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Infrastructure Architecture Essentials, Part 4: Scalable Enterprise Systems Management

Discover the methods used to manage enterprise resources, including storage, compute nodes, switches, and the data and services that this infrastructure provides. In a perfect world, all systems would have common configuration, monitoring, recovery, security, and performance-tuning management features. Most often, however, systems designers must carefully craft system architectures that...

Tags: Enterprise Systems Management, IBM Corp., Productivity, Strategy, Management

White papers 2008-10-28

The EMA All-Stars in Enterprise Systems Management for 2008

This Enterprise Management Associates® research report highlights what it considers to be the best available software solutions in a number of specific disciplines, in order to form a 'Systems Management All-Star' team, and further highlights the 'best of the best' with selection to the All-Star First Team. It is designed...

Tags: Enterprise Systems Management, Kace, It Services, Network Administration, Networking

White papers 2008-01-01

NetApi Manager 1.0.146 (Windows)

Netapi Manager is an enterprise system management application for Windows NT/2000. It provides an integrated collection of Windows NT/2000 administration utilities.

Tags: Windows NT/2000, Enterprise Systems Management, Creal'lab, Netapi Manager, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2001-01-17

PeopleSoft helps Verizon for Enterprise System Management

Verizon Wireless needed to quickly roll out its PeopleSoft HRMS and Financials systems to hit the ground running. PeopleSoft Global Services provided the expertise and rapid implementation to get Verizon's PeopleSoft system up and running.

Tags: PeopleSoft Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Enterprise Systems Management, Organizational Structure, Human Resources

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Strategic Secret Weapon for Tightening Business & IT Alignment: Modeling!

Achieving alignment between an organization's core goals and the IT infrastructure that supports an enterprise's strategic direction is an ongoing challenge. Learn how aligning business processes with data from information systems enables the development of a model-driven approach that will ultimately lead to heightened agility and greater productivity across the...

Tags: Business Process, Information Technology, Sybase Inc., Modeling, Operational Planning, Strategy, Databases, Business Operations, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2009-11-01

Nsauditor 1.9.6 (Windows)

Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is a network security software and vulnerability scanner that allows auditing and monitoring network computers for possible vulnerabilities, checking network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack it and create a report of potential problems that were found. Nsauditor is a complete...

Tags: Network, Auditing, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Nsasoft, Nsauditor Network Security Auditor, Nsauditor, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's cloud, enterprise goals

Ubuntu 9.10 advances Canonical's ambitious push into cloud computing -- and the enterprise. Ubuntu is best known for its Linux desktop and there are several desktop improvements in this upgrade -- including a faster boot and login and enhanced audio and and 3G broadband connectivity. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Eucalyptus, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-29

MightyQuery 1.0.1 (Windows)

MightyQuery is a single user SQL database management software working with data stored as comma separated values (.csv, .txt) in plain, flat, textual files. It is serverless, self-contained, simple and effective SQL DBMS for querying CSV files. In contrast to most database systems, MightyQuery does not require neither server installation,...

Tags: Server, SQL, Microsoft Windows, Zlatko Matic, MightyQuery, Databases, Storage, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Accelerating Business Performance: San Francisco & Frankfurt Enterprise 2.0 Conferences

Next week sees the inaugural West Coast iteration of the Enterprise 2.0 conference, which is also an annual June event in Boston on the east coast. Sameer Patel and I will be running a track throughout the event which is focused on Selling the Case for...

Tags: Performance, Use Case, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-26

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

JBuddy Messenger 3.1.091026 (Mac)

JBuddy Messenger is a multi-protocol, cross-platform instant messaging desktop client. JBuddy Messenger supports popular public instant messaging protocols as well as enterprise instant messaging servers and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and other Java-enabled desktop environments. System Requirements: JBuddy Messenger requires a Java Runtime Environment JRE...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Screen Name, IM, JBuddy Messenger, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications

Software downloads 2009-10-26

MSFT versus GOOG - there's a big gap

Countering Google[i]At the current rate of Google?s revenue growth, 7 per cent, it would take it more than 3 years to reach Microsoft?s current quarterly revenue.[/i]The above is true if you assume MS will have no growth over the next 3 years. I don't think that will be the case....

Tags: Web browsers, Operational accounting, Strategy, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Jigsaw Pieces Can Be More Agile Than Platforms

Box.net, the little company that likes to tweak Goliath Microsoft's nose with digs at Sharepoint - the billboard above is near Microsoft's silicon valley digs -  announced an alignment with Salesforce.com CRM earlier today. Nothing earth shattering here at first glance: it makes perfect sense for...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Microsoft SharePoint, Compliance, Box, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Gaping security hole in Time Warner cable routers

how about telling us how to fix it?Can the customer log into their own router and change the vulnerable settings? Please advise.Patetic simply pateticThis is a worst case scenario... Time Warner is guilty of having used the same Admin Name/Password on all their routers and from what I read on...

Tags: Routers & switches, Modems, Network technology, NETWORKING, SMC8014, Model Number, Time Warner Cable Inc., router, modem, Time Warner Inc., Comcast Corp., security

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?

Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...

Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-21

SaaS: Shelfware as a service?

Think the conclusions are a bit flawedI think we can all agree that SaaS saves operational expenses, increases agility and improves the user experience. I don't think the fact that Salesforce.com has been successful can be held against the category.The shelfware point is a bit more subtle. The...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Managed hosting, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, shelfware

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

IBM launches systems management in a box

IBM has launched two Tivoli-branded, systems-management appliances aimed at companies with fewer than 1,000 employees and departments of larger enterprises. IBM has launched two Tivoli-branded, systems-management appliances aimed at companies with fewer than 1,000 employees and departments of larger enterprises. The company said the launch brings Tivoli's enterprise-level...

Tags: IBM Corp., It Services, Network Administration, Networking, IBM, Tivoli, systems management, Manek Dubash ZDNet UK

News items 2009-10-19

Oracle's big plan: Double revenue in five years

Oracle capped off its OpenWorld conference with a powwow with analysts where management was described as extremely confident about the company's prospects. Although I'm not sure you could ever describe Oracle management as timid---does Larry Ellison allow that?---analyst notes seem to portray executives as exceedingly confident. Judging...

Tags: Revenue, Oracle Corp., Ross MacMillan, Tools & Techniques, Operational Accounting, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-16

FireDaemon Trinity 2.3.2657 (Windows)

FireDaemon Trinity is an Windows Service Management Platform. Trinity is comprised of three components: Enterprise Management Console, Web Server and Console Application. The Management Console gives you control over services running on all machines on your network. It allows you to remotely manage machines via HTTPS and SOAP. The Web...

Tags: Enterprise Management, Web Server, Console, FireDaemon Technologies, FireDaemon Trinity, Trinity, Console Application, FireDaemon, Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, SOAP, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Software downloads 2009-10-14

ipMonitor 10.0 (Windows)

Do you know what's up with your network? What's going on right now with all those network devices, servers, and applications that are the magic behind your business? To keep on top of what's happening with all of those moving parts, you need an easy-to-use, reliable network monitoring software solution...

Tags: Network, Monitoring, Microsoft Windows, Network Device, Network Monitoring, SolarWinds, SolarWinds ipMonitor, Networking, Network Administration

Software downloads 2009-10-14