=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TechTarget | Network and Systems Management July 16, 2003 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM OUR SPONSOR: **FREE White Paper: PREDICT NETWORK & APPLICATION PERFORMANCE ** http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,16121,00.htm?shunra ___________________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE | Table of Contents
1. NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIPS - Today's Featured Tip: Extend your wireless networks - Network management: Why we need it - Make your systems "crunchy" 2. ESSENTIAL LINKS - Article: Are we ready for the 'all-in-one happy box'? - Meet our new expert: Carrie Higbie on emerging technologies - Webcast premiere: Heterogeneous networks - Featured Topic: Developing network architecture - The 2003 Networking Innovator Award Program - New frontiers of network and systems management ___________________________________________________________________ ********************>> Sponsored by Shunra <<********************** How do you know if your company's new/updated technologies will work over the WAN? Usually you don't...until they're deployed in production...when all kinds of unexpected problems arise and end-users are screaming. Now you can predict application performance, and the impact on the WAN, before rollout; Plan network capacity; Preempt problems; Ensure your network's health. **GET THE WHITE PAPER HERE** http://searchNetworking.com/r/0,,16121,00.htm?shunra =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TODAY'S FEATURED NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT TIP EXTEND YOUR WIRELESS NETWORKS by Barrie Sosinsky So you got a wireless network, (access point, wireless NICs, etc.) and now you find out that not everyone can get onto the network, because the signal strengths just aren't great enough to get through the walls, up to the next floor, and so forth. So? Make the signals stronger. Here's how: http://www.searchNetworking.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci914718,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORK MANAGEMENT: WHY WE NEED IT | Robert J. Shimonski Network management is a combination of technical skills that a technician can offer mixed with a product/application that can be used to aid in both monitoring your infrastructure and making the technicians life easier. The products typically work by providing a management console that can contain multiple items to manage, or by grouping many functions into one executable function. In sum, it makes your life easier and makes it more manageable. Here's a for instance: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci800104,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= MAKE YOUR SYSTEMS "CRUNCHY" | Robert L. Scheier If you've been around security for the last few years, you've probably heard the phrase "crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside." That means your organization is well protected with firewalls and/or antivirus tools at the gateways where the network meets the Internet, while the servers, storage and management consoles on the inside are left virtually unprotected. People have been talking about moving to more "end-to-end" security for some time, but recently I've heard customers are actually taking action. They're finally making the inside of their IT infrastructures more "crunchy" because of new threats, new regulations and new technology. Here's a sampling of how security managers are making their systems harder to hack on the inside, as well as the outside: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci895265,00.html ------------------------------------------------------------------- For more network and systems management tips and advice, visit the extensive tip library on SearchNetworking.com: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tipsIndex/0,289482,sid7_tax289202_alpD_idx0,00.html ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= :::::::::::::::::::::::: ESSENTIAL LINKS :::::::::::::::::::::::::: ___________________________________________________________________ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED ARTICLE | SearchNetworking.com ARE WE READY FOR THE 'ALL-IN-ONE HAPPY BOX'? Multipurpose devices for network infrastructure have features such as routing, load balancing and caching that should catch the fancy of networking professionals. So why exactly are some people skeptical of the "all-in-one happy box"? Click here for the full story: http://www.searchnetworking.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid7_gci914097,00.html MORE ON THIS TOPIC: Tip: Web load balancing http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid7_gci753653,00.html Best Web Links: Infrastructure management http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/bestWebLinks/0,289521,sid7_tax293698,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= EXPERT ADVICE | Carrie Higbie on Emerging Technologies We are please to introduce our newest site expert, Carrie Higbie. Carrie currently works with The Siemon Company as the network applications market manager where her responsibilities include providing liaison services to electronic manufacturers to assure that there is harmony between the active electronics and existing and future cabling infrastructures. She participates with the IEEE, TIA and various consortiums for standards acceptance and works to further educate the end user community on the importance of a quality infrastructure. Carrie is one of the few that chose to work with applications and networks providing her with a full end-to-end understanding of business critical resources through all 7 layers of the OSI model. There's always something new in networking. Carrie can help explain developing technologies and what they mean to your network. Ask Carrie a question: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/ateQuestion/0,289624,sid7_tax294652,00.html Or view Carries recently answered Q&A's: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/ateAnswers/0,289620,sid7_cid541109_tax294652,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WEBCAST PREMIERE | SearchNetworking.com Title: Heterogeneous networks: Leveraging more than just Windows to lower costs, improve productivity Speaker: Don Jones, Founding Partner, BrainCore.Net Date: Available 24/7 Ever hear of "the right tool for the right job?" Most folks have, yet companies are still standardizing on Windows even when it might not be the right tool for the job. Learn about operating system alternatives like Linux, Unix and Mac O-S-X, and how everything, including Windows, can work and play together. Start choosing your operating systems based on how well they fit particular jobs, and leverage interoperability features and standardized protocols to keep everything on the same page. Sit back and relax while you enjoy this 45-minute presentation: http://webevents.broadcast.com/techtarget/Networking/052103/index.asp?loc=02 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FEATURED TOPIC: NETWORK ARCHITECTURE | SearchNetworking.com Forward-thinking organizations are re-visiting their current architecture, and are looking to accommodate IP telephony, wireless LANs, storage, and increased Internet security. But, before you head to the planning table make sure you're addressing real and specific needs within your organization. These articles, Q&As and tips can help... http://www.searchNetworking.com/featuredTopic/0,290042,sid7_gci914272,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORKING INNOVATOR AWARDS | SearchNetworking.com Do you know someone who is an innovator in the field of networking? Take advantage of the opportunity to publicly acknowledge the networking contributions of someone you know. This year we'll be focusing on two areas: 1) Network Trailblazer Award 2) Network Performance Pioneer Award Click here for details and to submit your nomination: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/awards/0,293912,sid7,00.html Click here to see the profiles of the 2002 award winners: http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/awardsPreviousWinners/0,293918,sid7,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= NETWORKING DECISIONS CONFERENCE | Atlanta, GA - Nov. 5-7, 2003 FEATURED SESSION: NEW FRONTIERS OF NETWORK AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT To reduce operational costs, customers look to network and system management systems that allow for "management by exception." These systems not only diagnose and report on problems, but also fix problems without requiring constant IT staff intervention. In this session, Jean-Pierre Garbani, director, Forrester Research provides you with the value proposition of network and systems management systems and how they provide effective services that increase the business productivity and improve operation staff efficiency. Plus, as IBM, HP and Sun are bringing self healing and self provisioning technologies to the data center, the underlying automation and virtualization supporting grid computing will also change the way the networking infrastructures are managed. Find out how from one of the top speakers from last year's conference as he returns with new insights you can't afford to miss. 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