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Top 10 Skills in Demand in 2010 by Global Knowledge
include the perennial favorites: security, network administration, and Windows administration. Also included are virtualization/cloud computing and Web development. Meanwhile, an old favorite, business analysis, makes a come back. Here's the complete list, with the No. 1 skill listed being in the highest demand.

IP Address Management (IPAM) -- Preventing Network Downtime by BlueCat Networks
network reliability and increasing efficiency in network administration.

BlueCat Networks' Proteus and Adonis appliances offer a number of safeguards that collectively provide availability for DNS, DHCP and IPAM services. These measures contribute significantly to business continuity and disaster recovery initiatives...

E-Guide: Server Virtualization - Balancing CPU, Storage, and Networking Demands by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, you will discover how to balance the storage and networking demands of today's virtual environments.

Virtualization initiatives often become a balancing act for data center administrators, who are seeking to achieve the optimal configuration of CPU, storage, memory, and networking. In this expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, you will discover how to balance...

Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks by InterMapper
infrastructure at a small-to-medium size business (SMB), using network monitoring, mapping and alerting software can help you do your job better by maximizing network uptime and efficiency. Read this white paper for the top reasons to implement a network monitoring system.

If you are responsible for administering the IT infrastructure at a small-to-medium size business (SMB), using network monitoring, mapping and alerting software can help you do your job better by maximizing network...

Breaking the Cycle of Network Noncompliance by IBM
Discover details about a best practice approach that will help you ensure that your regulatory, security, operational, and other compliance requirements are met across your organization.

Noncompliance can result in fines, lost business privileges, unsatisfied customers, and even criminal prosecution – would you risk it?

In this whitepaper, learn about a best practice approach that establishes policies and procedures to govern IT and create, deploy, and manage the policies...

Zenoss Core: Open Source Enterprise Monitoring Platform by Zenoss, Inc.
IT infrastructure including applications, servers, and network. All information and administration is presented via a web application. Product Type: Network Monitoring
Target User: Network Engineer

IT Problem: Zenoss Core provides a single tool to give you comprehensive insight into your entire IT infrastructure including applications, servers, and network. All information and administration is presented via a web application.

IT Download Description: Zenoss Core is a...

CA eHealth Performance Manager Solution Implementation by CA Technologies.
to CA eHealth Performance Manager. This solution pinpoints network performance problems in real time, plans for future network capacity needs and identifies historical performance trends while improving staff productivity and maximizing your software investment. Whether you are installing CA eHealth Performance Manager for the first time, or upgrading an existing installation, our consultants create a design, implementation and test plan specific to your needs. We work with...
Introduction to Virtualization E-book, Chapter 6: How Virtual Infrastructures Change Security by SearchServerVirtualization
t need to be any more difficult than protecting a physical network. The key is to remain vigilant. In this chapter, you'll learn how to mitigate potential security risks to your resource pool and virtual machines without over-allocating administration.

Data center security concerns are pervasive and constant. When a new element is introduced, administrators are forced to take another look at their security strategies. Virtual infrastructures do just that by transforming the data...

Closing the Security Gap: 2012 IOUG Data Security Survey Report by Oracle Corporation
As organizations spread outward beyond traditional walls and data volumes crank up, new security concerns are arising both within and beyond the data center. Check out this paper to explore results from a recent survey by the Independent Oracle Users Group to determine your organization's progress in handling today's top security challenges.

As organizations spread outward beyond traditional walls and data volumes crank up, new security concerns are arising both within...

Enhance Virtualization With Multi-Port Server Adapters by Dell, Inc.
Intel Ethernet controllers and network adapters are optimized to meet the needs of virtualized data centers. Read this whitepaper to learn more about Multi-Port Intel Ethernet Server Adapters and how they can help you optimize server virtualization.

Organizations should make the most of their current infrastructures in order to improve their ROI and TCO. Virtual IT infrastructures enable you to consolidate servers, run applications in multiple...

Social Security Administration Deploys DocAve to Protect Mission-Critical SharePoint Deployment by AvePoint, Inc.
In early 2008, the Social Security administration they deployed their pilot SharePoint deployment that was accessible to all agency staff. After evaluating several backup solutions, SSA administrators chose AvePoint Doc Ave Backup and Recovery for their SharePoint environment. Read this case study to learn why.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the Unites States government tasked with delivering financial and other benefits...

Hitachi Dynamic Provisioning Software at United Airlines by Hitachi Data Systems
performance along with efforts to streamline storage administration tasks, most companies only utilize 30 to 50 percent of their usable storage resources. With little or no corresponding increases in IT staff, the burden on storage administrators is to manage an ever increasing amount of storage per person, making efforts to improve utilization even more difficult. What if there was a way to improve storage utilization, optimize performance and improve IT efficiencies at the...
Resource Protection in Virtualized Infrastructures by Intel
While virtualization brings a variety of infrastructure advantages, there are evolving security concerns that must be addressed. Access this exclusive resource for a detailed analysis of the security concerns associated with server virtualization.

