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- Roundup: Interop Las Vegas 2008
- The big takeaway from the product fiesta that is Interop Las Vegas 2008 is that 10 GB Ethernet has finally arrived. Sister site TechRepublic has multiple folks on the scene at Mandalay Bay, here's a look at some of the key items (roundup): Implement...
- Tags: Copper, Termination, NetGear, Access Point, Change Management, Leadership, Home Networking, Workforce Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Networking, Personal Technology, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Splunk adds change-management and Windows support to IT search software
- IT search company Splunk today added to its arsenal of tools for IT managers with the launch of Splunk for Change Management, an application to audit and detect configuration and changes, and Splunk for Windows, which indexes all data generated by Windows servers and applications. The San...
- Tags: Service Desk, Application, Audit, Information Technology, Splunk, Microsoft Windows, Change Management, Podcasts, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Internet, Finance, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Google names new CIO
- Google has named Benjamin Fried chief information officer. Fried, had been a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Application Infrastructure group. News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Fried will take over in May. Fried replaces Douglas Merrill, who left earlier this month to go to EMI. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, Benjamin Fried, Portals, Change Management, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Groupware, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Project Requirements
- Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends April 30, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsProject failures-or significant cost and schedule overruns-are often caused by a poorly defined project scope. Improve your project management effectiveness by learning to define...
- Tags: Requirement, Change Management, Productivity, Project Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- Training 2008-04-01
- Application Lifecycle Management With ClearQuest 7.1.0.0
- This overview of the concepts and design goals behind an out-of-the-box Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solution for IBM Rational ClearQuest illustrates the benefits of using ClearQuest and the ALM package as the Change Management (CM) solution. The first of a two-part series, this paper presents both the concepts and design...
- Tags: Rational ClearQuest, Application Lifecycle Management, Change Management, Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-03-15
- 5 ways to fail at IT training
- 5 ways to fail at IT trainingplagerismHmm, somebody is copying somebody else's homework...http://cwflyris.computerworld.com/t/2922638/144816349/102834/2/Rush By ManagementThe number one problem I see is that Corporate IT management thinks employees don't need training, since all software works the same and is so intuitive that it just works. Basically, if a sales person says...
- Tags: Workforce management, Strategy, training, information technology, change management, IT training
- Discussion threads 2008-03-14
- Software Developer Improves Time to Market With change management Tool
- 1eEurope, a Zurich-based IT solution provider and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner wanted to optimise its development environment and improve collaboration between teams in different offices worldwide. By implementing the Microsoft Visual Studio Team System development system, the company has improved visibility of projects, and developers can create more robust product...
- Tags: Software, Developer, Microsoft Corp., Software Developer, Change Management, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2008-03-14
- Your IT project is toast when...
- TechRepublic has a top 10 of signs indicating that your IT project is about to get cut. The top 10 highlights how projects can run amok and chances are you may have lived through a few of these management woes. Among the more notable lessons in the...
- Tags: Project, TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Pit, Bang Project, Strategy, Change Management, Management, Tools & Techniques, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Momentum Webcast: Address Your Biggest change management Challenges With HP Business Computers and Windows Vista (Level 100)
- Life cycle management is more than buying a new computer with a new operating system. HP business computers address the complexity and cost of change. Business deserves tools and features that address those challenges. Some of those are built into the client while others make an IT administrator's life easier....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Webcast, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Change Management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Webcasts 2008-02-21
- Change Reporter for VMware Infrastructure 3 (msi)
- The freeware reporting tool for change management of your virtual infrastructure. Reports changes to virtual hardware, configuration of ESX servers, resource pools, clusters, and other virtual and physical objects. The tool sends a daily report, outlining all changes made to virtual infrastructure, including previous values of configuration settings. You can...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Infrastructure, Tool, NetWrix, Change Management, Business Intelligence, Leadership, Productivity, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-02-19
- Applied Project Management
- View Available Dates and Locations This project simulation course combines lectures, hands-on activities, and individual and team assignments to let you experience managing a project from original concept to archiving the project documents. You'll walk through a complete project management life cycle, including initiating, planning, ...
