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  • IBM adds test and development to public cloud

    In addition, cloud-based development can help programmers work more nimbly, since resources can be called up as needed, without the holdups associated with reserving time and space on in-house systems, proponents say.Big Blue also released a list…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Software Development • Red Hat • Rational Software • Private Cloud

  • NetScout integrates management software with Cisco

    NetScout integrates management software with Cisco Maxwell Cooter New offering negates the need for monitoring probe news NetScout has intgrated its nGenius monitoring software with Cisco branch office routers NetScout has integrated its nGenius…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Routers • Router • Probe • Monitoring • Equipment • Branch

  • Parallels enhances virtualisation for Apple servers

    This includes advanced troubleshooting and monitoring options as well as the use of a powerful dashboard that can manage the whole server farm.He said that Apple had been very supportive of the initiative seeing it as a way to increase the spread…
    03 March 2010
    Tags: Parallels • Metal • Mac Os • Hypervisor • Apple Xserve

  • SAN accelerator appliance coming from FalconStor and Violin

    Then, FalconStor's HotZone software accelerates the read process of random-access database applications by monitoring disk access patterns and then copying the so-called hot data to a HotZone cache on the solid state memory array.When data on the…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Gateway • Fibre Channel • Cache • Attached • Array • Appliance

  • Zend adds code tracing to PHP Web app server

    Users gain visibility into code in production environments, with the ability to pinpoint the root cause of application issues, Zend said.With this new version we are delivering application monitoring and diagnostics as part of the base application…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Subscription • Root • Resolution • Php • Application Server • Application Performance

  • Citrix buys asset management company

    Citrix has bought asset management company Paglo Desktop management and virtualisation software company Citrix has purchased IT-asset-monitoring service provider Paglo.Citrix plans to fold Paglo's services into its own Citrix Online remote support…
    25 February 2010
    Tags: Log • Desktop Computers • Citrix • Asset Management • Administrators

Latest Features

  • Four tips to avoid server failure in virtualisation projects

    In addition, NDC Host uses homegrown monitoring tools to ensure that ratios aren't blown by a spike in a single VM's traffic.3. But when it comes to mission-critical and resource-intensive applications, that number tends to plummet to less than 15…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Workloads • Workload • Ratio • Demands • Deeper • Consolidation

  • The 10 hottest IT jobs

    Virtual servers comprise the computing environment and automation is responsible for the cloud being monitoring, management, secured and made compliant," says Andi Mann, research director at Enterprise Management Associates.
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Seek • Network World • Cycle • Contracts • Assurance

  • Amazon's cloud outage was a thriller

    And with an eye on bolstering its performance monitoring abilities, management software vendor Compuware last month acquired Gomez for $295 million.According to Mike Gualtieri, an analyst at Forrester Research, companies provide a service that…
    14 December 2009
    Tags: Connectivity • Readers • Firms • Locations • Component • Forrester Research

  • The life and death of a virtual machine

    Operations team members use VMware's inherent management features to track and control the specific production, job, SQL and development servers for which they're responsible.Plus, the firm has dedicated a VMware Certified Professional (VCP…
    14 October 2009
    Tags: York • Virtual Machine • Layers • Suse Linux • Virtual Machines • Lifecycle

  • End-to-end encryption: The PCI security holy grail

    It also doesn't provide adequate tracking or monitoring of suspicious activities* Key management and administration capabilities come as built-in features of the product* Those who have a need for database encryption should read Cryptography in…
    14 September 2009
    Tags: Scenarios • Overhead • Procedures • Seamlessly • Data Storage • Endtoend

  • Is it time to rename routers?

    It recently enhanced its service provider routers to enable network operators to perform application-layer, real-time MPEG video stream quality monitoring to improve performance and scale.This capability or any other layered on top of the company…
    17 June 2009
    Tags: Layers • Enhanced • Prevention • Gateways • Modem • Eric
 

How-Tos

  • How to fix cloud security

    IaaS providers, in contrast, will often allow a customer to install event log monitoring software on their virtualised portion of the infrastructure.Logiq, for instance, uses Sentry Metrics's security event management service, which monitors event…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Responsibility • Iso • Incident • Cloud Computing • Agent • Access Control

  • How to save your business money on print costs

    Replacement cartridges are sent to Rent-A-Center stores before they're needed, and High Touch dispatches a service partner in the area when monitoring shows that a device needs maintenance. They provide continuous monitoring of your environment and…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Copying • Productivity • Scale • Printing • Stores • Cost Savings

  • What is cloud computing, and can it be trusted?

