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Network Management - From Reactive to Proactive Mode Using Centralized Management Tools by Stonesoft Inc.
In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are needed. In this white paper IT departments are advise to change from reactive to proactive and become more vigorous in the process of network management. In many corporations, network management practices are out of date. New tools and approaches are needed...
Network Management Solution Provider Brings Graphically Sophisticated Reporting Capabilities into Their Flagship Solution by JasperSoft
Network Management solution provider brings graphically sophisticated reporting capabilities from Jaspersoft into their Eye Of The Storm application. Entuity is a leading provider of network management and service delivery solutions. The company's flagship Eye of the Storm (EYE) software suite monitors network data and...
Implementation Guide: Using a High Performance Network Backbone to Meet the Requirements of the Modern Enterprise Data Center by Juniper Networks, Inc.
44; secure, scalable and flexible data center network. Data center managers are challenged with designing data centers that centralize servers and applications while keeping them accessible from a variety of locations. This white paper shows you how to create a best-in-class virtualized network environment that uses open standards-based and industry-accepted...
Management Strategy for Network Critical Physical Infrastructure by APC
Physical infrastructure management is the key to system availability, minimizing downtime risk and increasing personnel productivity. Learn the factors that should be considered when choosing a management solution for the physical infrastructure layer of computing and networking resources. A best in class Network Critical Physical...
Data Center Connectivity Solutions: Reduce Complexity and Cost While Increasing Performance and Reliability by Ciena
forms a the framework for an adaptive network that lowers connectivity costs and reduces the amount of maintenance and management required of more hardware-intensive WAN solutions. Corporate networks are in a new phase of change today. Innovative network and bandwidth-intensive applications, such as disk mirroring and disaster recovery, have become...
ActiveRoles Server - Active Directory Management by ScriptLogic Corporation
pace, making Active Directory (AD) management one of the most time-consuming IT tasks. AD administrators struggle to keep up with requests to create, change or remove user access to various network resources. Product Type: Active Directory Management

Target User: IT/Network Administrator

IT Problem:
Businesses today grow and change at a frantic pace, making...
How to Leverage the Network for Better Application Performance by Citrix
pros said that they need to beef up their network management tools to better manage application traffic. This podcast examines some of the challenges and best practices with application performance management and its impact on the network...
Monitoring the Virtual Environment - A Technical Perspective on ESX Server Health and Performance Monitoring by SolarWinds, Inc.
Join SolarWinds Head Geek Josh Stephens as he takes an in-depth look at monitoring ESX-based virtual environments and the unique challenges associated with them. Many organizations today are investing significantly in virtualization and are seeing both the benefits and challenges associated with these game changing technologies. Many...
Airports Use Network Virtualization to Consolidate and Scale Operations by Cisco Systems, Inc.
at Zurich Airport to successfully implement network virtualization using MPLS VPN technology. Unique is the operator of Zurich Airport and offers a broad service portfolio to about 180 other companies, which also reside on the airport. Like many other enterprises, Unique faces the diverging business needs of providing the highest availability of...
PODCAST: OPTIMIZING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN A TOUGH ECONOMIC CLIMATE by CDW & Cisco
EnergyWise technology and best practices on network optimization based on CDW's work with customers across North America.

The economic downturn is leading organizations to look more closely than ever at controlling costs. As a result, IT departments will increasingly be asked to streamline and do more with less. Leveraging and optimizing existing network...
Efficiency and Cost Control in Managing Network and Application Management by Fluke Networks
Read industry analyst Enterprise Management Associate's white paper and you'll learn key strategies to make the transition from reactive to proactive operations, how taking a "lifecycle approach" reduces costs and improves performance, and how to reduce "time to repair", prevent problems and optimize your existing infrastructure. Today's connected...
Network and Voice Management for Evolving Business Environments by CA
The network management market has grown quickly as IT has become the ubiquitous tool for driving business innovation, and as demands for improved service performance and reduced downtime have escalated. CA eHealth provides the performance management solution that IT professionals need to monitor devices in their network and...
Motorola's Wireless Broadband Indoor/Outdoor Solution by Motorola, Inc.
With a Wi-Fi network, businesses can increase the efficiency of their mobile employees resulting in increased ROI and greater profitability. This document highlights two specific indoor/outdoor Wi-Fi network configurations based on Motorola's MOTOMESH Duo product solution. IDC Research estimates that the mobile worker...
Network and Voice Management Software from CA by CA
to South Field's success that its data center management teams quickly identify and repair data faults. CA's Spectrum can immediately detect the change in configuration. Please view this video for more examples of how CA benefits South Field. Like any global enterprise, South Field Financial experiences IT faults that create issues throughout the system, whether...
GFI MailArchiver - Low cost Email Archiving for SMBs by GFI Software Ltd.
Email archiving, management and compliance solution for Exchange server that is easy to install and requires minimal administrative effort. Store all corporate email in an easily accessible central location. Product Type: Email archiving

