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Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Online communities a godsend for IT managers; HP to acquire Opsware

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Network/Systems Management News Alert




Network World's Network/Systems Management News Alert, 07/24/07

Online communities a godsend for IT managers, survey says, 07/23/07: Study shows IT managers who participate in online communities for troubleshooting, systems and security management, and application deployment benefit professionally by saving time when solving IT problems.

HP to acquire Opsware in $1.6 billion deal, 07/23/07: HP to acquire data center automation vendor Opsware to help customers reduce the complexity of managing sophisticated application environments.

HP set to buy Neoware for $214 million, 07/23/07: HP on Monday announced plans to acquire thin-client computing vendor Neoware for approximately $214 million in a deal HP says will enhance its personal systems technologies.

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Cisco invests in OpTier, 07/23/07: OpTier Monday said Cisco had invested an undisclosed amount to help the company continue to deliver business transaction management software.

Dell to acquire managed services provider, 07/19/07: Dell could enhance its services division with the SilverBack acquisition by incorporating the managed services provider's technology for remote monitoring of servers, storage, security networks, desktops and laptops.

Vendor puts ITIL-based mgmt. on iPhone, 07/18/07: Management software makers may soon be jumping on the Apple iPhone craze as they start to incorporate the latest PDA phenomenon into their product plans.

BMC acquires RealOps, 07/19/07: Management software maker BMC on Thursday announced it has acquired run-book-automation vendor RealOps.

VMware benchmark tool raises fairness questions, 07/23/07: VMware is making a free benchmarking tool available to IT professionals Monday to evaluate the performance of virtualization technology in their data centers.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. Cisco: its gear caused Duke's iPhone flooding
2. 11 corporate anthems to die for
3. HP to acquire Opsware in $1.6B deal
4. 12 IT skills that employers can't say no to
5. Hogwarts IT director quits
6. Microsoft 'silently' restores root certificates
7. Cisco facing up to challenges
8. Duke CIO releases statement on disruptions
9. Security team claims successful iPhone hack
10. Readers speculate on Duke's iPhone problem

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Hogwarts IT director quits


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Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management for Network World.



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