- Tags: Team, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Team Management, Strategy, Change Management, It Operations, It service Management, Management
- Training 2008-01-01
- SQL Server 2008 Manageability
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 builds on the management capabilities of previous versions and provides a variety of tools and frameworks to help to manage the enterprise data environment. The comprehensive management automation capabilities of SQL Server 2008 reduce the administrative overhead that is required to maintain data services and ensure...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Change Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-01-01
- V-Kernel Capacity and Chargeback Virtual Appliance
- The folks from V-Kernel contacted me and asked if I was interested in learning more about their product. I, of course, said yes. I know, it's a disease. I can't help myself. I'm really interested in learning more about virtualization technology. Quick rundown of V-Kernel ...
- Tags: Appliance, Chargeback, V-Kernel Here, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Change Management, Hardware, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2007-11-21
- Mipsis Document Management Software (zip)
- The software automates document control and change management processes and provides a secure electronic environment for change management. Features include revision control, electronic document approval and automatic document distribution. Version 6.5 includes new design of user interface.
- Tags: Change Management, Leadership, Document Management, Tools & Techniques, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Software downloads 2007-11-15
- Reducing Cycle Time and Improving the Quality of Decision-making for IT Emergency change management through Communications Enabled Business Processes
- In this case study, Avaya describes how its own IT organization is improving productivity and relieving worker stress by automating a customer emergency resolution process. Avaya uses its Communications Enabled Business Processes (CEBP) to reduce human latency and improve the quality of decision making for its mission-critical IT emergency change...
- Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, Decision-making, Avaya Inc., Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management
- Case studies 2007-11-01
- Dow Chemical Assesses Sales Efficiency to Boost Effectiveness Globally
- The Dow Chemical Company wanted to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of its global sales organization and address key issues regarding sub-optimal user adoption of its sales application. The challenge was to assess the change management effort associated with its transition from a product-centric to a customer-centric organization and determines the...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., The Dow Chemical Co., Sales Strategy, Change Management, Sales Force Management, Sales, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- Driving Business Value With Insight From the Tivoli Technical Community
- IT service management professionals have a significant challenge to face. They are required by Senior Management to align IT goals with the business; however, they are often missing the necessary tools to carry out this important request. An enterprise may have embraced the philosophy of ITIL and have groups handling...
- Tags: Decision Support, IBM Corp., Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Change Management, ITIL, It Services, Service Level Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2007-10-01
- SwisSQL -- DBChangeManager (exe)
- SwisSQL DBChangeManager is an affordable and easy-to-use tool for Comparison and Synchronization of Microsoft SQL Server database schema. It also offers powerful Reporting, Auditing and a Web based client interface (with multi user access) which makes it the best fit for collaborative database development and database change management. It also...
- Tags: AdventNet Inc., SwisSQL DBChangeManager, Change Management, Storage, Databases, Tools & Techniques, Management, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-09-04
- Egyptian Government National Education Program Transforms Small Businesses
- Egyptian Government wanted to improve business and ICT skills among SMEs to foster global competition and transform education via coordination between private and public sector organizations. The challenge was to develop a management and ICT curriculum and infrastructure to deliver content to SMEs. As a solution they worked with IBSG...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, Government, Small Business, Information And Communication Technology, Change Management, Smb/Sme, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- BC Program Support Log (exe)
- BC Program Support Log is a web enabled incident, issue, risk, discussion, change management and Quality Control System for SMEs and fortune 1000 companies. Install in 10 seconds. Features include; Intuitive UI, ASP Web based, Multi distributed teams, automated email notifications and access authorization, file attachments, incident cross referencing and...
- Tags: Web, BC Program Support Log, E-mail, Change Management, Smb/Sme, Channel Management, Quality, Online Communications, Tools & Techniques, Management, Marketing, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-06-11
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