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NetApp eyes broader reach with OnCommand refresh

...NetApp updated its OnCommand management software for storage admins on Tuesday. NetApp has updated its OnCommand management software. Photo credit: NetApp... Read more

15 June, 2011 by Larry Dignan

Apple fans bemoan demise of Xserve

...server room." For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see IT admins mourn Xserve's death on CNET News Read more

10 November, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Admins get new capabilities for free Google Apps

...several capabilities that were before only available to Google Apps for Business admins. On Friday, Google Apps product manager Muzammil Esmail wrote in a blog... Read more

22 August, 2011

Google boosts remote Android management for admins

Google has enhanced the enterprise management capabilities for its Android smartphone platform, making it possible for... Read more

8 April, 2011

Fedora 14 beta released, adds MeeGo experience

The latest beta release introduces new management tools for system admins, enhanced virtualisation options and general performance gains to the enterprise-focused Linux... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Ben Woods
TechEd 2011 Birds-of-a-Feather (Session 16): Exchange 2010 and PSTs - Necessary or Not?

TechEd 2011 Birds-of-a-Feather (Session 16): Exchange 2010 and PSTs - Necessary or Not?

IT admins have been dealing with PST files for years. With Microsoft Exchange 2010... Read more

19 May, 2011

Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls

...They could just work with a new coding language. Alternatively, high-level admins can show lower-level staff the way round more complex systems. Any... Read more

20 May, 2012 by Jack Wallen
IT burn-out? Ten career options to consider

IT burn-out? Ten career options to consider

...would ever enter management, but it remains a viable field for many admins and consultants. That suitability is especially true for consultants who have had... Read more

5 June, 2011 by Jack Wallen
Exotic Linux distros: A walk on the wild side

Exotic Linux distros: A walk on the wild side

...attacks". Strange? No. The idea behind this distribution is to train Linux admins — and what better way to train someone than to hand them a... Read more

19 March, 2011 by Jack Wallen

IT security? You're doing it wrong!

Sometimes change is abrupt, sometimes it just sneaks up on you. For quite some time I've been thinking about the... Read more

5 May, 2012

Windows Intune April 2012 pre-release

...With 'bring your own device' both common and a concern to many admins (the fourth biggest worry for IT professionals in an ISACA study this... Read more

24 April, 2012

Virtual CPUs â?? The Overprovisioning Penalty of vCPU to pCPU ratios

...witnessed. More often than not this was a typical reaction from System Admins trying to alleviate their fears of potential performance problems to important VMs... Read more

12 January, 2012
Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink

Ten tenets the Linux world needs to rethink

...we're talking about the cross-pollination of technology. But even seasoned admins have trouble with LDAP. I have yet to come across a solid... Read more

19 August, 2011 by Jack Wallen
IT pay rises: Ten arguments to get one

IT pay rises: Ten arguments to get one

...in this happy position — those with Cisco and Unix skills, and database admins, come to mind. You have to think about this point in the... Read more

12 June, 2011 by Jack Wallen

Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Last week Microsoft ran a series of webcasts for the press, focusing on their virtualisation and cloud services (and the... Read more

2 February, 2011

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