News from VOICES FROM IT ROADMAP; SECURITY STANDARD CONFERENCE; VMWORLD; AND MORE

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* VOICES FROM IT ROADMAP NEWS:

Virtualization, Web services key to DVDPlay’s success, 09/13/07: Without virtualization, Web services and other IT tools, there would be no DVDPlay. So says Jens Horstmann, founding vice president and CTO at the nascent DVD rental company and a speaker at the recent Network World IT Roadmap event in Santa Clara, Calif.

Why running a data center is like performing open heart surgery, 09/13/07: Key to DVDPlay’s business is ensuring that IT runs as efficiently as possible. Otherwise, the business model that calls for renting DVDs for just $1.49 per night would quickly become unworkable.

Voices From IT Roadmap Podcasts: One-on-one interviews in which IT professionals discuss case studies presented at Network World’s IT Roadmap Conferences. Learn how these professionals deal with IT issues including security, mobility, storage, compliance, network management, virtualization, VoIP, network acceleration and more.

* NEWS FROM SECURITY STANDARD CONFERENCE:

Why can’t CIOs and CSOs just get along?, 09/12/07: IT chiefs and security officers might seem likely to view the corporate world similarly from their c-level positions, but that’s often not the case.

Assessing the countless corporate security threats, 09/12/07: Speakers and attendees at the Security Standard conference weigh in on today’s biggest security threats.

NAC deployment advice, 09/18/07: At the Security Standard conference in Chicago last week, Steve Hanna, a Juniper distinguished engineer and co-chair of NAC standards groups at the IETF and the Trusted Computing Group had advice for NAC deployments.

* NEWS FROM VMWORLD:

Cisco, VMware demo data center integration, 09/12/07: Cisco this week expanded its Data Center 3.0 vision by announcing the integration of its VFrame Data Center virtualization appliance with VMware Virtual Infrastructure.

SWsoft buys virtualization automation console from Ensim, 09/12/07: Operating system virtualization company SWsoft announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Ensim’s software automation business.

VMware boss takes Intel, AMD to task, 09/12/07: VMware co-founder Mendel Rosenblum has poured tepid water on the recent acquisition of open source virtualization vendor XenSource by remote desktop company Citrix, as well as outlining his demands to the chip vendors. He made his remarks during an exclusive interview with Techworld at virtualization industry event VMworld, during which he also outlined what additional support for virtualization he wants the chip vendors to provide.

* UPCOMING DEMO 07 NEWS:

DEMO: Where are they now?, 09/17/07: VMware, Palm, TiVO and Java aren’t the only DEMO presenters to make it big. Here’s a look at past DEMO companies and where they are today.

* ITSMF USA FUSION 07 CONFERENCE NEWS:

4 new EMC offerings aim to ease IT service management, 09/17/07: EMC introduces four software products to expand its IT service-management platform to address compliance, IPv6 management, process automation and performance reporting.

* NEWS FROM METRO ETHERNET FORUM:

Can carrier Ethernet answer the call for bigger bandwidth?, 09/18/07: If you’re a business struggling with a slow, unreliable network connection, then the Metro Ethernet Forum wants to provide you with salvation.

* NEWS FROM TECH CRUNCH CONFERENCE:

Powerset seeks help online for natural search, 09/18/07: Powerset, a startup building a search engine that understands ideas rather than just words, has opened an online lab to tap into the brainpower of a limited number of humans.

* NEWS FROM SUN TECH DAYS CONFERENCE:

Sun’s OpenSolaris push impeded by myths, bugs, 09/12/07: Sun’s quest to position OpenSolaris as a robust alternative to Linux is still hampered by myths surrounding the open source operating system and the software’s own limitations.

* NEWS FROM FSA SUPPLIERS EXPO AND CONFERENCE:

IBM chips simplify, reduce cost of cell phones, 09/12/07: IBM has designed new semiconductor technology that will make it easier and cheaper to build cell phones, potentially extending the reach of mobile technology to the Third World.

* 2007 TRADE SHOWS:

Interop

New York, Oct. 22-26

Berlin, Germany, Nov. 6-8

itSMF USA – Fusion 07 Conference and Exposition

Charlotte, NC, Conference/Exposition: Sept. 16-19

Charlotte, NC, Post Conference Training: Sept. 20-22

ChicagoCon 2007: White Hats Come Together in Defense of the Digital Frontier

Sept. 17-23

VISION 2007 Embedded Linux Conference

Santa Clara, Calif.: October 8-10

Fall 2007 VON