Resources for IT Managers
According to a new IDC study, IT departments in 2009 will face fierce pressure to reduce costs, while at the same time IT environments will become more complex than ever before, with more mobile workers and devices, increased reliance on offshore employees, new security threats, and spiraling costs around management, support, and maintenance. Desktop virtualization is a term creating lots of … [Read more...]
Aternity Inc. announced today the results of its survey, “IT Management: Key Drivers and Challenges in 2008.” More than 70 senior IT and Line-of-Business (LOB) professionals participated in the survey, ranking their key IT priorities for 2008 and sharing their perspective on end user experience management strategies and best practices. The top five priorities and key IT challenges for 2008 … [Read more...]
Gartner listed unified communications (UC) as 2nd in their top ten technology areas of 2008. Driven by voice over IP (VoIP), call centers and phone services are leading the way, but other areas of IT such as storage networks, video from security cameras and sensors will soon follow. Unified communications refers to a group of technologies, many of which are already used in the business world … [Read more...]
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 you desire and the size of … [Read more...]
The editorial staff at Computerworld has released a guide "Get Up to Speed on Green IT". The guide gives an overview of three areas that IT can save energy and money by going green. Data centers are large users of energy. Rising energy costs and data center expansions have IT departments looking at green options. The guide list seven steps to a green data center. Consolidate Servers Turn … [Read more...]
The need to protect your network from USB drives and smart phones is more important. Your employees bring the through the door each day and have no thought of plugging them into your company computers. USB drives and smart phone devices pose a serious threat to your data and your network. Data theft via portable devices has become increasingly easy using portable devices such as USB thumb … [Read more...]
Today most companies are suffering through tough financial times. Every manager and department head in the company is being challenged to reduce expenditures. It is the role of IT leadership to find solutions to reduce costs while maintaining and improving IT services. The key to any change is to start it. You do not have to do everything at once, but pick a starting point and start TODAY. … [Read more...]