Staging an IT management evolution

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	Staging an IT management evolution Forrester Research analysts lay out what IT managers must consider when evaluating virtual systems management technologies for their environments. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netezza Experience the Performance for Yourself! Other companies give you promises. Netezza gives you a Test Drive. At your site. With your data. You'll see how we've advanced the performance of data analytics to accelerate business decision-making. Take the TwinFin TestDrive. In this Issue IT spending to rise 4.1% in 2010, Gartner says How to simplify Windows 7 migration IT should pay the power bill, reasons eBay exec Cloud apps adoption can create IT staff unrest CA World: Cloud computing is new turning point, says CEO Will your future cube-mate be a robot? Collaboration vendors join for interoperability Lawmakers introduce stripped-down patent bill Oracle further simplifies project portfolio management WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Troubleshooting Application Problems This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here! IT spending to rise 4.1% in 2010, Gartner says Worldwide IT spending across all industry markets will rise 4.1% this year, surpassing $2.4 trillion for all of 2010, Gartner is predicting. Read More How to simplify Windows 7 migration Any operating system upgrade can be disruptive. It takes time and careful planning, and it can deplete IT resources and drain employee productivity if not done correctly. But it doesn't have to, especially if you are armed with the right set of tools. Read More IT should pay the power bill, reasons eBay exec eBay's chief of data centers makes the case for coupling performance and power management. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power The Four Trends Driving the Data Center Future Does efficiency have to come at the expense of availability? Not according to this paper, which outlines the four data center infrastructure trends that are reducing design, operating and management costs while improving data center performance. Those trends are Infrastructure Management, Eco Availability, Flex Capacity and High Density. Learn more. Cloud apps adoption can create IT staff unrest CIOs and IT managers know they must address concerns like security, compliance, service levels and end-user resistance when moving to cloud-based enterprise software, but they must not overlook a critical area: the feelings of their IT staffers. Read More CA World: Cloud computing is new turning point, says CEO Cloud computing marks a new "inflexion" point in the IT industry, according to CA Technologies. Read More Will your future cube-mate be a robot? I love robots, but I'm not sure yet whether I want to sit and talk to them all day long. Even if the robot represents a remote co-worker who is across the country. Today, Anybots launched QB, a new "mobile presence robot" designed for remote collaboration. QB is a cross between a robot and a Segway – the robot head sits on a pole attached to some wheels. Read More WHITE PAPER: Radware Smart Networking for the Next Generation Enterprise datacenters are facing an unprecedented transformation as organizations look to re-architect their IT investments. Critical to this growth is continued innovation in networking that goes beyond performance and security to include products that enable pay-as-you-grow models, scalability for Web 2.0, and longevity to meet TCO demands. Read More Collaboration vendors join for interoperability A number of unified communications vendors including Microsoft, Polycom and Hewlett-Packard have formed the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum, a group to make sure all the pieces needed for collaboration will work together. Read More Lawmakers introduce stripped-down patent bill Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced patent legislation that would increase the budget for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), even as a larger patent reform bill languishes in the U.S. Senate. Read More Oracle further simplifies project portfolio management Oracle released Oracle Primavera Inspire for SAP 7.0 for improved integration between its Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) project-related modules. Read More
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