Target User: Network administator

IT Problem:
Email archiving, management and compliance...
ACO Pager - Systems Management Solution for your iSeries (AS/400) by DDL Systems, Inc.
when problems occur. ACO PAGER is a systems management solution for the IBM iSeries midrange computer system that monitors iSeries message queues (including QHST), job queues, output queues, spool files, IFS objects, active jobs, iSeries email, TCP/IP network, and much more. Specifically, it is designed to assist with automated computer operations by providing...
eGuide: Meshing Virtual Machine and Physical Systems Management by Dell and Microsoft
to eliminate separate virtual and physical management structures. In the mad rush to deploy server virtualization, many IT pros don't have the time to consider how this technology will affect the network administration and automation procedures. Similarly, most haven't been able to evaluate virtualization vendor's availability to mesh virtual machine...
Regaining Control of the Corporate Network to Ensure Business Processes by Blue Coat
and security that enables enterprises to align network resources with business goals. Most enterprises only know about half or less of the applications running on their corporate networks. Most are paying high costs for non-productive uses of Internet and WAN bandwidth and forced to take on network expansion at a faster rate than necessary. At the same time, critical...
IPControl - automated IP Address Management & DNS/DHCP server configuration by BT Diamond IP
that have failed to keep pace with modern IP network architectures and rapidly evolving DHCP and DNS feature sets, IPControl supports multi-tiered addressing, multi-homed hosts, DNS views, DHCP client classes, transaction signatures, and much more. In addition, IPControl saves you time by providing unmatched feature extensibility with server templates, DNS/DHCP...
Vyatta Delivers Flexibility and Reliability to Statewide Court System Network by Vyatta Inc.
the state. A statewide communications network connects all sites.

Locations in larger cities such as Santa Fe and Albuquerque are supported by ATM T1 or larger circuits. Because of a patchwork of small, independent telcos, however, many remote sites were previously limited to Frame Relay 56k DDS. In addition to being very costly - $500 to $1500 per month - these 56k...
Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer: Root Cause Analysis for Supporting Fault Identification by Hitachi Data Systems
proven approach to simplifying data center management, with comprehensive performance and availability monitoring of up to 250 server, network and storage nodes. Hitachi Data Systems introduces Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer software with unique Root Cause Analysis functionality. The IT Operations Analyzer is a powerful, proven approach to simplifying data...
Vyatta - XenServer Virtual Router, Firewall, VPN by Vyatta Inc.
to virtual environments to also virtualize the network. Vyatta delivers advanced routing and security in a software-based network OS that is optimized to run in Xen and VMWare virtual or cloud environments. Product Type: Network Virtualization - Router, Firewall, VPN Virtual Appliance

Target User: IT Administrator, Network Administrator - anyone involved in...
OPTIMIZING YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE IN A TOUGH ECONOMIC CLIMATE by CDW & Cisco
EnergyWise technology and best practices on network optimization based on CDW's work with customers across North America.

The economic downturn is leading organizations to look more closely than ever at controlling costs. As a result, IT departments will increasingly be asked to streamline and do more with less. Leveraging and optimizing existing network...
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How cloud computing will change capacity management by Michael Coté, Contributor
Capacity management is a critical part of ensuring that your company is getting the performance and functionality it needs from computation resources. It ensures that the required IT resources are available to conduct day-to-day business and also ensures that just enough money is being spent to do so, not... More...
Frameworks or platforms for IT infrastructure management: Are they worth it? by Richard Ptak, Contributor
on the frameworks or platforms for IT infrastructure management. Their utility remains a hot topic for many. Are they worth it? Do they actually save you time? Are they too complicated to succeed? Or, are they too simplistic to deliver on their promise? For IT, we say yes. But, it isn't that simple. First, we must agree on what we are talking about.

There are arguments on... More...

Mainframe vulnerabilities: Be proactive rather than reactive by Robert Crawford, Contributor
is the fact that passwords on 3270 sessions go over the network in clear text. Sniffer trace, anyone?

System datasets
Most shops had this one figured out long ago. The person who can update SYS1.PARMLIB has the keys to the kingdom. The same goes for every parameter library of important subsystems. Then there are APF authorized libraries where a properly... More...

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Dell launches Energy Star PowerEdge servers: News in brief by Bridget Botelho, News Writer
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HP launches new telco servers, storage: News in brief by Mark Fontecchio, News Writer
Technologies shows the benefits of using blanking panels in data center airflow management.

The study, paid for by Upsite but conducted by an unnamed third party, found that using Upsite's blanking panels -- which fill in empty rack slots -- essentially saved the data center 7 degrees Fahrenheit at the server intakes. That would enable data center managers to... More...