How to pick an end-user experience monitoring tool

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	How to pick an end-user experience monitoring tool Through a recent survey, as I wrote a couple of weeks ago, Aberdeen Group said it found solid evidence that monitoring the end-user experience leads to a better overall application experience not only for users but also support staff. And to my way of thinking, anything that makes users happy and eases the help desk's burden has to be a good investment. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Creating a Hybrid ADN Architecture Unlike server virtualization, because of its unique role in the data center, Application Delivery Controller (ADC) virtualization brings with it architectural implications that make a simple virtual-for-physical replacement strategy unacceptable. Read now! In this Issue Sorting through email archiving tools Cisco bilkers get lengthy prison terms Windows 7 migration for the little guy Microsoft: 16 security patches coming Tuesday, 4 critical for Windows 7 Death, taxes and bandwidth growth Would-be Akamai spy busted by feds Microsoft launches open source .Net package manager Physical security information management (PSIM): The basics Why Cisco Umi doesn't have what Chambers wanted Most Windows 7 upgrades taking place in next 12 months WHITE PAPER: NetApp Read More! ESG Whitepaper talking about Windows Data Consolidation in Mid-Sized Virtual Server Environments. This paper focuses on the challenges of virtualizing Windows environments and the need to consider network storage as a part of the overall solution. NetApp and VMware's joint solution is also examined in detail. Read now! Sorting through email archiving tools Between disaster recovery, compliance with legislative requirements and the need to meet e-discovery demands, enterprises should have some level of email archiving in place. In addition, companies may need to archive other files, including Office documents, SharePoint, instant messaging, blogs and other social media. Read More Cisco bilkers get lengthy prison terms The couple that defrauded Cisco out of $20 million are getting lengthy prison terms. Mario Easevoli, 33, and his wife Jennifer, 29, were sentence to 12 and 9 years, respectively, for duping Cisco into sending replacement parts for routers and switches, which they then sold. Read More Windows 7 migration for the little guy The market has been filling up with migration tools to help IT managers upgrade to Windows 7 from XP, and many of our pages have been devoted to helping smooth the migration process. A Seattle company called Prowess offers one advantage over those of other comers because its solution is free. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA The Most Important Metric for your VMs The management tools selected to support virtualization is essential to the ability of IT to grow the virtual environment without proportionately increasing the staff to manage all of the new physical host servers and their guest VMs. Learn More Microsoft: 16 security patches coming Tuesday, 4 critical for Windows 7 The next Patch Tuesday will be huge. Microsoft expects to push out 16 patches total, that address critical holes all over the place, including Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Overall, four of the patches are rated critical, 10 are rated Important and two rated moderate. Most patches will require a restart. Read More Death, taxes and bandwidth growth Despite modest economic growth, 2010 marks a year of pent-up demand for WAN bandwidth, although IT professionals seem leery of predicting wholesale increases. Read More Would-be Akamai spy busted by feds An Akamai Technologies staffer was arrested and charged with wire fraud after he provided confidential business information to an undercover federal agent that he believed to be working for an unnamed foreign government. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Storage Buying Criteria for Shared Virtual Infrastructure You can't make the best storage decisions for your business if you're not asking the right questions. This new RFP template makes it easy. It reflects today's IT reality and includes the key criteria to consider so you can position your organization for the future. Learn more! Microsoft launches open source .Net package manager The NuPack package manager is designed to make it as simple as possible to integrate open source libraries within .Net projects. Read More Physical security information management (PSIM): The basics The concept that's become known as Physical Security Information Management (PSIM, pronounced P-sim) was introduced to the physical security world in 2006. The idea is that all the stuff of security is actually data. Data that, once contextualized and analyzed, becomes information for making better business decisions. Read More Why Cisco Umi doesn't have what Chambers wanted With Cisco's introduction of its Umi home TelePresence system, a vision that Chairman and CEO John Chambers has been talking about for years finally saw the light of day. But one piece of his dream is still missing. Read More Most Windows 7 upgrades taking place in next 12 months More than 10% of enterprises have already completed Windows 7 migrations, and most others will at least begin the process this year or in 2011, a recent poll suggests. Read More
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