoft's May seemingly skimpy release of two security bulletins could give IT managers a false sense of security, especially considering one of the vulnerabilities could live on post-patching in third-party applications. Microsoft goes small for next week's... Read More Microsoft woos developers with latest IE9 preview Microsoft keeps promise to make available iterative releases of IE9, with the second release in two months featuring improved performance. Read More Patch Tuesday's update small, but critical, Microsoft says A light Patch Tuesday from Microsoft shares details on two vulnerabilities that security industry watchers say should be considered critical. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More Virtualization and cloud change everything This week Jim is at the Interop conference in Vegas where he is moderating ten sessions. In his opening session, entitled Application Delivery 2.0, Jim will discuss why he thinks that the movement to adopt virtualization and cloud computing fundamentally change IT. We will use this newsletter to focus on one small piece of how virtualization changes IT. Read More How far has virtual systems management come? Network Instruments survey of Interop 2010 attendees over three years shows how IT managers continue to embrace virtualization, yet management challenges persist. Read More Outsourcing IT management: Is the time right? Outsourcing some IT management functions can save money and free up resources to focus on more strategic initiatives, proponents say. But it is easy to get it wrong, detractors warn, in which case it will cost you more than you could have ever hoped to save, and you won't want to let any strategic stuff go. Our debaters are Forrester's Glenn O'Donnell, arguing to keep the strategic stuff in-house, and Logicalis' Terry Flood, who says outsourcing is the way to go. Read More
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