Heroix, Nimsoft roll out cloud management features

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	Heroix, Nimsoft roll out cloud management features Traditional management and monitoring companies continue placing their dibs on the emerging cloud computing management market. Here's a quick recap of two of the latest announcements. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network Instruments Taming Cloud-Based Applications Solve application delay, reduce MTTR, and instantly pinpoint problem areas with our new Observer product line. Go from cloud-to-packet with high-level reporting solutions that can be easily drilled-downed for quick troubleshooting and analysis. Couple with the new 576 TB retrospective network analysis solution device and start taming your network. Learn more link to: In this Issue Poor Mark Hurd: HP severance includes $12.2 million cash, $16 million in stock Four must-have iPhone apps to boost productivity Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed? Supersize your WAN US sends message to IT industry to play fair Mark Hurd: A look back at his HP tenure Convirture delivers enterprise grade management for Linux virtualization Global IT spending set to rise Application delivery: Starting over again Kids snub IT careers as lessons are boring WHITE PAPER: HP ROI of Switched Ethernet Networking Solutions IDC interviewed several organizations to determine their future networking strategies. Learn how they built a foundation to meet network switch demands with an average 5.7 month payback and zero annual maintenance fees. Read Now Poor Mark Hurd: HP severance includes $12.2 million cash, $16 million in stock Ousted CEO Mark Hurd is departing HP with a hefty severance package, including a $12.2 million cash payment and HP stock worth about $16 million, according to a report filed Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More Four must-have iPhone apps to boost productivity The Apple iPhone was born as a primarily consumer-oriented smartphone. But, Apple managed to change the smartphone rules and blur the lines between consumer and business tools -- eventually being embraced by many IT admins and invading the business world. Read More Are new IETF switching, routing specs needed? Two high-profile specifications winding their way through the IETF promise to boost data center switching and service provider routing, but advances from Cisco and Juniper Networks raise questions about how much the specs are even needed. Read More WEBCAST: Oracle Getting Started with Identity Compliance The Burton Group's, Kevin Kampman, provides an overview of the latest technology for identity management. He'll help you sift through key, mandatory requirements and features and functionality that can wait. Kevin offers guidance on how you can get a 360-degree view of users' access and behavior, best practices and a real-world implementation. View Now. Supersize your WAN Six years ago, we tested dual-WAN routers as a way to pump more bandwidth into small businesses that couldn't afford a T1 and were stuck with relatively slow DSL and cable connections. Today, speed is less of an issue. The critical need today is maintaining connectivity. Read More US sends message to IT industry to play fair Last week's antitrust settlement between Intel and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission sends a strong message to IT companies not to exploit their dominance in a way that squashes competition or deprives consumers of choice, industry observers said. Read More Mark Hurd: A look back at his HP tenure HP CEO Mark Hurd is resigning following a sexual harassment claim. How has HP changed since he arrived five years ago, in the wake of a different scandal? Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Is your WAN designed with your applications in mind? WAN sourcing has been based on the cost of bandwith and availability. The focus is increasing on sourcing WAN solutions that can meet business needs for application performance. Read about Gartner's structured methodology to design a WAN that both performs well and is cost effective. Read Now Convirture delivers enterprise grade management for Linux virtualization Has the dearth of management tools held you back from deploying virtualization on a Linux platform? Now there's an enterprise version of the open source management software ConVirt that actually exceeds the base feature set of VMWare's vCenter. ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise might be just the tool you need to help Linux flourish in your virtualized data center. Read More Global IT spending set to rise IDC projects a recovery in IT expenditure later this year. Read More Application delivery: Starting over again New changes are impacting an IT organization's ability to ensure acceptable application delivery over a WAN. How we talk about application delivery needs to fundamentally change. Read More Kids snub IT careers as lessons are boring School children are passing over a career in computing because IT lessons at school are boring, says the Royal Society. Read More
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