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- Microsoft in 2010: What do IT managers need to know?
- What do IT managers need to know about Microsoft's 2010 enterprise roadmap? That's one of two topics on which I'll be Webcasting on September 24. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: IT Manager, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Chat With Kevin - Virtualization (Level 100)
- The presenters of this webcast discuss how IT organizations use virtualization as a strategy to drive much more than physical server consolidation and data center cost cutting. The presenters will review the portfolio of virtualization targets - servers, applications and desktops. The discussion focuses on real challenges and solutions IT...
- Tags: Webcast, IT Manager, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2009-09-03
- The 10 most dangerous species of IT manager
- Having braved the tech wilderness for many years, Jeff Dray has been able to document the 10 most insidious types of IT managers. Find out if you or your manager fits into one of the species he describes.This download is also available as an entry in our 10 Things blog.
- Tags: IT Manager, Species, Jeff Dray, Blogging, Internet
- Download resources 2009-06-18
- HP's Virtualization Bundles Integrate the Virtual Storage Engine
- At first blush, server virtualization can be deceptively easy. IT managers can take a handful of less-than-critical applications and consolidate them onto one or a few idle, spare, or underutilized servers. Cobbling together a virtual infrastructure in the lab without the management and other add-ons is a relatively simple and...
- Tags: Storage Engine Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IT Manager, Illuminata Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- White papers 2009-06-05
- IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk With Kevin - Service Oriented Architecture and Business Process Management (Level 100)
- Looking for ways to connect with the peers in communities, share ideas and get guidance around the challenges face in the organizations today? The presenters of this webcast discuss the challenges/approaches with the peers, find out how Microsoft products and technologies address the issues, and engage with the peers to...
- Tags: Business Process, Webcast, BPM, IT Manager, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Peer, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software, Business Operations, It Operations
- Webcasts 2009-05-04
- IT Manager Webcast: IT Manager Community Talk With Kevin - Business Intelligence (Level 100)
- Looking for ways to connect with the peers in communities, share ideas and get guidance around the challenges faced in the organizations today? The presenters of this webcast show how Microsoft products and technologies address the issues, and engage with the peers to share best practices.
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Webcast, IT Manager, Microsoft Corp., Peer, Pricing, Marketing
- Webcasts 2009-04-20
- The 10 biggest mistakes IT managers make
- Guest post: Certain common IT management mistakes can make you less effective, hamper your career advancement, and even jeopardize your job. Executive coach Joey Smith has spent years working with IT management and he put together this list of the mistakes he’s seen most often. For more posts like this...
- Tags: Job, IT Administration, Information Technology, IT Manager, Personal Development, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Webcast: Visibility: The Key to Maximizing Network Resources
- As enterprises look to increase business efficiency, IT managers are increasingly asked to maximize network ROI and align the infrastructure with business processes and goals. However, to effectively accomplish this, IT managers need to understand the traffic and applications. Without visibility, it is virtually impossible to optimize the...
- Tags: Webcast, Performance, Network, IT Manager, Blue Coat Systems Inc., Performance Management, Roi/Tco, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2009-01-29
- IT Manager Webcast: Introduction to Platform Solution Blueprints (Level 200)
- The goal of Platform Solution Blueprints is to help IT managers plan their technology investments by focusing on reusable capabilities, such as next-generation Web, business intelligence BI, service-oriented architecture SOA, virtualization, security, and many others that are critical to the success of their business. By considering each of these capabilities...
- Tags: Webcast, IT Manager, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-11-07
- It's still good to be green, whether it's accidental or not
- One of the IT services companies that closely partners with IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems, released an interesting survey earlier this week that confirms what I've believed for some time: IT managers don't really care about being green in the environmental sense as much as they care about saving money....
- Tags: IT Manager, Survey, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Marketing Research, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-28
- Remote IT Management: How SaaS-Based Tools Provide a Superior End-User Service
- All businesses, whether smaller or larger than average, are having to manage an increasing diversity of remote users. The tasks that fall on IT managers go beyond just keeping systems running, and include ensuring compliance and helping to meet environment targets. Under this sort of pressure IT managers must be...
