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Next-Generation, High-Visibility Tools For Virtualization Management

Virtualization is hitting critical mass in enterprises nowadays. If the IT department hasn't deployed virtualization technologies already, chances are they are planning to do so in the near term. However, there are issues regarding virtualization that, in many cases, have yet to be resolved. IT needs a solution that enables...

Tags: Information Technology, Network General Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2006-09-01

Enterprise Performance Management: A Framework for Optimizing Network and Application Performance

The Enterprise Performance Management framework takes a systematic approach to managing the combined performance of enterprise application and network resources. It is a five-step framework that gives IT professionals the processes and information necessary to help ensure continuous IT infrastructure optimization, reliability and performance. In addition, EPM can also help...

Tags: Enterprise Performance Management, Performance, Network General Corp., Enterprise Performance Management Framework, Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2006-03-01

Convergence of Fault and Performance Management

Network management systems separately approach "fault" management, whether something is up or down, from "performance" management, which is a measure of how well something is working. The concern of an operations group is whether a managed element is up or down. However, as the need matures from a reactive component...

Tags: Performance, Network General Corp., Convergence, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-03-01

Optimizing Wide Area Network Performance

Advances in communications technology have allowed more critical business functions to be distributed across these remote sites, relying on wide area networks to ensure mission-critical applications are available. A key problem facing IT infrastructure managers is how to ensure end-to-end network performance and availability as their business increasingly relies on...

Tags: Network, Network General Corp., WANs, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2006-03-01

Supporting the Converged Network

This the sixth of six technical briefing papers that examine the concepts, operation and analysis of converged networks — networking infrastructures based on the Internet Protocol IP and designed to support voice, data, video and other types of information flows. This paper addresses some of the challenges that occur when...

Tags: Converged Network, Network, Network General Corp., Networking

White papers 2005-11-01

The New Network Challenge: Application Performance Management

The expanding scope and mission-criticality of enterprise applications creates new challenges and opportunities. Companies continue to invest in the deployment of business-critical applications, and Sniffer Application Intelligence allows enterprise IT departments to easily and effectively determine how they are performing. Sniffer Application Intelligence can significantly enhance the efficiency of enterprise...

Tags: Network, Application Management, Network General Corp., Application Performance, Application Performance Management, It Services, Networking

White papers 2005-08-01

Implementing the VoIP Network

Implementing the VoIP Network focuses on the issues to consider before you jump in to your first Voice over IP VoIP deployment, including existing network utilization, planning for new applications, network design, and interoperability testing. This white paper examines the concepts, operation and analysis of converged networks. A converged network...

Tags: Network, Network General Corp., Telephony, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications

White papers 2005-08-01

US Government Agency Uses Security Forensics Solutions From Network General to Maintain Information Security

National security is a top priority for the US government, and it is increasingly dependent on technology. Effective operations require government agencies to share information electronically to keep abreast of criminal and terrorist movements and events, and determine how best to proceed with investigations. Criminals and cyber-terrorists are therefore keenly...

Tags: Information Security, Agency, U.S. Government, Network General Corp., Government, Security

White papers 2005-07-12

Additional Resources

Best practices group formed for IT data center managers

Struggling to marry your company's environmental concerns with the right IT management philosophies? The Business Performance Management Forum BPM Forum and hosting company Rackable Systems have started a new "thought leadership" program, Think Eco-Logical, to help companies share ideas and data that can serve as the foundation for industry best...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Industry, Best Practice, E-business, Think Eco-Logical, Data Centers, Business Process Automation, Web Technology, Storage, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-05

UK plans lunar phone network

The UK is planning mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists to use mobile phones to communicate with each other A UK-led mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists...

Tags: Phone, Mission, Phone Network, Orbit, Satellite, British National Space Centre, Network Technology, Networking, moon, NASA, network, communications, Natasha Lomas silicon.com

News items 2008-12-05

Citrix Netscaler 9 - AppExpertTemplates simplify deployment

Citrix recently lauched NetScaler 9, an application virtualization and delivery tool. The primary enhancement was the addition of sophisticated templates making deployment of applications via NetScaler dramatically simpler. Citrix describes the enhancements in the following way: NetScaler 9 introduces AppExpert Templates that capture hundreds of deployment...

Tags: NetScaler, Citrix Systems Inc., NetScaler AppExpert Templates, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Buffalo Technology moves closer to returning to U.S. Wi-Fi router market

Wireless watchers may have noticed that Buffalo Technology disappeared from the router game some time back, due to a successful suit brought against it by an Australian company. But Buffalo may be getting back in the market, due to a new court decision that stayed the injunction against it selling...

Tags: Buffalo, Buffalo Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Wireless LANs, Routers & Switches, Games, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-04

CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped

Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-04

WebAlive: A Virtual World that Means Business

The campus with its tapered lawns, water fountains, and post-modern styled buildings, were typical of any professional campus. Only this wasn't just any campus. It was Nortel's virtual online campus in WebAlive, its new virtual world service. I was just given...

Tags: Virtual World, Nortel Networks Corp., WebAlive, Altadyn, LDAP Integration, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2008-12-04

The emerging case for open business methods

The Internet has been the genesis of countless useful business innovations over the last several decades. These include a globally unified e-mail network, the advent of search engines, the rise of rich user experiences and SaaS, and most recently cloud computing to name but a few. But perhaps...

Tags: Network, Industry, Business, Business Strategy, Business Method, Reasons Organization, Dave Bort, Internet, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Python update makes break with past

Python 3.0 is a major change from the Python 2 series, and the first release that is intentionally backwards-incompatible. Python developers on Wednesday released the final version of Python 3.0, a major reworking of the programming language that is incompatible with the Python 2 series. Python...

Tags: Python, Python 3.0, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, YouTube, develpers, Guido van Rossum, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk

News items 2008-12-04

AT&T cuts 12,000 jobs, will cut capital spending

AT&T said Thursday that it will cut about 12,000 jobs, or 4 percent of its workforce, due largely to "economic pressures." The layoffs are beginning to sound like a broken record (or MP3). AT&T said it wants to streamline its operations as its business morphs to one...

Tags: Job, AT&T Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Telephony, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Networking, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Schwartz: Three reasons you need JavaFX

In the run-up to today's launch of JavaFX, ZDNet sat down with Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz to get his thoughts on JavaFX, Flash, and the future of Java. [ Read: Sun launches JavaFX 1.0, and JavaFX Q&A ] [Ed] Q. Why did Sun create...

Tags: Developer, Java Platform, Sun Microsystems Inc., JCP, Audience, JavaFX, Ed, Jonathan, Microsoft Obviously, Java, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04

JavaFX Q&A

To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...

Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-04