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Enterprise Portal Rationalization: Using a Service-Oriented Architecture to Stop Web Asset Sprawl

Many IT organizations today are struggling under the burden of Web sprawl. Disparate ebusiness initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, and a rapidly consolidating software industry have combined to create complex and heterogeneous Web environments that are enormously costly to manage. Too much time and effort are spent maintaining and upgrading disparate...

Tags: Sprawl, Web, Oracle Corp., Enterprise Portal, SOA, E-business, Web Technology, Channel Management, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Portals, E-business/E-Commerce, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Investment, Finance

White papers 2009-01-01

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School District Virtualizes Aging Servers, Saves $200,000

Based in Louisville, Jefferson County Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Kentucky. Operating in an economic downturn, the district felt pressure to reduce costs without affecting classroom learning. The IT department responded by looking for a solution to contain server sprawl, standardize a disparate server...

Tags: Information Technology, School District, IT Staff, Data Centers, Strategy, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-10-16

Cornell Lab of Ornithology Pairs Dell Servers With Intel Processor Technology, and Dell EqualLogic Storage to Save Six Figures

Cornell Lab of Ornithology needed a consistent backup and disaster recovery solution to protect terabytes of critical data amassed by researchers to further conservation and explore the biodiversity of the planet. Server sprawl also threatened the efficiency of IT operations. The Lab consolidated multiple backup systems on Dell EqualLogic iSCSI...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Storage, Dell EqualLogic, Dell Server, Intel Corp., Disaster Recovery, Servers, Backups, Processors, Data Management, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Case studies 2009-10-01

News to know: Office Web Apps; Palm; AMD-Intel; Andreessen; Win7 for students

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know Zack Whittaker: Office 2010 for...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Web Application, Andrew Nusca, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Blog posts 2009-09-18

HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely

IT and Cloud/Virtualization SecurityRemember Ronald Reagan?"Trust, but Verify."Losing productivity for the sake of security spells trouble, since any blanked, high-level security protocols unnecessarily inhibit the 99% of regular access needed for day-to-day activity which doesn't involve a security risk at a high level.Too many security hurdles, and Users find "shortcuts"...

Tags: sourcing, software, Hewlett-Packard Co., virtualization, security, Quantum Crypto

Discussion threads 2009-09-17

HP Software CTO: Virtualization and cloud sourcing sprawl likely

HP Software sees a lot of sprawl on the horizon with virtualization and cloud computing. Those are the two primary key takeaways from my conversation with Jamie Erbes, Chief Technology Officer for HP Software & Solutions. Erbes right has an interesting track record. She arrived at HP...

Tags: Software, Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Electronic Data Systems Corp., HP Software, IT Department, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Purchasing & Procurement, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-17

News to know: VMWorld; Disney-Marvel; netbooks; Blackberry Storm; mobile banking; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Dan Kusnetzky: Doing the VMworld Dance, Day 1 Jason Perlow: Frugal Tech Show: Speaking with Centrify at VMWorld 2009...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Mobile, Mobile Banking, Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, Netbook, BlackBerry Storm, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows 7, Wiki, Hardware, Online Communications, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-09-01

Live Webcast: Scale Up and Save: Best Practices for High-Density Virtualization & Consolidation

Fast-paced and resource-constrained environments of today require IT decision makers to take fresh approaches in order to keep up with dynamic organizations. Join NEC and Intel in this live TechRepublic Webcast to understand market drivers for high density virtualization hosting. Discuss how leading edge...

Tags: Webcast, Consolidation, Best Practice, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-09-01

Harnessing 'virtualization sprawl' requires managing an ecosystem of technologies, suppliers

As more enterprises use virtualization for more workloads to engender productivity from higher server utilization, we often see what can be called virtualization sprawl, spreading a mixture of hypervisors, which leads to complexity and management concerns. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Supplier, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Top 5 IT Budget Killers (and how you can fight back)

You've heard it a million times: Do more with less. It may be good business, but as budgets shrink and IT demands grow, you may start to wonder if the people who are saying ""do more with less"" think that it's a magical incantation. Run the servers without electricity! ...

Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, IBM Corp., Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-08-26

The next oil crisis: is your state immune or addicted?

You want a planned commune? or Liberty?"The political issues these rankings bring to mind? Sprawl and zoning, or lack thereof. Government regulation of housing and development. Lack of urban concentration of population. Mass transit or not. Trains. Buses. Bicycles. Sidewalks, which have become a sign of downscale housing in some...

Tags: oil company

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

The next oil crisis: is your state immune or addicted?

The NRDC has come out with a provocative ranking of American states. They say it's based on how independent or addicted the state's residents are to petroleum-dependent transportation. And which states are most or least vulnerable to the next oil price shock. The NRDC's ten most oil-vulnerable...

Tags: Mississippi, NRDC, Transportation, Regulations, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Required summer reading: Neuromancer turns 25

Most of us have probably read Neuromancer, the canonical work by William Gibson, the loose basis for the Matrix movies, and, arguable, the first major book of the cyberpunk genre. Can you tell I'm a fan? I bring this up because this is the book's 25th...

Tags: Idea, Computer, WWW, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?

Guest post: TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, Chief Information Officer for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, examines some of the reasons server sales have dropped and handicaps the recession's impact. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's data center blog. Between cloud computing, virtualization and economic...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Virtualization, Sales, Server Sale, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-29

MetaPlus SharePoint File Migrate 2.3.5.1 (Windows)

SharePoint File Migrate provides a friendly, easy-to-use interface for System and SharePoint Administrators alike to enable automated migration of files and folders to sites, document libraries or SharePoint folders. Using the content selection filters built into SharePoint File Migrate you can help in reducing site and content sprawl by only...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Windows, Zoral MetaPlus, SharePoint File Migrate, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-16

Virtual Machine Sprawl Tracker 1.1.07 (Windows)

Virtual machine sprawl is a critical issue that most organizations usually face after virtualizing their environments. Users tend to create a lot of virtual machines for temporary purposes, use them for a small period of time and then leave on the server, consuming power, disk space, and other physical resources....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtual Machine, NetWrix Virtual Machine Sprawl Tracker, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-05-29

Ant Hill 1.0.3 (Mobile)

Ant Hill is an entertainment app that puts a simulated ant hill on your iPhone/iPod touch screen. Use magnifying glass to burn ants. Ant Hill drop rocks on ants, feed the ants strawberries, have the ants move their home, draw a path for the ants to follow, race the ants,...

Tags: Ant, Mobile, Concrete Software, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-05-20

Welcome to The DocuMentor

Hello. I’m Doc. Pleased to meet you. Don’t mind my looks, just think of me as someone like “The Wolf” in Pulp Fiction (that’s the Acura-driving dude who solves gangstas’ problems), except I happen to be a pro around office printing. So don't come to me for disposing of dead...

Tags: Printing, Doc, Document Management, Managerial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Sponsored content 2009-05-18

Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6

Novell recently launched a new version of PlateSpin Recon, version 3.6.  I've been watching both Novell and PlateSpin, the company Novell acquired a while ago (see Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor? and Additional thoughts on Novell acquisition of PlateSpin) for a long time.  It is pretty...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., PlateSpin Recon 3.6, PlateSpin Recon, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-12

When Americans were well-trained

There was a time when Americans could take the train, and go places. Schedules then connected towns and cities more than once per day. Here's what one curious person discovered about travel in his area a century ago, before cars ruled. There currently is deep...

Tags: America, Texas, Mph, Real Estate, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Business Operations, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-07