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whitepaper Improve Availability and Resiliency with Software Infrastructure Testing by IT Operations2008-08-30 StackSafe
  Does your company know how the next software patch or configuration change will impact uptime? An alarming number of companies cannot be completely sure what any change will do to their critical business applications. Their IT operations teams lack the testing resources and processes to understand the impact of changes and be sure that they won't cause service degradation, or, worse yet, take an application offline completely. And yet today's business environment requires that systems be available 24/7 for people both inside and outside the company. So how can you better understand the impacts of changes to the software infrastructure? And what are the costs associated with testing?

In this webcast, trusted advisors from Gartner and StackSafe discuss the importance of software infrastructure testing to improve uptime. You'll also find out why new technologies like virtualization can make testing easier and more effective.

Tags: Software Project Management, Diagnostics and Analysis, Computer Testing Equipment, Application Development, Software Engineering, Methodology, Services, Virtualization		   
whitepaper Live Webcast: Simplified Management with IT Automation2008-06-25 Kaseya
  Businesses of all sizes must now contend with complex systems and a variety of business challenges, including regulatory compliance, green computing initiatives, and pressure to reduce IT costs. Add to that the challenges of managing multiple remote networks and an unprecedented level of application integration, and you will quickly begin to understand the day of a busy IT professional. It takes all the effort and energy of entire departments just to keep up. And systems administrators must continue to think far beyond their day-to-day responsibilities.

But what if you could free up your staff from repetitive IT management tasks and more closely align their activities with your business objectives?

This live TechRepublic Webcast will offer a comprehensive overview of the IT technologies, solutions, and trends that are enabling companies to be more proactive, productive, and efficient. Moderated by Josh Gingold and presented by Jason Hiner, Executive Editor for TechRepublic, this interactive Web seminar will explore:
  • The meaning of IT automation and why it is so important to the future of your business
  • The features, benefits and challenges of current automation solutions as well as best practices for avoiding problems
  • The basics of successful IT management design, planning and implementation, as well as trends that may soon affect your business
Simplified Management with IT Automation is a don't-miss opportunity for anyone who wants to automate day-to-day IT management tasks and improve their IT team's -- and ultimately their organization's -- productivity and success.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Service Level Management, Strategic Planning, Network Administration		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: System Center and the Desktop (Level 300)2008-05-28 Microsoft
  With the increasing reliance on electronic information, the redefining of the network perimeter to the user level, and greater security challenges, modern organizations need to deploy and securely manage an more challenging desktop landscape. Combining this with the distributed nature of today's workforce, managing the configuration, performance, and security of the desktop presents some of the most costly and challenging exercises for any IT management team. This webcast explains how the Microsoft System Center family of products can centrally manage the customer's desktop infrastructure.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Security Management		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: System Center and the Datacenter (Level 300)2008-05-14 Microsoft Tips
  Businesses are demanding more processing power to succeed in today's digital marketplace, requiring their data centers to rapidly scale and adopt innovations in virtualization, clustering, and server consolidation. In contrast to these demands, challenges of security, automation, compliancy, and green initiatives all add complexity to truly meeting the needs of today's IT organizations. Successful companies are turning their server infrastructures from cost centers to strategic assets to counteract these constraints. This webcast shows how the Microsoft System Center family of products can help the customers deploy and manage their datacenters quickly and easily - reducing the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), improving service levels, and increasing organizational agility.

Tags: Data Center, ROI - TCO		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Configuration Manager 2007 and Network Access Protection (Level 300)2008-05-14 Microsoft Tips
  Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 introduces new levels of security, enabling new and improved ways of managing clients both inside the corporate network, and in mobile scenarios. Configuration Manager 2007 also introduces perimeter health validation with Network Access Protection (NAP). To enable these features, there are design considerations to follow, as well as infrastructure dependencies. This webcast takes a deep dive into the best practice guidance to integrate Configuration Manager 2007 and Windows Server 2008 Network Access Protection implementation.

Tags: Network Security, Windows Server 2008		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Performance Troubleshooting (Level 200)2008-05-13 Microsoft Tips
  An area of concern for Contoso is the monitoring and troubleshooting of any performance issues it may encounter on Microsoft SQL Server 2008. This webcast covers the tools available for IT departments as they troubleshoot performance. The presenter takes a look at Performance Studio, the features available, and how to use them to analyze performance. The presenter also covers how to use the Best Practice Analyzer for SQL Server, and utilizing the results it provides.

Tags: Database Management, Best Practices		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Zero Touch Installation Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit and System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (Level 200)2008-05-13 Microsoft Tips
  Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and Microsoft Deployment Toolkit integrate to make zero touch deployments of the Window Vista operating system quicker and easier to configure as well as contributing additional functionality to the deployment process. The process of creating and implementing new task sequences for deploying operating systems is greatly enhanced by the Import Microsoft Deployment Task Sequence Wizard.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Windows Vista		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: Lite Touch Installation Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (Level 200)2008-05-07 Microsoft Tips
  The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit offers guidance for Lite Touch Installation (LTI) deployments. LTI may be used when people do not have Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 or Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 to perform the client deployments. In addition, LTI deployment requires minimal interaction by users or designated personnel, while providing flexibility for desktop configurations.

Tags: Infrastructure Management		   
whitepaper TechNet Webcast: An Introduction to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Tools (Level 200)2008-05-05 Microsoft Tips
  Microsoft Deployment Toolkit was created to assist in deploying the Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft Deployment Toolkit also updates Deployment Workbench, a tool administrators use to build and manage multiple operating system configurations, define network deployment points and network shares, inject drivers, attach language packs, and chain applications. Microsoft Deployment even helps generate ISO and Windows Imaging Format (WIM) images using Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), and can be deployed in a networked environment or by using various offline media. Microsoft Deployment also alleviates many of the scripting requirements of earlier versions of Business Desktop Deployment (BDD) by incorporating a standalone task sequencer derived from Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Windows Vista		   
whitepaper IT Manager Webcast: Windows Mobile Series: The Optimal Mobile Communications Solution (Level 100)2008-04-25 Microsoft Tips
  Windows Mobile delivers the advanced e-mail, calendaring, and collaboration capabilities and productivity tools the mobile workers already know and use, in addition to a familiar, flexible, and cost-effective environment for the IT organization. Together with Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager, Windows Mobile delivers an easy-to-manage, scalable, and cost-effective mobile messaging solution that empowers mobile workers to stay connected while helping businesses better protect sensitive data.

Tags: Mobile - Wireless Communications, E-Mail Client