Virtualization brings a variety of advantages to the IT infrastructure, including increased efficiencies, high availability and a reduced TCO. But virtualization also brings new security challenges and considerations...

13 Infrastructure Decisions That Result In Poor IT Security by Global Knowledge

Designing, architecting, and implementing a corporate network is a daunting task. It is easy to become lost in the minutia and overlook some big picture issues. This is especially true in regards to security. Some decisions that make sense in terms of efficiency, throughput, compatibility, ease of administration, etc., might not result in good security. This white paper presents 13 somewhat common infrastructure decisions that can result in poor IT security

Continue reading to learn...

Appleby Improves Stroage Utlization, Simplifies Storage Management and Gains Reliable Disaster Recovery at 50% Lower Cost by Dell Compellent
Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, needed a disaster recovery solution that would replicate data among its geographically dispersed offices. Read this white paper to learn how they successfully implemented Fluid Data technology.

Appleby, a provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, needed a disaster recovery solution that would replicate data among its geographically dispersed offices. However, a diverse...

Streamlining Storage Management With Virtualization-Aware EMC Navisphere Manager On Dell/EMC CX4 Arrays by Dell | EMC
increase resource efficiency and simplify storage administration tasks such as problem diagnosis and change management.

By providing automatic end-to-end mapping of virtual machines to the physical servers and storage supporting them, virtualization-aware EMC® Navisphere® Manager software on Dell/EMC CX4 Series storage arrays helps dramatically increase resource efficiency and simplify storage administration tasks such as problem diagnosis, change management, and...

Dynamic Virtual Storage: The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series by Dell, Inc.
the EqualLogic PS Series simplifies the deployment and administration of consolidated storage environments. Read this product overview to learn more.

The Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series is fundamentally changing the way enterprises think about purchasing and managing storage. The Dell EqualLogic PS Series is a family of virtualized iSCSI storage arrays that combine intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment...

James Cook University accelerates access to student and business services with IBM® XIV® Storage Systems by IBM
storage systems that held vital student, administration and business applications. In order to get enterprise-level performance and availability that could keep up with the exponential growth of the university's data needs, they turned to IBM.

James Cook University needed to replace ageing storage systems that held vital student, administration and business applications. In order to get enterprise-level performance and availability that could keep up with the...

ESG White Paper: NetApp Simplifies Storage Management for Virtual Server Environments by NetApp
on the crucial role of storage management to simplify administration and advance virtualization adoption and benefits: efficiency, productivity and cost reduction.

According to ESG research, consolidating physical servers onto virtual ones is becoming increasingly popular among IT managers today. But as deployments expand, efficient management - already a critical component - becomes more important, and more challenging.

Read ESG’s report on the crucial role of storage management...

Access Control in Virtual Environments by FoxT
The growth in use of virtual servers is heralded by many as a positive development because it is seen to save companies money and resources. Recognizing the challenges of virtualization, FoxT is committed to extending the access control management and auditing benefits provided by BoKS Access Control for Servers to work on virtual platforms. FoxT has recently introduced support for VMWare ESX server, IBM virtual I/O server, and zLinux running on IBM z-Series...
Presentation Transcript: Securing Access to Resources in the Cloud:  What's Really Possible Today by FoxT
access to the resources in the cloud, from both the internal network as well as the external sites, still raises security concerns. This presentation transcript discusses the cloud from a business and technical perspective including:  best practices for implementing centralized administration of user accounts across physical and virtual servers in the cloud; how to securely authorize access to root and other functional account privileged across physical and virtual...
Developing an Effective Corporate Mobile Policy by BlackBerry
deployment and management features that help simplify administration.

It's not surprising that the BlackBerry solution is used globally by large enterprise, government and small and medium business. It provides the infrastructure, security and features to empower lines of business with wireless access to a range of critical business information -- email, organizer data and voice, as well as business analytics, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and other business applications. The...

The 12 Essential Tasks of Active Directory Domain Services: Using the right tools and processes helps reduce administrative overhead and ensures directory service is always available by Dell Software Group
such as Quest ActiveRoles Server – can help you simplify the administration of large directories and increase security in such a complex environment.

Managing large directory services can be quite a challenge. While Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) provides tools to help you manage and secure the Windows network, Microsoft’s native tools can often come up short in ensuring the control and safety you need.

This whitepaper details the twelve essential tasks of AD DS and explores how a...

Anittel Simplifies Managed Antivirus Service Case Study by Webroot
infections, reduce scan times, and ease the burden on IT administration.

As one of the world’s largest service providers, Anittel Group Ltd. needed to ensure they could properly protect their clients’ confidential data.

This case study explores the antivirus system Anittel adopted which helped them thwart malware infections, reduce scan times, and ease the burden on IT administration.

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Network management shortcuts -- Tools and frameworks by Amy Kucharik, Site Editor
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