Resources for IT Managers
Microsoft’s Hyper-V server virtualization technology could ship as early as June or July. This is shorter than the 180 days projected after the launch of Microsoft Server 2008 which launched in February. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V is a next generation hypervisor server virtualization technology. It allows you to consolidate multiple server roles as virtual machines [...]
IT Operations professionals are faced with the constant worry of threats such as IT outages, power failures, and disasters. During challenging financial times IT Operations is finding it more difficult to secure the funding needed for disaster recovery from management. Disaster recovery preparedness can run into millions of dollars depending of the level of continuity [...]
Touchpaper, a IT Business Management provider announced the launch of the Touchpaper Asset Management Process Pack, designed to extend the reach of Configuration Management into the asset management process. “The Asset Management Process Pack is a total lifecycle approach to asset management that allows IT directors to keep track of an organization’s computing assets through [...]
A project goes wrong. A flaw was missed. A product was released into production that has caused many problems. Who is to blame? “Well it wasn’t me!” “We did our part!” “I told them this would happen!” “Not my problem!” Too often the blame game is started. People are more concerned about covering their collective [...]
CIO.com has partnered with the LinkedIn professional network site to offer new features. On LinkedIn this includes an exclusive CIO group of more than 800 hand-picked IT professionals. Other features include: See existing or create new connections to companies covered in CIO.com articles by clicking on the blue “in” logo. Connections with the CIO Wanted [...]
On February 19, 2008 technology writer Omar Gallaga participated in an episode of the National Public Radio (NPR) show “All Things Considered”. The topic of the show was David Allen’s Getting Things Done method to increase productivity at work and at home. For those not familiar with GTD, since being published in 2001 as a [...]
SYS Technologies has released their latest free network management gadget, dVUE6 Lighthouse. dVUE 6 Lighthouse is a graphical syslog monitor that shows the availability and alarm status of the five most alarmed devices on your network. dVUE 6 Lighthouse converts syslog security levels into color-coded alarm levels. It pings the devices every 15 seconds and [...]
The Microsoft Tech-Ed Developers Conference 2008 will be held June 3-6, 2008 in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The four day conference will cover 16 technical tracks and offer more than 615 learning opportunities covering the latest in Microsoft technologies. The keynote speaker will be Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates. Who should attend? [...]
The Microsoft Tech-Ed IT Professionals Conference will be held June 10-13, 2008, in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The four day conference will feature ways to learn how to architect, plan, deploy, manage and secure connected enterprise solutions. The program covers 20 technical tracks with over 770 learning opportunities. The keynote speaker [...]