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	SolarWinds broadens scope of flagship net performance monitor As everybody knows, peering into today's data centers provide a whole different view than just a year or two ago.  Read More WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Be the Change: Discover the 3D Scaling Advantage Imagine a platform that can scale up to provide improved performance and throughput as its host servers consolidate, scale out to deliver capacity, performance and bandwidth from a shared pool of resources as more and more host servers are connected to it, and scale deep by connecting external storage. Read Now In this Issue Why is license compliance so %$#$% hard? Virtualization meets its organizational limit Ultimate endpoint management tools Bad database management leading to 'mayhem' says research Who will build the next enterprise architects? User activity monitoring answers the age-old questions of who, what and when Serena upgrades software release management CollabNet hosts Scrum project management HootSuite social business tools come to iPad WHITE PAPER: VMware Virtualizing Business Critical Applications Learn how VMware vSphere 4 and the latest Intel Xeon process-based servers deliver up to 275 percent better virtualization performance than previous generations, with lower overhead and improved scalability. Learn More Now. Why is license compliance so %$#$% hard? Mark Gibbs challenges the BSA to make our lives easier. Read More Virtualization meets its organizational limit We've been staring a simple truth in the face for a few years but generally trying to ignore it because the implications are big. That truth: If we are to get the most out of highly virtualized, cloud-ready environments we are probably going to have to rethink the way parts of IT are organized. Read More Ultimate endpoint management tools Desktop virtualization, Web apps, software as a service, and an increasingly mobile user base have created new challenges when it comes to endpoint management. Nonetheless, there are still some constants – endpoints need to be deployed, configured, patched, secured and supported. Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power Fujitsu Achieves 100% Accurate Power Measurement Customers come to Fujitsu for resilient, secure and low cost data center services. Learn how Fujitsu improved the accuracy of their customer billings by changing their service fee model from a sq. foot/meter metric to one that accurately measures power and cooling consumption. Read now Bad database management leading to 'mayhem' says research Businesses have an inconsistent approach to database management, leading to "IT and information mayhem", according to research. Read More Who will build the next enterprise architects? Bringing the next generation of enterprise architects up to speed won't be an easy task. While most experts agree that the job is a critical one, given the corporate emphasis building business infrastructure in the most technically efficient way, training these future experts has proven difficult.  Read More User activity monitoring answers the age-old questions of who, what and when The city of Richmond, Va., had a user access problem. Due to an inadvertent misconfiguration of Active Directory, internal users were able to access systems and databases that they shouldn't have had access to. A user activity monitoring tool helped the city see the inappropriate access and lock down their systems. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quantum Corporation Long-Term Data Retention – Key Considerations Managing backup and recovery in today's environment is a multi-dimensional challenge with both near and long-term business requirements. Recent technological developments in disk backup have had a positive impact on short-term data retention strategy. This tool provides key topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans. Read Now Serena upgrades software release management Serena Software refreshed this week its Serena Release Management Solution, for automating software release processes across multiple platforms. Read More CollabNet hosts Scrum project management Reporting capabilities also added as CollabNet emphasizes the rapid deployment the cloud version allows. Read More HootSuite social business tools come to iPad Businesses and the enterprise are putting the iPad to work, and now those users can manage their social presence on Apple's tablet, thanks to a major upgrade to HootSuite. Read More
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