Denise Dubie

Senior Editor, Enterprise Applications

Responsibilities: To follow, report and write on management software and appliance vendors, products and services, as well as to cover IT spending and staffing news and issues.

Past experience: Worked at Application Development Trends, a monthly trade magazine, and The North Adams Transcript, a daily newspaper based in western Massachusetts.

How to reach: E-mail works best and early in the week for more timely news items. E-mail any time for trend or customer stories.

ddubie@nww.com (508) 490-6406 Fax: (508) 490-6438

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Recent articles by Dubie

Log management as a cloud-based service
07/01/09
Software-as-a-service vendor Paglo adds log capture, search and analysis capabilities to its suite of on-demand IT management services.

Global IT spending to drop by nearly 11% in ’09, Forrester says
06/30/09
Forrester Research blames an overreaction to the economy as the cause behind a nearly 11% decline in global IT purchases in 2009.

IT salaries, perks continue to shrink
06/29/09
Overall pay for IT professionals declined in the past 18 months, and competition for available jobs got tighter as baby boomers postponed retirement, reports Janco Associates.

Network performance worries delay app deployments
06/28/09
Apparent Networks' survey reveals IT managers put off new VoIP, video and unified communications deployments due to network performance worries.

Cisco sends employees home to work
06/26/09
Cisco survey of employees shows internal telework program saves money and satisfies workers.

VC puts money in open source management software
06/24/09
Open source IT automation and management software maker Reductive Labs secures $2 million in venture capital funding from True Ventures and other private investors to further develop its Puppet product.

Budget cuts give IT management projects new life
06/21/09
Economic uncertainly drove many IT executives to reduce high-tech spending in 2008 and early 2009, but the same thinking behind slashed costs has renewed interest in projects designed to improve IT service management and streamline processes for infrastructure and operations professionals.

Weighing the pros/cons of desktop virtualization
06/18/09
Companies that have deployed virtual servers don't need to start from scratch for their desktop virtualization deployments, but there are a lot of new challenges to tackle.

No virtualization skills? Better get started
06/18/09
Virtualization know-how is becoming a standard requirement across IT disciplines.

Reflex Systems’ virtual triple threat
06/17/09
Reflex Systems evolves its security products into tools for the virtual realm, and the vendor again updates the technology to incorporate policy-based management and compliance-related capabilities.

Follow the money: HP tool dissects IT spending
06/16/09
HP introduces software to help enterprise IT managers better understand how IT budgets are spent and how much IT services cost.

Economy could break outsourcers, analysts say
06/16/09
Smaller deal sizes and extensive contract renegotiations could drive service providers out of business, despite an increase in demand for IT services.

IT job market update: Hiring stalled, salaries slashed
06/16/09
Survey data from Dice and Challenger, Gray & Christmas shows that companies continue to cut costs via salary reduction, layoffs continue to worry many and fewer job openings exist.

Free mgmt. software gets network smarts
06/14/09
Spiceworks adds social networking, third-party plug-ins and network mapping features to its free management software.

Feds dole out $450 million for U.S. jobs lost to outsourcing
06/11/09
The U.S. Department of Labor releases more than $450 million to states for career training, employment and case management services to workers who lose their jobs due to outsourcing and foreign trade.

No IT budget? Invest in best practices
06/09/09
Best practice frameworks such as ITIL could help budget-strapped IT organizations streamline processes, improve services and optimize existing resources.

Managing PC power, data center and network device energy consumption
06/05/09
SolarWinds partners with Cisco EnergyWise to track energy usage across IP devices, joining a slew of vendors tracking PC power, data center and network device energy consumption.

The IT hiring conundrum
06/04/09
Research from ISC-squared and Robert Half Technology shows that companies continue to seek high-tech talent for open IT jobs, but not always successfully.

CA plucks automation assets from struggling Cassatt
06/02/09
CA has acquired for an undisclosed sum the assets of data center automation vendor Cassatt, perhaps salvaging the technological innovation developed earlier this decade at the financially struggling start-up.

CA builds its data center automation empire
06/02/09
CA buys for an undisclosed sum data center automation and cloud management technology from Cassatt, which potentially escaped bankruptcy by being acquired.

Open source data center management emerges
05/31/09
Cfengine offers data center automation and management capabilities via an open source model.

Why invest in open source management apps now?
05/29/09
Vendors are addressing scalability, security and support concerns that have deterred some IT teams from adopting open source management applications, Forrester Research says.

EMC inks deal to acquire Configuresoft
05/27/09
EMC plans to acquire Configuresoft in a deal that would add server configuration, change and compliance management software to EMC’s portfolio.

ExtraHop Networks upgrades troubleshooting system
05/26/09
ExtraHop Networks upgrades its flagship appliance with software loaded with support for 10 Gigabit Ethernet, additional storage optimization capabilities and LDAP features.

Savvy management: Putting IT on a diet
05/22/09
IT organizations with less budget money to spend could find ways to re-align existing technology and human resources to optimize services -- without making a large capital investment.