All the week's news and views about Network/Systems Management, 11/22/04 _______________________________________________________________ This newsletter is sponsored by SBC Gimme Shelter! Converged Services Spell Relief For Beleaguered Network Managers
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Find out first and see solutions free at this exclusive reserve-now-or-you're-on the-outside-looking-in event! http://www.fattail.com/redir/redirect.asp?CID=88562 _______________________________________________________________ Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert BMC adds to its Magic Service Desk Suite, 11/19/04 BMC this week unveiled additional features in its Magic Service Desk Suite that the company says will help make it easier for customers to install the product as well as to generate reports on the data the software collects. <http://www.nwfusion.com/net.worker/news/2004/1119bmc.html?nl> Four technologies to watch, 11/19/04 Along with hearing from the most powerful companies in the enterprise IT market at VORTEX 2004, we also tried to weave in the voices of those who want to change the ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt848> ITAA calls for action, 11/18/04 The Information Technology Association of America last week offered President George W. Bush a short list of policy goals for his second term in office. The ITAA is a ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt849> FullArmor adds smarts to Active Directory management policies, 11/17/04 FullArmor this week introduced software to let customers centrally manage desktops using a set of intelligent filters connected to capabilities within Microsoft's Active Directory. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1117armor.html?nl> IT execs share software spending plans, 11/17/04 An ERP consolidation plan will keep IT staff busy for the next couple of years at metal distributor Ryerson Tull. The $2.3 billion company, which has grown through acquisitions, is in the process of replacing five major legacy platforms with a single ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1117itspending.html?nl> Identity Management Newsletter: A new-school way of monitoring identity management, 11/17/04 We're looking at possibilities for standardizing the management of typical audit log data especially in the areas of authorization and authentication. It's a ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/dir/2004/1115id2.html?nl> Network and Systems Management Newsletter: Three key 'people' technologies for IT security mgmt., 11/17/04 With all the technology focus in information security, it can be easy to overlook the fact that security is primarily a people issue. Relationships of trust and ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/nsm/2004/1115nsm2.html?nl> Cisco to buy mgmt. start-up, with eye toward network unity, 11/17/04 Cisco this week announced plans to acquire Jahi Networks, a start-up that makes network management appliances for enterprise firms. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1117cisbuy.html?nl> Gates to expand on Microsoft's IT management vision, 11/16/04 Microsoft Tuesday is set to provide more details of its vision to simplify IT management and to announce the first public beta of its Windows Update Services patch management product. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1116gatesit.html?nl> Microsoft releases management tools, expands on DSI model, 11/16/04 Microsoft Tuesday released a handful of software products that are key elements in its drive to develop a comprehensive management platform for Windows. The company also released the first beta of its newest corporate patch server. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1116msdsi.html?nl> IT start-up salaries, 11/16/04 Salaries for executives at private high-tech firms inched up 1.9% in 2003, down from the 2.9% increase incurred from 2001 to 2002. That's according to the 2004 Compensation ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/nlnetsystemsmgmt850> Microsoft takes stake in company that ties Unix, Linux to Windows, 11/16/04 Microsoft Tuesday came as close at it may ever get to supporting Unix and Linux when it took a minority stake in integration vendor Vintela. <http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/1116vintela.html?nl> Storage Newsletter: Establishing recovery time objectives with your users, 11/16/04 When you write a service-level agreement with one of the groups in your company, how do you make sure that the value they place on the data they leave ... <http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/stor/2004/1115stor1.html?nl> _______________________________________________________________ To contact: Network World Staff Senior Writer Denise Dubie covers network and systems management for Network World. 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