Infrastructure & Operations

vNetworks: Software VLANs without Borders

Virtual networks, or vNetworks, are coming on the scene to solve the problem of managing public cloud servers as a disparate network. When you can wrap your public cloud...

VMworld 2011: VMware Platform Is About the Whole Infrastructure

Three or four years ago keynotes and announcements at VMworld were all about cool server tricks. Today, as VMware seeks to be an infrastructure cloud platform, servers...

Hot Developments in Infrastructure

Explosive data growth, cloud computing, virtualization and consolidation, mobile computing; these are all major technology trends that are having a large impact on IT...

Virtual Appliances Can Deliver Physical Appliance Performance

As every new generation of hardware brings performance boosts--especially faster processors, RAM, and solid state drives--virtual appliance vendors are taking advantage...

Cisco Collaboration Summit 2011 Wrap-Up

Cisco held its annual Collaboration Summit in Miami in November 2011. Cisco executives and subject matter experts, partners, customers, consultants, and industry analysts...

Potential Impact of the Euro Crisis on IT Departments

Europeans are facing a major economic crisis triggered by poor government financial management in the Euro zone. But many managers outside Europe don't see this as...

The Goal of IT/Business Alignment: Why so Elusive?

Has the ideal of IT/business alignment become the holy grail of IT leaders? The promise of IT/business alignment is to focus investment and activities, increase the value...

How Many Phone Lines Do You Need?

Determining the number of phone lines required for a facility can be a daunting task for IT leaders that have recently taken on telecom responsibilities. Planners should...

User Acceptance Testing Checklist

User acceptance testing is one of the final stages of the application lifecycle before deployment. Use this checklist to help control and manage the user acceptance...

WAN Assessment Template

Use this template to guide you through the process of documenting and assessing WAN connectivity.
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