Wooed by the Cloud? Before You Cheat, Get a Prenup

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Integrating the Enterprise October 27, 2011 Wooed by the Cloud? Before You Cheat, Get a Prenup Listening to the CIO session at Gartner's annual Symposium, Larry Dignan of ZDNet wrote, was like being at a conference of bad marriages. IT buyers want out — some even have SaaS "mistresses" on the side. There are a lot of reasons why CIOs might want to ditch the big vendors, just as there are legitimate reasons to dissolve a marriage. Certainly, enterprises have a long list of very real grievances against mega-vendors and their expensive software, including years of being jerked around by upgrade cycles, the fact that you have to invest in a software ecosystem to get them to do what you want, and integration challenges. Read more > Extending the Business Benefits of Cloud Storage This white paper describes how the business advantages of virtualization have sparked a new wave of innovation in storage for virtualized servers. Download now > Blogs Mike Vizard IT Unmasked IBM Goes Back to School to Increase Analytics Skills Loraine Lawson Integration Is Salesforce Sneaking into the Enterprise via SAP Integration? Rob Enderle Unfiltered Opinion Gartner's Public Cloud Fallacy and EMC's Secret Weapon Redefining Server Performance Benchmarks   Check out this resource center to a high-performance, low-cost application solution for your data center needs. Go there now > Keep IT Capacity Planning as Granular as Possible A big factor in ensuring that your IT team is able to meet changing business demands is having a firm handle on the capacity of your current infrastructure. You don't want to get blindsided with the news that your Web servers can't handle the traffic spike from a planned promotion; you also don't want to buy a bunch of unnecessary hardware "just to be on the safe side." The Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012 Gartner, Inc. recently highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. They define a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. Download: Data Warehousing ETL Checklist ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) is a key, and very complicated, component of a data management strategy. This high-level checklist of the most central issues will help you get started with this critical data warehousing issue. Latest White Papers SaaS Service Management — Top Considerations for Moving to the Cloud Practical Master Data Management: A Fundamentals Guide Monitoring Cloud Services: Tips, Tricks, and Tools Cloud First IT: The Rise of the Cloud Services Network Featured White Papers BI for Business Users: Bringing Power to the People Read this white paper to learn how today's BI solutions equip the entire organization for success by being more than just mere toolsets.. •  The Six Signs that Your Phone System Is Ready for an Upgrade •  The Virtualization "Blind Spot" — Finding & Fixing App Performance Problems •  IP Videoconferencing: Deployment Challenges & Solutions "This sort of backend connectivity may offer us a more accurate measure of just how much enterprise IT is willing to buy into the concept of cloud and SaaS." Excerpt from Loraine Lawson Integration Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise

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Next Year's Most Strategic Technologies

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Aligning IT and Business Goals October 26, 2011 The Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2012 Gartner recently highlighted the top 10 technologies and trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2012. They define a strategic technology as one with the potential for significant impact on the enterprise in the next three years. Factors that denote significant impact include a high potential for disruption to IT or the business, the need for a major dollar investment, or the risk of being late to adopt. Read more > Featured White Papers Post It, Tag It, Tweet It, Like It: A New Guide to Social IT This white paper explores how IT can leverage social media to build relationships with users through improved service and collaboration. •  Business Intelligence on the Cloud: An Introduction •  Time Is Money: Take Less Backup Time, Spend Less •  The Four Phases of Protecting a Mobile Workforce Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace Latest White Papers The CXO's Roadmap to IT Governance Practical Master Data Management: A Fundamentals Guide SaaS Service Management — Top Considerations for Moving to the Cloud Monitoring Cloud Services: Tips, Tricks, and Tools The Benefits of PPM & APM Deliver IT Projects on time, on budget, on quota & on target. Download this toolkit highlighting the benefits of PPM.Including valuable IT PPM research from Aberdeen Group. > "The cloud represents a massive opportunity to save money; it also represents an even more massive risk. Balancing the two properly will likely define the successful IT professional ..." Excerpt from Rob Enderle Unfiltered Opinion IPv6 and Cloud: The New Peanut Butter and Jelly Telecommunications is always in the throes of transition. Today is no different, as IPv6 and cloud computing gradually are changing the legacy infrastructure. Password Misuse Could Be Root Cause of Hacking Spike Lieberman Software surveyed more than 300 IT professionals for their insights into password practices and security outcomes. Portions of the survey focused on the numbers of passwords in use, sharing of privileged passwords and organizational security. The survey revealed that 48 percent of IT security professionals have worked for organizations whose network has been breached by a hacker. The 10 Things Every Business Should Know About B2B E-commerce It's certainly no secret that more and more business is conducted online each day. Consumers expect products and services to be instantly available, comparable, and configurable to meet their needs online. The Web provides consumers with the instant results and fulfillment they demand from their shopping experience. B2B customers have come to expect the same speed and simplicity. Blogs Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career IT Salaries Expected to Rise in 2012 Arthur Cole Center Column VDI Through the Admin Lens Ann All Business of Tech Make Vendors Partners for Center of Excellence Success Redefining Server Performance Benchmarks   Check out this resource center to a high-performance, low-cost application solution for your data center needs. Go there now > This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise

