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	Virtualization visibility clear as can be with Xangati As I mentioned in one of my first newsletter articles, a lack of visibility into the virtual server infrastructure is causing reticence among enterprise IT professionals seeking to expand their use of server virtualization. Network World reader Davin Garcia, IT director of a design-build infrastructure, environmental and energy company in Walnut Creek, Calif., felt compelled to respond with the suggestion that peers with virtualization visibility problems check out Xangati, a network management start-up. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps Virtualization & Cloud Blindspots? Having VM triage and optimization issues? Exploring private/hybrid clouds? How can you assure service quality and performance reliability? AccelOps integrated monitoring delivers end-to-end visibility, proactive control, reduced MTTR and service intelligence. Visit AccelOps and obtain you EMA research's "Pragmatic Guide to IT Service Management" In this Issue The complex world of kids and cyberbullying The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No glitz Microsoft Windows Azure and Amazon EC2 on collision course Microsoft, Salesforce suits are over who rules the cloud How thin can you get? Porn gets 'Net home of its own; XXX domain approved Industry groups support Obama IP enforcement plan Quest fields NoSQL administrator tool WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation A Quick Start to BPM Starting with a small, well-scoped BPM project can provide minimal disruption, high value quickly and lay the foundation to later build on initial success across other departments. This paper outlines procedures, best practices and key guidelines that support design and implementation of an initial BPM project that can be deployed in 60-90 days. Read More The complex world of kids and cyberbullying As the father of three 8-year-olds and possessor of typically mixed childhood memories, few matters concern me more than bullying, in general, and cyberbullying, in particular. The New York Times this weekend has a thorough and thoroughly disconcerting roundup of current thinking on the latter that should be read by anyone of similar mind. Read More The surprising secret of a Las Vegas data center: No glitz The data center used by The Venetian resort and casino owned by the Sands Corp. is neither glitzy or unusual, but must perform many out-of-the-ordinary tasks to make sure the unique business runs smoothly. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Designing Tomorrow's Ethernet-Based Metropolitan Area Networks Click to continue Microsoft Windows Azure and Amazon EC2 on collision course Microsoft's Windows Azure and Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud tackle are destined to emulate each other over time, Microsoft cloud official Tim O'Brien says. Read More Microsoft, Salesforce suits are over who rules the cloud The lawsuits brought by Microsoft and Salesforce.com against each other will ultimately determine who owns the intellectual property rights to software once delivered on-premise that is now, increasingly, being delivered in the cloud. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Corporation Unlock Business Value with IBM Mashup Center IBM Mashup Center can empower business users to create their own applications by transforming and combining the resources they already have—from enterprise systems and Web sites to desktop applications and personal spreadsheets. Read More How thin can you get? This newsletter will continue the discussion about how thin clients are the modern day equivalent of the dumb ASCII and IBM 3270 terminals of the previous mainframe era. In particular, we'll discuss server side virtualization and answer the oft asked question: How thin can you get? Read More Porn gets 'Net home of its own; XXX domain approved Pornography will have its own top-level domain, dot-XXX, the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers decided. Read More Industry groups support Obama IP enforcement plan One U.S. senator questioned why search engines and Internet service providers don't block customers' access to pirated music and movies online, and representatives of the U.S. movie and music industries praised a new plan by President Barack Obama's administration to crack down on intellectual property violations, during a Senate hearing. Read More Quest fields NoSQL administrator tool Quest extends its Toad line of database developer tools for non-relational databases. Read More
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