Beth Schultz

Editor, Signature Series

 

bschultz@nww.com (773) 283-0213 Fax: (773) 283-0214

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Recent articles by Schultz

How to create a business-boosting virtualization plan
Aug. 18, 2008
Tony Bishop, CEO of start-up IT consultancy Adaptivity and virtualization go-to guy, explains how to shift from a tactical to a strategic virtualization strategy.

Podcasts: More voices of virtualization
Aug. 18, 2008
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10 must-have virtualization tools
Aug. 18, 2008
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New backup tools for you
Apr. 18, 2008
Monitoring backups has always been one of those unglamorous IT chores. Over the last several years, however, numerous vendors have taken backups from boring to remarkable as they roll out heterogeneous backup-management ...

Seven storage truths
Apr. 17, 2008
Thanks to virtualization and a host of other technologies, storage has left its silo. Its performance affects the whole computing shebang. Fortunately, new technologies that cross the boundaries of storage, management ...

Five network 'sleepers'
Feb. 25, 2008
Testers highlight Mu Security Mu-4000, Packeteer iShaper, Radware Linkproof, SonicWall unified threat management and Cisco NetFlow technologies.

Data-center efficiency checklist
Feb. 18, 2008
Making your data center more energy efficient begins with these five basics, says John Engates, CTO of Rackspace, an IT hosting company.

10 ways to get blazin' apps
Jun. 16, 2008

8 technologies for better data storage
May. 19, 2008

Baerlocher embraces server virtualization to forestall $2 million upgrade
Nov. 26, 2007
Chemical maker Baerlocher USA uses VMware server virtualization software to remedy problems with a outdated production system based on Windows NT 4.0 operating system.

Vendors to the '07 All-Stars
Nov. 26, 2007
Here are the vendors described in this package of stories.

Sleeping SAN for an energy-conscious world
Nov. 26, 2007
The U.S. Navy Surface Combat Systems Center builds a Xiotech Fibre Channel SAN that features SATA drives that go into sleep mode.

People's Choice Award: which All-Star do you like best?
Nov. 26, 2007
We selected these 10 companies. Now you tell us which is your favorite Enterprise All-Star winner.

Salary survey: IT pay falls short
Sep. 24, 2007
Our annual IT salary survey shows network professionals aren't happy with their pay packages.

Five tips for getting more out of your IT salary
Sep. 24, 2007
Five tips from network executives on how to get better IT salaries and boost the IT job experience.

EBay’s computing guru gives behind-the-scenes peek
Aug. 02, 2007
EBay computing guru discusses the online auction company's take on data center, virtualization technologies.

Q&A: Getting a read on Amazon’s Web-Scale Computing initiative
Jul. 25, 2007
Catch Werner Vogels' keynote address at the Next Generation Data Center Conference coming Aug. 6-9 to San Francisco.

User plugs in an appliance, reduces WAN traffic by 60%
Jun. 18, 2007
With WAN-optimization appliances from Riverbed Technology, Thomas Weisel Partners has reduced the amount of data traversing the network by about 60%.

Seven things every IT person should know about storage
Jun. 06, 2007
Thanks to virtualization and a host of other technologies, storage has left its silo. Its performance affects the whole computing shebang. Fortunately, new technologies that cross the boundaries of storage, management ...

The new backup tools you can’t live without
May. 21, 2007
Using advanced backup management tools, IT execs can get a whole lot savvier about auditing, capacity planning, SLA compliance and more.

New ways to protect data from insider attacks
Mar. 19, 2007
A disgruntled employee here, a careless one there, and just about any enterprise can find itself facing a mountain of trouble from confidential information made public. Help is at hand. Armed with increasingly ...

When IT is the threat
Mar. 19, 2007
Here's a nasty little truth about the data-leakage problem: The people charged with keeping information systems up and running often pose the biggest threat to information protection. They've got broad access and ...

Are we automated yet?
Feb. 19, 2007
For the past five years, Dave Bartlett has been IBM's chief authority guiding large enterprises on how best to use self-managing technologies and standards. Today, as vice president of industry solutions, Bartlett is ...

Path to an autonomic computing fiefdom
Feb. 19, 2007
Early in his career, Dave Bartlett was a systems programmer responsible for implementing and maintaining United Technologies' global network, which at that time comprised largely IBM products. "Having been a customer ...

Power in the Message
Dec. 22, 2003
Advertising surrounds us. Is it hitting home with you? Find out by matching the slogan to its network vendor.