    GoGrid's SLA includes this difficult-to-interpret phrase: "Individual servers will deliver 100% uptime as monitored within the GoGrid network by GoGrid monitoring systems. For example, there's little reason to run a desktop disk defragmentation…
    16 November 2009
    Tags: Software Vendors • Infrastructures • Flexibility • Amazon • Latency • Cloud Computing

  • How to sell open source software to your company

    Monitoring- easy/difficult? If you can't get your legal, procurement and risk management groups behind you, you might as well not even start. The process defined here uses a combination of factors from each of these sources.The software must be…
    07 September 2009
    Tags: Criteria • Evaluation • Guidelines • Open Office • Freeware • Checklist

  • Readers' favourite free network tools

    From sniffing to mapping and monitoring, these ten utilities perform surprisingly sophisticated tasks. The colour of the network device's model changes from green to orange if a service goes down and red if all connectivity is lost.Monitoring…
    02 June 2008
    Tags: Evaluate • Utilities • Remote Access • Producing • Statistics • Network Management

  • Assembling a 'Network A-Team'

    This team could use the measurement, monitoring and management technologies already deployed in most IT environments to gather the information they need to become advanced problem solvers.You probably already have all the tools out there…
    19 May 2008
    Tags: House • Human • Capital • Skills • Experts • Oriented

Reviews

  • SonicWALL firewalls round up

    For example, features such as wireless RF monitoring for common attacks and problems can be configured on SonicPoints, but not in the built-in wireless. When the firewall only had three zones in it (LAN, WAN and DMZ, in SonicWALL's terminology…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: United States • Signatures • Access Control • Enforce • Ip Addresses • Lowend

  • Cyberoam CR50ia UTM appliance

    According to newcomer, Cyberoam, the next stage lies with identity-based management, a dry-sounding way of saying that security is about monitoring real individuals and not necessarily treating all users as representing the same risk.
    23 November 2009
    Tags: Modules • Events • Prevention • Intrusion • Gigabit Ethernet • Creation

  • Microsoft Hyper-V R2 Server 2008 review

    Configuring this is not quite as simple as a drop-down menu selection; you need to script it, but it isn't difficult and certainly doesn't require research to figure out.Finally, SCVMM also includes some nice monitoring and reporting tools.
    30 September 2009
    Tags: Invest • Vm • Loads • Instances • Hosts • Operating Systems

  • Apple Nehalem Xserve review

    Apple Nehalem Xserve is a market-leading system now, and it'll be even better a year on.The things that matter most to a massive enterprise with multiple datacenters are reflected in Apple Nehalem Xserve's feature list: a standards-based (IPMI 2.0…
    10 June 2009
    Tags: Power Consumption • Utilisation • Parallel • Xeon • Raw • Stream

  • Talend Open Studio 3.0

    Support is included in its team-oriented Integration Suite, along with added provisions for distributed monitoring and load balancing down to the CPU core. Even open BI solutions, including Jaspersoft and SpagoBI, as well as CRM apps, including…
    20 January 2009
    Tags: Studio • Generating • Governance • Layout • Graphical • Navigation

  • Zeus ZXTM 5.0

    Next on the list is the ability to add further monitoring types (if you have a multi-purpose pool you might want to monitor, say, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP). The virtual serve configuration screen, like the pool configuration interface, has a pile of…
    18 November 2008
    Tags: Node • Configure • Ip Addresses • Ip Address • Session • Balancing

White Papers

  • Whats new in Oracle SOA Suite 11g?

    This Service Infrastructure offers a simple development experience and delivers a runtime of extreme performance & scalability that reconciles eventing and services, along with a unified management & monitoring console.
    03 December 2009
    Tags: Soa • Human • Enhancements • Workflow • Suite • Weblogic Server

  • Capacity management in virtual infrastructures

    Capacity management in virtual infrastructures Nimsoft Useful guidelines for getting started, key considerations and monitoring solutions available.whitepaper Finally, it looks at the monitoring solutions available, and details one solution that…
    06 November 2009
    Tags: Infrastructures • Monitoring • Array • Virtualization • Addressing • Benefits

  • Managing business service performance in a virtual environment

    This requires integrated discovery and monitoring of the complete physical and virtual operating environment, connecting the pieces across a complex, heterogeneous enterprise, correlating key data points, and presenting business-oriented…
    18 May 2009
    Tags: Availability • Breaches • Service Management • Damage • Business Services • Pitfalls

  • Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment

    This requires integrated discovery and monitoring of the complete physical and virtual operating environment, connecting the pieces across a complex, heterogeneous enterprise, correlating key data points, and presenting business-oriented…
    30 March 2009
    Tags: Failed • Availability • Breaches • Service Management • Complexity • Business Services

  • Becoming Proactive In Application Performance Management

    Many IT organizations have now established effective monitoring systems for the various infrastructure domains in an enterprise-wide IT landscape: servers, storage, network, peripherals and desktops. This Forrester survey of global technology…
    23 February 2009
    Tags: Forrester • Desktops • Monitoring • Performance Management • Proactive • Application Performance

  • Rationalising the Multi-Tool Environment

    Over time, businesses are likely to acquire multiple, redundant tools for monitoring the availability, performance and capacity of their IT infrastructure. Unfortunately, the proliferation of monitoring tools impairs incident response and produces…
    23 November 2007
    Tags: Acquire • Availability • Multi • Framework • Monitoring Tools

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