Legacy wins in build vs. buy battle; Vendors line up to manage VMware

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Jul 10, 20072 mins

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Legacy wins in build vs. buy battle, 07/09/07: A new study which examined concerns about legacy IT has found organizations are building on existing systems rather than looking for totally new technology to transform the enterprise.

Vendors line up to manage VMware, 07/09/07: As the reality of virtualization sets in at more enterprise IT shops, more management vendors are incorporating the capabilities to control the virtual environments with their monitoring tools.

Clinton urges Indian businesses to invest in U.S., 07/08/07: U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said the U.S. is not just a market for foreign companies to sell into but to invest in as well.

New Microsoft Vancouver office responds to immigration woes, 07/05/07: Microsoft will open a software development office in Vancouver, Canada, later this year, in part as a way to retain talented workers who can’t stay in the United States because of immigration laws.

Integration, best practices key to automating management tasks, 07/04/07: The word automation gets tossed around a lot when talking about network and systems management products.

Survey: Cisco, Riverbed top choices for WAN acceleration: Cisco and Riverbed are the two top vendors battling it out for customers in the WAN data compression and acceleration market, according a study by TheInfoPro.

A networking guru and you: Celebrity author, Jeff Doyle, will be the guest of honor for a LIVE Network World Chat. He’ll answer all your questions on networking, the Internet, and the mysteries of life. On August 1, 2 p.m. EDT.

Microsoft Network Monitior v 3.1 is new and its free: John Obeto gives the lowdown on the improved features including wireless capturing and RAS tracing.

The best features of Exchange 2007: No one knows the new e-mail technology better than Microsoft Subnet blogger Rand Morimoto. He’s got insider tips on migrating from Exchange 2000/2003 to 2007, plus links to a free one-hour seminar.

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