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Elastic Caching -- How ESPN Handles 15,000 Requests Per Second

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	Elastic Caching — How ESPN Handles 15,000 Requests Per Second ESPN's website succesfully delivers results for 15,000 requests per second — how has it developed that kind of performance capacity? ESPN turned to a Web service scaling solution that provides distributed object caching essential for elastic scalability and next-generation cloud environments, processing massive volumes of transactions with extreme efficiency and linear scalability. Check out this ESPN case study and bonus video to learn how they built an elastic caching solution to deliver personalized content to their millions of sports fans. Learn More Now
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Become ITIL Certified at Your Own Pace -- Easy-to-Use eLearning Kit

View in Browser Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! ITIL® V3 Foundation — Complete Certification Kit Get ITIL Certified for 2012! This Comprehensive Training Tool Guides You Through ITIL Certification at Your Own Pace The standards documented by the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) sets the world standard for IT process management and more companies than ever before expect IT managers and staff to be ITIL certified. To help you get ITIL-certified, we have partnered with The Art of Service to provide ITBE members with the ITIL V3 Foundation — Complete Certification Kit. This best-selling, accredited eLearning resource consists of two main components: A 186 page eBook that details each ITIL V3 process and online access to the ITIL V3 Foundation eLearning program. Use of this kit is 100% guaranteed to get you through the ITIL Foundation Certificate examination. Get the details on this unique offer now! As an IT Business Edge member, you receive periodic updates regarding content, products and services we offer to our members. If you do not wish to receive e-mails like this one, click here to remove yourself from all IT Business Edge newsletter and promotional e-mail lists. You are currently listed in our member database as lanhdaomoi.ceovn@blogger.com. This e-mail was sent by NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223.

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Which IT Skills Are Hot?

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions IT Careers October 25, 2011 The 15 Hottest IT Skills in Today's Market It's interesting to see how demand changes for the various IT skills in the job market. In an update to a similar slideshow from November 2010, Dice.com offers this insight into the jobs of today. Click through to see some of the most in-demand skills and their growth on the site in the past year. Read more > How to Shorten the Lifecycle of Help Desk Issues This free trial software offers two editions that you can explore to create the ideal help desk solution that scales as your business grows. Try it now > Blogs Susan Hall Charting Your IT Career IT as a Path Out of the Unemployment Line John Storts What's New Checklist Makes Tough Task of Letting an Employee Go a Little Smoother Don Tennant From Under the Rug Executive Recruiter: 'Man Up' to Foreign Competition, Age Discrimination Redefining Server Performance Benchmarks   Check out this resource center to a high-performance, low-cost application solution for your data center needs. Go there now > Download: IT Management 101 Book In this book, written by Mike Sisco, 11 key traits of successful IT managers are emphasized that will leapfrog you past other managers. IT Management 101 provides a solid foundation in which to build upon in developing your IT management skills and capabilities. Ten Tips for Getting the Most Out of Phone, Video and Web Conferencing As the work force becomes more dispersed and companies recognize the cost savings of connecting remotely, phone, video and Web conferencing and applications like Skype are growing in popularity. It can be difficult, however, to know how to interact with colleagues and business contacts who are in different locations. Follow these tips provided by Robert Half to stay on the up-and-up. Download: Personal Attributes Inventory Who you are should play a huge part in what you do, at least if you plan to be happy. Use this Word-based tool to take stock of your personality traits and how they should help define your career path. Latest White Papers The CXO's Roadmap to IT Governance SaaS Service Management — Top Considerations for Moving to the Cloud Practical Master Data Management: A Fundamentals Guide Monitoring Cloud Services: Tips, Tricks, and Tools Featured White Papers Post It, Tag It, Tweet It, Like It: A New Guide to Social IT This white paper explores how IT can leverage social media to build relationships with users through improved service and collaboration. •  Business Intelligence on the Cloud: An Introduction •  Time Is Money: Take Less Backup Time, Spend Less •  The Four Phases of Protecting a Mobile Workforce "In short, if there were ever a time for IT to get back in touch with its inner user and to reinstate processes that connected internal customers to tools that met both customers' needs and the needs of the corporation, this is that time." Excerpt from Rob Enderle Unfiltered Opinion Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise

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