How to get more out of your virtualized and cloud environments

	How to get the most out of your IT talent | SDN tools increase WAN efficiency
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	How to get more out of your virtualized and cloud environments After Dammions Darden arrived as the new senior systems administrator for the city of Garland, Texas, he knew that the 50 to 60 physical hosts for this 234,000-person city outside of Dallas were not running nearly as efficiently as they could be. Some had excess capacity, others were running way too hot. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Free Trial of our Network Monitoring Solution Network management can get complicated. WhatsUp Gold makes it simple and affordable. With automated dependency awareness and prioritized alerting WhatsUp Gold helps you stay ahead of the constant changes in your network infrastructure. To keep things simple, it does this through one actionable, unified dashboard. For a limited time you can try a free version of this award winning software. See how simple it can be to manage your entire network under one system. Don't miss out on this opportunity to make your IT team more efficient. In this Issue How to get the most out of your IT talent SDN tools increase WAN efficiency How UPS uses analytics to drive down costs (and no, it doesn't call it big data) Public cloud storage can be efficient, but the potential is still limited Network slowdowns are the biggest issue for IT, survey shows 7 tools tuned for agile development success INSIDER IT modernization project makes the grade at North Carolina colleges Why you need to build career paths for nonmanagers 9 ways to keep employees motivated and productive during the holidays WHITE PAPER: Coresite 4 Advantages of Multi-Tenant Data Centers Increasing demands on IT are forcing organizations to rethink their data center options. For many organizations, that means turning to the flexibility afforded them by outsourced cloud solutions, which can provide exponential cost savings. Learn More >> How to get the most out of your IT talent As the spotlight on cost reduction has dimmed, IT has picked up plenty of new directives: to deliver business agility, drive innovation, and increase its value to the business, to name a few. Yet at the same time, IT remains responsible for all the tactical and operational activities it has always performed, such as keeping systems running, delivering new capabilities, and securing intellectual property and corporate data. For CIOs and IT leaders, the management challenge is how to help IT employees break the tactical habit and use their strategic skills more effectively. Read More SDN tools increase WAN efficiency Configuring, maintaining and changing WAN infrastructure can be a nightmare given the distributed nature of the beast and all the remote touch points, but emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) tools promise to make these operations more efficient. Usually touted as a data center tool, SDN can be used to automate and manage WAN operations, says Zeus Kerravala, principal of ZK Research. Read More How UPS uses analytics to drive down costs (and no, it doesn't call it big data) When you have an organization the size of UPS – with 99,000 vehicles and 424,000 employees – every single little bit of efficiency that can be squeezed out of daily operations translates into a big deal. UPS has been using analytics to do just that for a long time now, and keeps getting better and better at it. Read More WEBCAST: EMC Redefine Your Mission-Critical Cloud with VMAX3 This webinar examines how EMC's VMAX3 storage solution provides unprecedented reliability, agility, cost-effectiveness and power in today's demanding storage environments. Learn More Public cloud storage can be efficient, but the potential is still limited Public cloud storage can be a cost efficient alternative to rolling your own, but observers warn that it isn't a cure all. Price is the lure. Even if you have room in your data center for expansion, in-house storage infrastructure won't ever be as cost-scalable as a public cloud option, says Forrester analyst Henry Baltazar. And cloud storage will always give you more agility, he says. Read More Network slowdowns are the biggest issue for IT, survey shows The single most common issue faced by the IT pros surveyed recently by Kelton Research is network slowdowns or outages, which outstripped application performance problems, availability and even the dreaded "unanticipated change request." Read More 7 tools tuned for agile development success Agile development remains an increasingly popular way for development teams to get work done. The iterative alternative to fully mapped-out waterfall processes has become widely accepted in recent years, bringing with it software tools designed to help agile practitioners hone their processes, collaborate efficiently, and monitor progress. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Inc. The Human Side of IT Security The importance of IT security has vastly increased with the expansion in mobility, cloud computing, and social networking. Securing the organization is difficult enough, but it is considerably more difficult because of a number of factors tied to people. Learn more INSIDER IT modernization project makes the grade at North Carolina colleges The opportunity to save money, power and space is driving a multi-campus infrastructure modernization project within North Carolina Community Colleges (NCCC), a network of 58 institutions serving more than 800,000 students. So far 14 colleges throughout the state have upgraded to new servers that are more energy efficient, use less space and deliver higher performance than the systems they're replacing. Read More Why you need to build career paths for nonmanagers People are motivated by different incentives, both in their personal lives and in their careers. And that holds true for IT professionals and developers as well. You may not dream of being the boss or the CEO, but not because you don't like money or power. In many cases, it's simply because you don't like to rely on other people to get the job done and that is largely what being a manager is about. Read More 9 ways to keep employees motivated and productive during the holidays Keeping morale and productivity high during the holiday season (between Thanksgiving and just after New Year's) can be tough. The pull (and stress) of family and holiday shopping can cause workers to be distracted, or lose interest. As can going to work while their coworkers take vacation days. Read More
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