Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Weekly Update: Unified communications, Virtualization and more

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Research: Adding Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to...
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Research: The State of Resilience and Optimization on IBM...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6569/0/Highlight/?mid=

Blog Post: Stopping Conficker with OpenDNS
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30841/3/Highlight

Blog Post: Future Enterprise- Enterprise Information...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30834/3/Highlight

Network-projectmanagement discussion: Disaster recovery
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2668466/1/Highlight

Info-security-management-sp discussion: Web blocking
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2663706/1/Highlight

Wiki Article: Server Supervisor
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/21246/2/Highlight

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**** RESEARCH ****
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REAL-TIME, ON-DEMAND INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE AND DATA INTEGRATION
By Vision Solutions
This white paper shows you how a software-based data replication solution can drive value by providing simplified,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6074/0/Docs/?mid=


SECURITY VS. FLEXIBILITY: MUST IT MANAGEMENT CHOOSE?
By Faronics
IT Managers are tasked with making the desktop environment more secure and locked down to a uniform corporate standard,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/5645/0/Docs/?mid=

ADDING HARDWARE SECURITY MODULES (HSMS) TO MICROSOFT WINDOWS PKI FOR COMPLIANCE AND RISK MITIGATION
By Thales
Microsoft PKI expert Brian Komar writes about best practices for PKI deployments for risk mitigation and compliance...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19075/0/Docs/?mid=

READ THE REPORT: 3COM WIRELESS LAN MOBILITY SYSTEM OUTPERFORMS CISCO NETWORK SOLUTION
By 3Com
In tests by the Tolly Group, 3Comï¾'s Wireless LAN Mobility System outperformed a comparable Cisco resilient controller...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19292/0/Docs/?mid=

MANAGE YOUR METADATA TO BETTER MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS
By Informatica
Metadata management is the foundation of data integration. While companies are embracing a data-centric approach to IT...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19101/0/Docs/?mid=

ENGAGING WITH THE NEW E-LEARNING
By Adobe
12 strategies for engaging and retaining learners through compelling online experiences.
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19332/0/Docs/?mid=

MSPS, SAAS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF REMOTE DEVICES
By NTRglobal
Whether we like it or not we are all IT users now. Through the ubiquity of networks of devices that we rely on for...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/19010/0/Docs/?mid=


THE STATE OF RESILIENCE AND OPTIMIZATION ON IBM POWER SYSTEMS -- RESEARCH FINDINGS BASED ON SURVEYS OF IBM I AND AIX USERS
By Vision Solutions, Inc.
This report includes the input of over 2,000 companies running AIX and IBM i Ii5/OS) environments regarding their data...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/3/6569/0/Docs/?mid=

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Recent Blog Entries

STOPPING CONFICKER WITH OPENDNS
Posted by Clay (Systems Administrator)
Conficker is quickly becoming a mainstream news story as April 1 approaches, the date that...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30841/3/Blogs

TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS SALES STRATEGIES
Posted by Joshua Feinberg (Editorial Director)
Do you offer technology assessments to your new IT consulting clients? If not, you're really...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30822/3/Blogs

SIMPLE MISTAKES IN A COMPLEX WORLD - SECURITY OVERSIGHTS
Posted by Sherman Hand (Directory Of Security, Fraud and Abuse)
Patch, Patch, Patch. Every month, it seems that an endless stream of manufacturer patches are...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30836/3/Blogs

SUN AND CLOUDS
Posted by iTech-Ed (CEO)
In a month that saw Sun showcase the Sun OpenCloud Platform, that cloud computing giant...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30835/3/Blogs

FUTURE ENTERPRISE- ENTERPRISE INFORMATION INTEGRATION
Posted by dhtow01 (Director)
Information integration- combining information from different sources into a unified format,...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/30834/3/Blogs


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Recent Threads

DISASTER RECOVERY (Network-projectmanagement)
Asked By Judith22 (Operations Manager) | Replies (3)
I'm new to this and putting together a plan for IT. Does anyone know of any good templates...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2668466/1/groups

REGARDING L1 AND L2 CERTIFICATION IN UNIX (Unix-career)
Asked By ijeet (Mr)
I want to do L1 and L2 certification what should I do...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2667750/1/groups

WHICH EA MATURITY MODEL (Enterprise-architecture-sp)
Asked By tolip | Replies (11)
There seem to be number of different EA maturity models out there. So I...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2667640/1/groups

MSP WITH CLARITY (It-portfolio-management-sp)
Asked By Sharoncoburn (Consultant)
Is it possible to schedule an MSP project in Clarity instead of MSP when they are integrated...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2664577/1/groups

MOVING TO ENTERPRISE FAX SERVER SOLUTION (Wireless-apps-select)
Asked By byers
I am investigating moving away from standard fax machine technology, moving to an...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2663885/1/groups

WEB BLOCKING (Info-security-management-sp)
Asked By PattiG (Dir IT) | Replies (4)
I have members of the communication business unt that feels web blocking is antiquated technology...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2663706/1/groups

HIGHLY AVAILABLE BUSINESSFACTOR AND BUSINESSWORKS ENVIRONMENTS (Soa-sp)
Asked By Jonathon Jenkins (Systems Architect) | Replies (3)
Does anyone have any tips on setting up a highly available BusinessFactor (clustered or failover)...
http://it.toolbox.com/trd/1/2/2662275/1/groups


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