Network Management Software

Compliance pushing identity management in new directions

Trend given rise to identity-based risk management, auditing and policy enforcement tools from vendors such as Aveksa, Sailpoint and Vaau

Spiceworks lands $8 million for its free software

Start-up Spiceworks closes its second round of venture capital funding

Start-up creates zero-client virtual desktop

Former XenSource CEO takes aim at streamlining user machines with a new desktop device connected to client software on virtual servers

BeyondTrust tames Vista’s UAC pop-ups, leaves security intact

Privilege Manager 3.5 lets companies eliminate troubling UAC prompts via security settings in Microsoft’s Group Policy feature of Active Directory

Regulatory-compliance demands put IT on the spot

Automating compliance reports — from HIPAA to SOX — is best strategy

Cisco Networkers: Gyrating dancers, rollerbladers and some guy named John Chambers

Cisco invests in OpTier

Cisco puts undisclosed amount into OpTier's business transaction management software

SOA’s 6 burning questions

Defining the next paradigm of IT outsourcing

Biggest lie in the enterprise: ‘The network is down’

Stop blaming the network for outages -- applications and Microsoft operating systems are at fault over 99% of the time