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Introducing the InteropNet NOC Team

April 15, 2013 11:24 AM
InteropNet provides the IT infrastructure for Interop conference attendees and exhibitors. Here are some of the people who make it happen.

WLAN Survey Says Give Us Better Management

December 20, 2012 12:28 PM
I surveyed 181 WLAN operators in higher education to get their input on WLAN management platforms and other issues. The results show respondents feel locked in to vendor systems that leave them wanting more.

Private Cloud: An IT Staffer's Guide To Success

July 12, 2012 12:54 PM
Private-cloud computing is not just about technology, but about how IT delivers services. To be successful, the roles that staffers play are changing, as well. Here's how to adapt.

Cloud Management Plays Big Role in 42 EMC World Product Announcements

May 21, 2012 03:15 PM
EMC continues its cloud management focus at its annual customer and partner event, with Atmos Cloud enhancements and new storage and migration tools and capabilities.

Dell's SonicWall Acquisition Follows Cheap 'n Easy Blueprint

March 14, 2012 10:16 AM
Dell's Sonicwall acquisition makes sense. Dell's strategy is to sell low-cost desktops, laptops, and servers that are cheap and easy to use to everyone from small companies up to mid-size enterprises with the occasional large enterprise in the mix. Dell is going to do with security what they did with storage and are doing with networking. Remove complexity, bring important features to the surface, and make the resulting products available to the largely under served SMB/SME market.

Infrastructure Upgrade Eases Data Center Challenges for Interactive Data

March 07, 2012 11:00 AM
Interactive Data, a financial information supplier, relies on its computer infrastructure to serve its clients. So when temperature and power fluctuations were sporadically impacting its data center, the company began searching for the root cause of the problem. After a few unsuccessful attempts, an upgrade to its network management solution served as a much needed elixir.

VMTurbo Faces Uphill Battle With VMware And Crowded Virtualization Management Market

February 14, 2012 09:00 AM
VMTurbo, which makes management software for virtualized computing environments, has added support for Citrix XenServer, as well as new application performance measurement capabilities that discover and profile Windows applications so IT administrators can establish priorities for applications. Other enhancements to version 3.0 of its VMTurbo Operations Management include integration with VMware vCloud Director, the ability to manage multiple hypervisors with one virtual appliance, and improvements to its capacity planning capabilities. The software now supports Citrix XenServer, VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors, and is also expected to support the Kernel-based Virtual Machine hypervisor for the Linux kernel in the middle part of this year.

Semantic Technology Key To Mastering Data Growth, Analysis

February 03, 2012 09:00 AM
As big data stores continue to grow and require additional management, enterprises are faced with the task of managing their explosive data growth while also trying to find the best way to analyze that data. According to the recent InformationWeek "Database Discontent" report, a top item on IT departments' 2012 to-do list is handling big data in a way that allows for change over time.

5 Basic Switch Settings You Must Know

January 30, 2012 09:00 AM
There are five configurations a network administrator should apply to a newly provisioned switch or router. Although application of these configurations may seem like common sense, 90% of devices I see are missing at least one of these settings, and about 75% are missing two or more. Use this checklist as an action item to verify your existing devices have these settings, at minimum, and integrate these in to any templates or provisioning documents you use. You'll appreciate the results of the consistency this adds to your network management and monitoring.

VMware Simplifies, Automates Virtual/Cloud Management

January 27, 2012 10:30 AM
VMware is expanding its management portfolio with vCenter Operations Management Suite by integrating with VMware vCenter Capacity IQ and VMware vCenter Configuration Manager for improved performance, capacity and configuration management. VMware revamped its virtualization management suite last October, adding the VMware vFabric Application Management and VMware IT Business Management tools. The new enhancements focus on embedding and integrating management tools into the platform, streamlining processes and applying analytics so customers can achieve better economics with their cloud computing deployments.

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