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	SolarWinds wants you to ride the cloud, SaaS wave Understanding what's happening on WAN connections is going to get a whole lot hairier as enterprises begin centralizing data in private cloud computing infrastructures or increasing their reliance on applications delivered as services across the network. The deeper the insight into those connections, the better off network managers will be in keeping application performance at acceptable levels. 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 Top 5 network management investments Cloud storage lives up to the hype vSphere rounds into form Report: Cloud IT ideal for testing innovative ideas Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout The new new CIO role: Big changes ahead IT execs release guidebook on e-health records implementation MindManager 9: Great for project managers IdeaWallets helps you manage and refine your ideas Thin client computing: Central management, anywhere access WHITE PAPER: HP HP Business Value of EVA Storage Virtualization This Edison Group report is an independent assessment of the architecture and business benefits of HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA). Learn how EVA enables access to the storage in a single array by numerous hosts, tiered storage within the array to different types of drives and better performance than non-virtualized systems. Read Now. Top 5 network management investments The proliferation of virtualization technologies is putting pressure on IT teams to start automating more processes. With little room in the budget for new products, it's critical that companies prioritize their investments. Read More Cloud storage lives up to the hype In our continuing series of groundbreaking tests of cloud computing services, we take a look at what enterprises can expect if they decide to entrust data to a cloud storage provider. Read More vSphere rounds into form VMware's vSphere 4.0 cloud operating system, which we tested last June ushered in new methods to manage virtual machines on internal and external hosts. The 4.1 version, which shipped last month, delivers some much needed polish. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Efficiently Delivering Enterprise-Class File-Based Storage IDC: Read about the exponential growth in file-based storage. Learn how having intelligence on data stored can help storage managers make smarter decisions about data storage, protection, archiving, retention, and disposition. Read Now. Report: Cloud IT ideal for testing innovative ideas Cloud computing offers a speedy way to set up experimental testbeds to accelerate business innovation, according to a report by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Read More Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout Riverbed has products on tap that will enable WAN optimization as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for remote virtual desktops and, perhaps in a year or two, a software client that will speed up the performance of handhelds and smartphones. Read More The new new CIO role: Big changes ahead CIOs know all about change management--from jettisoning legacy apps, to prodding line of business VPs to share virtualized resources. Read More WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs Employee Web Use and Misuse: This white paper examines a Web security solution that gives companies the ability to monitor and enforce their Internet usage policies, bringing site monitoring and URL filtering together while insuring security with anti-virus and anti-spyware protection. Read Now IT execs release guidebook on e-health records implementation The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives released a guidebook for CIOs and other IT managers with tips and first-hand experiences in implementing electronic health records in order to meet government "meaningful use" standards. Read More MindManager 9: Great for project managers Mindjet's MindManager 9, which helps you create visual diagrams of your thinking, may seem far more esoteric than Microsoft Office. But it's actually in a similar predicament to Microsoft's ubiquitous productivity suite. Read More IdeaWallets helps you manage and refine your ideas If you talk to enough creative people, you'll probably notice that most of them make a habit of recording their ideas as often as possible. Ideas have a funny way of fluttering about in your mind during moments of inspiration and then disappearing forever shortly after, so it's important to write them down as they occur. Read More Thin client computing: Central management, anywhere access Deployed correctly, Citrix XenApp can deliver on the remote desktop promise. Read More
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