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Idera, Falconstor expand SharePoint backup, recovery
By David Rubinstein
A partnership between a Windows server management company and a storage management provider has resulted in end-to-end automated backup and recovery of SharePoint site collections down to the document level.
5/11/2009 5:00PM EST

Zeus puts lightning into traffic management
By Jeff Feinman
Zeus Technology’s Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager can cache HTTP responses and rewrite an entire application stream in an attempt to improve management and accelerate application deployment.
4/7/2009 5:11PM EST

Sun sees much room for cloud innovation
By Jeff Feinman
Dave Douglas, senior VP of cloud computing for Sun, told SD Times the company has plans to create an in-cloud database and will provide its Open Storage offerings as it continues to build out its cloud.
4/3/2009 9:59AM EST

CommVault announces enhanced data management capabilities
By David Rubinstein
Simpana 8 is an updated version of the platform for managing data across Microsoft's servers and ActiveDirectory. It adds heterogeneous online and offline records management for SharePoint, among other enhancements.
4/2/2009 4:02PM EST

Symantec Prepares Endpoint Security Services
By David Worthington
Following Symantec's acquisition of MessageLabs this past October, the company is preparing to launch services for securing endpoints in distributed systems.
3/26/2009 5:23PM EST

IBM Set to Build Biggest Computer Yet
By Alex Handy
A massive new project with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories will produce two new compute clusters, one of which will feature 1.6 million processors and be able to crunch 20 petaflops. That should make it the most powerful computer on Earth.
2/3/2009 2:30PM EST

dynaTrace APM Solution Keeps Track of SOA Transactions
By David Worthington
Citing a need to combat SOA complexity, dynaTrace 3.0 is capable of tracking transactions and mapping application dependencies across geographically distributed systems. Its PurePath diagnosis technology has been extended to wide-area networks as well.
2/2/2009 8:30AM EST

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Data Center News Briefs: October 6, 2008
By Systems Management News Team
JAMF releases software for the iPod to remotely access Casper management suite servers, Sonicwall comes out with its latest threat management tool and Eaton reveals its newest rackmountable UPS.

Data Center Briefs: October 3, 2008
By Systems Management News Team
Red Hat creates a Linux-based HPC platform that can be deployed in under an hour, Software Workshop shows off a new distribution for accountants based on a MySQL open-source database server, and DSS3 updates its Asigra online data management platform.

Data Center Briefs: September 29, 2008
By Systems Management News Team
SIP Print makes available a new line of call recording appliances for small and mid-sized businesses, IBM has a product for reducing the amount of physical storage needed for virtual systems, and Aqua Connect now works with Mac OS X 10.5.

Data Center Briefs
By Systems Management News Team
Microsoft and Novell pair up on virtualization, Citrix announces its cloud strategy and releases XenServer 5, and SecureLogic shows off its free VoIP security tools.

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The Microsoft Stack: No Need to Hesitate on SQL Server 2008 Migration
By Patrick Hynds
The benefits that SQL Server 2008 offers are numerous, such as making good use of 64-bit processors and improvements to OLAP. It can also use spatial data and seems to be designed to work with Web 2.0 implementations.

From the Editors: Reinventing the Enterprise Desktop
By Systems Management News Team
The era of 64-bit Windows is upon us, so businesses should prepare to handle the influx of multithreaded programs and the need for multicore desktops. Also, Systems Management News is being revamped to better serve your interests.

The Data Center: What Is a Good Network?
By John Rath
When planning the network for your enterprise, consider what kinds of things you want your network to accomplish and what kinds of data it'll be handling. A variety of network types exist to tailor precisely to your needs.

Guest View: A New Era for Enterprise Storage
By Amyl Ahola
Coming soon, the enterprise flash drive will be the standard for enterprise data centers. These drives, based on solid-state storage technology, will be driven by both the need to cut energy costs and for higher levels of I/O performance.

Networking: The Need for WAN Optimization
By Jim Metzler
As businesses search for lower-cost areas when placing facilities, the use of WANs increases. WANs, however, need to be optimized to keep up with business demands and services, such as SaaS.

Short Takes: IT Faces a Bizarre Month
By Systems Management News Team
The editors take a look at glitches caused by Zeus' handiwork, the times that are a-changing at college computer labs and a series of strange events in the IT world. Also, the SharePoint Technology Conference is announced.

The Savvy Manager: You're Doing IT Wrong
By Mike Bohlmann
Once you recognize that business and IT should be working together, you must now make this case to the leaders of the company that IT's input on business matters is valid. Here are some things to consider before you make the pitch.

From the Editors: Midori: The Empire's New Hope
By Systems Management News Team
After looking over Midori, we think that, as it currently is presented, it would be a welcome successor to the Windows line of OSes. Microsoft must work hard to eliminate the defects of its current Windows incarnation and create an OS that is built for an interconnected world.

Open Source: Irreconcilable Differences
By Kenneth Hess
Why should there be an emphasis on making open-source operating systems compatible with commercial ones? If open-source developers are not careful, they will encourage their customers to seek proprietary offerings instead.

Guest View: Small Steps in Energy Efficiency Result in Two Kinds of 'Green'
By Jim Smith
"Going green" is thought of as an expensive process, but there are ways to cut costs without harming service. Consider these tips to lowering power usage, which save energy and money.

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Managing the Virtualized Data Center
Many companies are implementing virtualization technology to achieve a variety of benefits – including reduced capital spending on hardware, reduced...

EVENTS CALENDAR

Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conf. 7/13/2009 to 7/16/2009 New Orleans	OSCON (Open Source Convention) 7/20/2009 to 7/24/2009 San Jose
XBRL Technology Workshop & Summit 7/28/2009 to 7/30/2009 Santa Clara	ACM SIGGRAPH 8/3/2009 to 8/7/2009 New Orleans
OpenSource World (formerly LinuxWorld) 8/12/2009 to 8/13/2009 San Francisco	SHARE 8/23/2009 to 8/28/2009 Denver
Agile 2009 8/24/2009 to 8/28/2009 Chicago	Software Product Lines Conf. 8/24/2009 to 8/28/2009 San Francisco
VMworld 8/31/2009 to 9/3/2009 San Francisco	Red Hat Summit & JBoss World 9/1/2009 to 9/4/2009 Chicago

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