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What Windows 7 means for IT pros: More and more companies are looking at Windows 7 with an eye toward migrating from XP or Vista -- and IT pros in all capacities are likely to be affected to some degree. This collection of job-specific articles will help you get ready for the impact Windows 7 will have...; Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; Download resources 2009-11-06
10 ways to evaluate your IT management software: did it sound to anyone else....like he just described Spiceworks?; Tags: IT administration, information technology; Discussion threads 2009-11-05
10 ways to evaluate your IT management software: Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...; Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet; News items 2009-11-05
Customer Case Study:Â A L Filters: Companies undergoing rapid expansion can all too soon find their IT infrastructures becoming unwieldy, inadequate and expensive to manage. Switching to virtualization with a consolidated and simplified datacentre environment can help pull IT back to the heart of the business - powering growth, not hindering it.; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, Dell EqualLogic, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-11-04
Solution Brief: Dell Equalogic PS Series Can Offer Robust, High-Availability Infrastructure for Microsoft's 2008 R2 HYPER-V: Virtualization has become a popular IT strategy for enhancing hardware utilization, helping organizations decrease power, cooling, and data center footprint costs, and enhance the flexibility of IT. While virtualization can offer a wide range of IT benefits, running multiple applications on each physical server can place availability at risk. If...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Virtualization, Information Technology, Dell EqualLogic, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management; White papers 2009-11-04

Seeking IT failure experts on Twitter: I'm assembling the definitive Twitter list of folks who have demonstrated deep insight and commitment into analyzing the causes and prevention of IT failures and need your help. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Twitter Inc., Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2009-11-02
Zenoss Core 2.5 (Mac): An award-winning open source IT monitoring product that effectively manages the configuration, health and performance of networks, servers and applications through a single, integrated software package. Configuration Management Database CMDB At the heart of Zenoss solutions resides the Zenoss Configuration Management Database CMDB. The CMDB houses a unified model...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Information Technology, CMDB, Monitoring, Zenoss, Strategy, Management; Software downloads 2009-11-02
Amplifying 'weak signals' for IT success: Every executive knows that gaining detailed and accurate information about his or her organization's activities is a challenging and ongoing struggle. New techniques that reveal hidden vulnerabilities are now available. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Information Technology, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2009-11-01
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
How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT: When does Lean IT become Mean IT? by Joe McKendrick; Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2009-10-30
Eco-IT: IT is seeing the beginnings of a perfect storm that will be felt by every major user of IT. Organizations are likely to be required to reduce their use of power, carbon emissions and the like at the same time they're increasing needs for computing. by Dan Kusnetzky; Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2009-10-30
The 10 biggest failures in IT history: We've debated the highlights of IT history. Now it's time to consider a few good ideas that went wrong - or that may have been ill-advised to begin with.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.; Tags: Information Technology, Jack Wallen, Strategy, Management; Download resources 2009-10-30
Five reasons to deliver a virtual service, not a virtual server: What began as an interesting technological experiment has now become an opportunity for IT to shape its future, says Fortisphere's Lilac Berniker Commentary - As virtualization becomes an increasingly commonplace technology in the datacenter, the breadth of stakeholders in the virtual environment is growing. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Workload, Virtual Server, Server, Strategy, Management, virtualization, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet, Lilac Berniker Fortisphere, Special to ZDNet; News items 2009-10-29
3 Strategies for Reducing IT Support Costs: As companies brace for more bumps in the economic downturn, many organisations are indiscriminately cutting costs. To ensure a seamless transition into the post-recession market, however, slashing and burning is not recommended. Now is the time to strategically trim and strengthen for success. This IDC White...; Tags: Information Technology, Citrix Systems Inc., Cost Savings, International Data Corp., Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-10-29
Forrester Strategies for Assessing IT Business Satisfaction: If you aren't assessing customer satisfaction you are overlooking a potential goldmine. This valuable data is crucial to creating a successful IT strategy. But where do you start? This new Forrester Research white paper explores the importance of assessing IT business satisfaction. It includes best practices...; Tags: Information Technology, Forrester Research Inc., Business Satisfaction, Strategy, Management; White papers 2009-10-29
Improving IT service delivery through an integrated approach to software asset management white paper: This white paper describes the challenges of managing software rights in increasingly complex environments and discusses how SAM can make the entire process more efficient. Specifically, it addresses how SAM offerings from IBM can help organizations improve IT service delivery by managing IBM and non-IBM software throughout the asset life...; Tags: Asset, Software, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Asset Management, Tools & Techniques, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2009-10-28
Why mobility will - and does already - matter to IT: While much talk about mobile has a tone of "impending trend" to it, there are currently many mobility initiatives afoot in your organization, some of which IT knows about, some which it may not. by Chris Silva; Tags: Information Technology, Mobility, Wireless And Mobility, Chris Silva; Blog posts 2009-10-27
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
Can open source software stop IT failure?: ZDNet open source blogger, Dana Blankenhorn, says open source software offers at least a partial solution to the problem of IT failures. Let's examine that view. by Michael Krigsman; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Open-source Software, Failure, Open Source, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2009-10-26
Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase: TechRepublic's CIO Jury finds that IT leaders trust Microsoft more than Google as a technology partner, but tune in next year. Jason Hiner outlines the latest findings in the TechRepublic CIO Jury. In a nutshell, it looks like this: So...; Tags: Google Inc., Information Technology, Enterprise, Jason Hiner, E-mail, Strategy, Online Communications, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-10-26