- Tags: Quocirca, Software-as-a-service, IT Administration, Information Technology, IT Manager, Tool, Software As A Service (SaaS), Productivity, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies
- White papers 2008-09-01
- Resource Guide: 11 Qualities of Successful IT Managers
- To succeed as an IT manager, and to advance your career into the executive sphere, you need some very specific traits--11 to be exact. From needs assessment to team building, read this TechRepublic guide for a description of the skills you need to be at the...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., IT Manager, Team Management, Professional Development, Games, Management, Career, Personal Technology
- White papers 2008-08-20
- Are IT managers buying into 'green'?
- At the Business Goes Green conference in San Jose, Calif., last week, Christopher Mines, senior vice president of Forrester Research, talked about the importance of changing the procurement process to be more eco-friendly. He told attendees that green practices will help refresh infrastructure IT and provide a longer life cycle...
- Tags: IT Manager, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Green, Forrester Research
- Videos 2008-06-27
- IT Hiring Kit: IT Manager
- All new version! The IT Hiring Kit for IT Managers has been updated with new questions, answers, and a revised candidate assessment spreadsheet! The IT Hiring Kit for IT Managers will help you interview, evaluate, and select suitable candidates for a new IT Manager...
- Tags: Information Technology, IT Manager, Strategy, Management
- Download resources 2008-04-11
- Those scoundrels, Part 2. Brit IT managers aren't feeling the heat when it comes to reducing power consumption
- Those bloody good fellows at 1E, which sells a power management utility for Windows called NightWatchman, revealed some data this week that suggests a troubling number of IT managers in its native country aren't yet tuned into the virtues of curtailing the electricity usage of the computer fleets under their...
- Tags: Green Technology, 1E Ltd., Power Consumption, IT Manager, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- Selecting strategic technologies in 2008
- Analyst Gartner suggests that a strategic technology has the potential to significantly impact the business during the next three years - something that is likely to be particularly pertinent in 2008, as IT managers aim to implement crucial technologies under restrictive economic conditions.Read this white paper to see which strategic...
- Tags: IT Manager, Technology, Benefits, Human Resources
- White papers 2008-03-03
- IT Manager for GameStop Ireland Selects SmartDraw for Increased Productivity, Lowered Costs
- Sankar Nayar is IT Manager for the Ireland branch of GameStop, the world's largest video game retailer. Nayar is responsible for the seamless running of all I.T. infrastructure and retail applications to support the business. One of the biggest challenges was to describe software development methodologies using Unified Modeling Language...
- Tags: IT Manager, SmartDraw, Sankar Nayar, Nayar, Software Development, Retail, UML, Development Tools, Vertical Industries, Software/Web Development, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-13
- To form an us
- As regular readers know one of the big problems I see IT management facing every single day is the inability to identify and correct the misinformation senior executives pick up from the media and then unconsciously rely on to override our carefully researched and thought through recommendations. ...
- Tags: Paul Murphy, Data, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Forbes, Notebooks, Analyst, IT manager, Desktops, PC, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- 10+ tips for new IT managers
- Moving from a purely technical net admin role to a managerial position can be a long and winding road full of pitfalls. IT pro Steven Crane has become quite familiar with that road during his many years in the industry. He offers these tips to help newly appointed IT managers...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Road, IT Manager, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management
- Download resources 2008-01-14
- NetBackup Desktop Laptop Option: Technical Product Overview
- All organizations have critical data on desktops and laptops that should be protected and many IT managers will acknowledge that this data is not adequately protected today. The NetBackup Desktop Laptop Option can address this gap in an efficient and reliable manner. In addition to providing continuous data protection and...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Data Recovery, Data Protection, IT Manager, Laptop Computer, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Notebooks, Storage Management, Data Management, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Storage
- White papers 2007-12-01
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