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Network Change and Configuration Management: Optimize Reliability, Minimize Risk and Reduce Costs

One of the most dramatic innovations in the infrastructure management marketplace in the last five years is the rise of Network Change and Configuration Management NCCM as a strategic requirement. In the past, network configuration management had been relegated to a pure-play element management approach associated with the "care and...

Tags: Asset, Configuration Management Inc., Enterprise Management Associates Inc., Infrastructure Management, Network, Asset Management, Networking, Operational Planning, Business Operations

White papers 2008-03-01

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EvriChart: A Linux Success Story

Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...

Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-10-20

VMware to step up data center automation game

ResponseThis is great news for the IT world. These tools will greatly improve the efficiency and effectiveness of virtual environments. And VMware is smart to focus on automation. They understand better than anyone that automation is the key to virtualization and then cloud computing.Without it, you?re not likely...

Tags: Server virtualization, Virtualization, VMware Inc., game, automation, provisioning, virtual server

Discussion threads 2009-09-27

Using Configuration Control to Meet Compliance and Improve Operations

CAPITAL Card Services, Inc. is a leading servicer of MasterCard and Visa accounts for financial and non-financial institutions nationwide. The challenge was to become compliant with various regulations, including PCI, to increase and enforce change management processes and discipline and to reduce unplanned work. Tripwire Enterprise provides configuration control to...

Tags: Compliance, Tripwire, Tripwire Enterprise, Change Management, Strategy, Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2009-09-19

Pumping Up IT Muscle Helps This Fitness Equipment Leader Gain PCI Strength

Headquartered in Vancouver, Washington, Nautilus, Inc. is a global fitness products company providing innovative, quality solutions to help people achieve a healthy lifestyle. The challenge was to deploy an automated method for meeting regulatory compliance, to find a proactive method for detecting unauthorized changes and to reduce time spent investigating...

Tags: Information Technology, PCI, Leader, Tripwire, Tripwire Enterprise, Change Management, Leadership, Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2009-07-18

Citrix launches Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

The folks at Citrix are at it again. They are trying to execute a preemptive strike so that their technology will come to be pervasive. It is clear that Citrix is taking a page out of the open source strategy book. This "give something of value away...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Express Edition, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Oracle buys Virtual Iron

I just got word that Oracle has continued its spending spree by acquiriring Virtual Iron. After Oracle's acquistion of Sun (see Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World), it is clear that Oracle is building a soup to nuts virtualization story. Here's what Oracle has to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Citrix and NetApp Do the Virtualization Dance Together

I see that Citrix and NetApp have gotten together to provide a virtual processing/virtual storage solution. As I mentioned in the post The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing, virtual processing and virtual storage are powerful separately but, using them ought to be part of most organization's virtualized...

Tags: Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., NetApp, VMware Obviously, Storage, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-31

Stellar Materials, Inc.: Bringing Hosted SharePoint and Exchange Together

As a part of day-to-day business, Stellar Materials Incorporated was becoming increasingly dependent on their SharePoint site, as both a company intranet and a public-facing website. Their exchange server, however, was hosted in-house on a Stellar owned dedicated server in Tampa, FL. With these servers operating under separate IT management,...

Tags: Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft SharePoint, Server, AMP TECHNOLOGY, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-03-31

Mozilla's T-Bird 3 to get calendar, search, UI, config, add-on improvements in late 2008-early 2009

The newly minted Mozilla e-mail subsidiary has moved out of stealth mode and is targeting the release of the next generation of Thunderbird for late 2008. The open source Thunderbird 3, now under development, will feature integrated calendaring, better search, easier configuration, significant user interface improvements...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., Mozilla Thunderbird, Plan, Mozilla Corp., E-mail Clients, E-mail, Software, Online Communications, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-02-19

360Works SuperContainer 1.8 (Mac)

What is SuperContainer? SuperContainer lets you do document management and digital asset management using the new Web Viewer feature in FileMaker Pro 8.5, instead of container fields. You can upload, download, view, and resize images and documents using FileMaker Pro client software or with your web browser and Instant Web...

Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Filemaker Inc., Plug-in, 360Works, SuperContainer, Container Field, Channel Management, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-01-15

Ten more ways SOA made a difference in 2007

From planes to trains to phones to hotels, SOA played a key role in advancing many businesses in 2007. I culled several more working examples of where SOA made a difference over the past year from my SOA in Action Website over at ebizQ, which tracks SOA success stories. More...

Tags: Airline, British Telecommunications, SOA, EasyFIDS, Marriott, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-12-27

IT Services Firm Enhances Business Offerings With New Managed Services Technology

Interactive Business Information Systems, Inc., (I.B.I.S., Inc.) is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that provides business management solutions to midsize organizations, with a focus on implementing Microsoft Dynamics business software. Increasingly, the company's clients are requesting that I.B.I.S. completely manage their IT systems. To best provide this service, I.B.I.S. became...

Tags: Managed Services, IT Services, Business Management, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management

Case studies 2007-12-01

SAP's Business ByDesign go to market

SAP's Business ByDesign go to marketSAP Consultants - The Midmarket FactorThis article by Sam Sliman, president for Optimal Solutions Integrations, Inc., recently posted on the Optimal SAP Blog [http://www.optimalsapblog.blog-city.com] provides a pretty insightful perspective on what SAP's aggressive midmarket push might mean for SAP consultants:SAP Consultants - The Midmarket FactorSAP's...

Tags: Operational planning, Enterprise resource planning (ERP), SMB/SME, Enterprise software, SAP AG, SAP BBD

Discussion threads 2007-10-03

ConAgra Foods saves thousands using Covalent Technologies Enterprise Ready Server

CovalentI had an opportunity to ask Matt Reagan, Sr. System and Network Administrator, ConAgra Foods, Inc., a few questions about how his organization is using tools from Covalent Technologies.Please tell me who you are and a bit about your organization?Matt is a Senior System and Network Administrator for ConAgra Foods....

Tags: application virtualization

Blog posts 2007-07-20

XDS - a new take on access virtualization

A short while ago, Roger Sakowski and I had the opportunity to speak with XDS, Inc.’s CEO and Chairman, Mario Dal Canto. His company has a new take on the idea of access virtualization. XDS, Inc., the SIMtone.Here's how XDS, Inc. presents this idea:SIMtone™ is a paradigm-shifting network service. It's...

Tags: Access virtualization

Blog posts 2007-07-09

Borland Software Case Study: AQS, Inc.

AQS provides leading policy administration solutions for commercial property and casualty insurance carriers. With growing demands for additions to its AQS/advantage suite of products, AQS needed a more effective solution to handle its software change and configuration management requirements. It needed a solution that would help the development organization to...

Tags: Borland Software Corp., AQS Inc., Insurance, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

Case studies 2007-06-28

NTTPC Communications Inc. Offers Auto Configuration for SP Managed Services

NTTPC is always actively seeking ways to reduce its cost of operation. The company needs a solution that can deliver zero touch deployment without incurring expensive Network Management Systems NMS costs, as well as the potential capability to automatically maintain the installed base. Cisco's Integrated Services Routers ISR provide unparalleled...

Tags: Deployment, Cisco Systems Inc., NTTPC, Networking

Case studies 2007-04-01

Will ITIL make SOA governable?

Will ITIL make SOA governable?ITIL Version 3 will help...As a UK Blogger on ITIL (http://www.ITServiceBlog.com) I recently featured a post on what's coming up in the next Version of ITIL - V3.It's clear that the inclusion of four new core texts: IT Service Design, IT Service Strategies, IT Service Introduction...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Process improvement, IT Services, Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, IT Operations, ITIL, SOA, information technology

Discussion threads 2006-03-27

Use this guide to choose the Linux distribution that's best for you

This guide to Linux distributions from the book Linux Desktop Pocket Guide will help you determine which best matches your organization. All Linux distributions are not created equal. While largely similar, each one has unique features and applications that may or may not suit your organization's needs....

Tags: Linux Desktop, Linux Distribution, O'Reilly Media Inc., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software

Book chapters 2006-01-10