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1. Firm Debuts Appliance-Based Device Management

   [ Blog ] Topic: Configuration Management | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 05/01/2008

   One of the more interesting products to come out of Interop this week isn't aimed so much at networking itself, but overseeing network devices. nSolutions introduced the NOVA (Network Ontology and Virtualization Appliance) device that automates the often tedious job of configuration...

2. Packeteer Lays out Goals

   [ Blog ] Topic: Application Performance Management | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 12/07/2007

   Packeteer is laying out its vision of application acceleration, says eWEEK , one that includes a strong dose of network intelligence to smooth the flow of traffic and foster the ability to provide any application, anytime, anywhere, to anyone. Central to this strategy is the IntelligenceCenter...

3. The Data Center Consolidation Minefield

   [ Blog ] Topic: Server Consolidation | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 09/24/2007

   Data center consolidation is all the rage among the Fortune 500 set, with literally billions of dollars at stake through everything from lower energy and real estate costs to savings on management and infrastructure. But as with all things IT, there are few right ways to do it and an unlimited...

4. Virtual Management, Front and Center

   [ Blog ] Topic: Virtualization | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 09/03/2008

   It's getting funny how major new systems seem to get launched right after I do a roundup on that particular segment. Who know I had such clout? This time we have a rush of virtualization-management tools from HP, BMC and Fortisphere. But while my posts on such fast-moving technology may be...

5. Rise of the Service Oriented Infrastructure

   [ Blog ] Topic: Configuration Management | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 01/21/2008

   A good article here in Information Age highlights the ways in which advanced software architectures like SOA and Web 2.0 are producing changes in the underlying physical infrastructure of most enterprises. The emerging concept of the Service Oriented Infrastructure (SOI) and the Real-Time...

6. Brocade Launches Fabric Management

   [ Blog ] Topic: Network Performance Management | Author: ArthurCole | Date Published: 09/24/2008

   Brocade released a critical component of its Data Center Fabric Architecture this week, a comprehensive management platform designed to provide end-to-end control of a broad swatch of the company's networking systems. The Data Center Fabric Manager (DCFM) offers configuration and management...

7. Columnist Says Focus on Four Areas - Including Integration - Could Save IT

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Integration | Author: LoraineLawson | Date Published: 04/22/2008

   John Schmidt, the vice president of Global Integration Services at Informatica Corp., thinks he knows the silver bullet for fixing IT . According to Schmidt, something is wrong with IT -- very wrong. He points to IT's dismal success rate, citing a 2004 Standish CHAOS report that found only 29...

8. Could the Cloud Kill the PBX?

   [ Blog ] Topic: Telecommunications Services | Author: Rob Enderle | Date Published: 07/20/2009

   My first job actually working for a tech company was with ROLM Systems, which built the most advanced PBX (business phone system, it stands for private branch exchange) for its time.  It was so advanced, we felt we could rename it a CBX (the “C” stood for computer-controlled) and we used...