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	In search of IT service assurance IT managers abandon the separate worlds of their past and embrace managing network, system and application elements as one cohesive service. 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. In this Issue Enterprise risk management: All systems go Dell shows off first fruits of system management buy How to prepare the iPad for enterprise usage Cisco issues advisory for building management systems Dell adds document management features to printers Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time Score one for the good guys Task management made gamer-friendly Office Tab makes it easier to manage open office docs Google Wi-Fi snooping should serve as security wakeup call 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. Enterprise risk management: All systems go When Bill Badertscher arrived at Georgetown University three years ago, campuswide security was handled in several departments with little coordination among teams. It was time for a change. Badertscher is Georgetown's senior engineer for facility and safety control systems and leader of a new IT team that focuses on the same areas. The goal is to address enterprise risk management (ERM) by redefining it to include nontraditional systems. Understanding that security is mission-critical has led the University Safety and Information Services departments to work together in unprecedented ways. Read More Dell shows off first fruits of system management buy Systems management company Dell KACE has launched a new appliance. Read More How to prepare the iPad for enterprise usage After two months and 1 million-plus iPads sold, it's clear the Apple tablet is here to stay, not just for home use, but for the enterprise as well (48% of iPad users plan on bringing their tablet to work). For IT, this means preparing for additional network access, bandwidth management and security controls. Andrew Rubin, CEO of Cymtek Systems, chats with Keith Shaw about ways IT can get ready for and also benefit from the iPad. (20:05) Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More Cisco issues advisory for building management systems Cisco has issued a security advisory for its Network Building Mediator (NBM) and legacy Richards-Zeta Mediator products. The products allow different building systems to communicate with each other for facilities management. Cisco acquired Richards-Zeta last year. Read More Dell adds document management features to printers Dell is embedding document management features in multifunction printers as it tries to establish a foothold in the managed print services market, the company said last week. Read More Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time Whether open source is a license, a community or more is debatable, but what's not is that none of it would be possible without the people behind it. Read More 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! Score one for the good guys There's been much discussion on this blog about cyber crime and how it can be thwarted. Cyber crooks bounce around different servers around the world, surreptitiously hijack computers, steal money or identities and disappear without a trace. But every once in a while, the good guys catch a break. Read More Task management made gamer-friendly What's the difference, really, between shuffling off to the Xerox machine to make 50 copies of the TPS reports, and shuffling down to Un'Goro Crater to get 15 pieces of dinosaur meat for your Venomhide Ravasaur? Not much, except there's a more tangible reward for the latter. Gamer-friendly PIM QuestTracker (free/donationware) manages them both the same way. Read More Office Tab makes it easier to manage open office docs Office Tab ($25, 30-day free trial) solves one of Microsoft Office's shortcomings: How to handle multiple documents open in different windows. Unlike Web browsers, Office doesn't use tabs, so you can't see at a glance all the documents you're working on, and it's not easy to switch between them. Office Tab solves the problem by putting tabs on Office, Excel, and PowerPoint. Read More Google Wi-Fi snooping should serve as security wakeup call The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon. Peeved government officials in both Europe and the U.S. are pressing Google for more details on how the search company's Street View cars managed to cull personal data from Wi-Fi networks that weren't password-protected. Read More
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