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HP updates DDMA dependency mapping tool

HP has updated its dependency mapping software to help customers figure out which departments are using which systems and applications, to enable chargeback programmes and other management tasks.
Infoblox supports IF-MAP with new device

Infoblox has moved to support IF-MAP technology
Ipswitch enters VM management arena

Ipswitch has launched its first management product for virtual machines
IBM brings hosted Tivoli monitoring to wider market

IBM is to bring subscription-based network monitoring to wider market.
Force10 shakes up virtualised data centre management

Force10 Network has anounced a new initiative aimed at easing the management of virtualised data centres.
Iomega throws more terabytes at NAS device

Iomega has extended its NAS family with a brand new storage device that will allow SMBs and remote offices to quickly and easily configure up to 4TB of networked storage.
Veeam launches free monitoring tool

Veeam Software has launched a free tool for VMware professionals designed to provide real-time monitoring of ESX and ESXi.
Cisco fixes router flaws

Cisco has issued a set of security patches for the Internet Operating System (IOS) software, used to power its routers and switches.
Cisco simulator could be used to weed out fake CCNAs

A maker of Cisco network simulators says its software can help enterprises make sure they are hiring legitimate Cisco-certified engineers to run their networks.
User locator hunts rogues too

Network activity analysis specialist eTelemetry has added the ability to detect rogue access points to its Locate appliance, which can link devices and people to their IP and MAC addresses.

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Is your printer a security sore spot?

Believe it or not, your network printer or copier could be a serious security liability. After all, theyoften handle very sensitive documents and information and could even be used to gain access to other computers on the network, so you won't want a hacker to get at it. It's time to take printer security seriously.
A guide to Network Access Control access control

To understand how access control is done in NAC products, you have to look along three dimensions: where access controls are enforced, how access control is communicated, and the granularity of access control.
A guide to Network Access Control authentication

In the network access control products we tested, authentication varies from very strong to very weak, and every point in-between. When starting down your path of evaluating NAC products, decide very early what kind of authentication mechanism you want, if any.
Power management providers rated

Autonomic, BigFix, and Symantec Altiris solutions offer a wealth of potential power savings, but also differences in policy depth, granularity, and ease of use
New net admin tools focus on the business

Network Instruments, Entuity and Netuitive all agree that network management needs to take a business service view.
Notes from IP'07

More of the exhibitors at last week's London networking fest speak.
Network discovery steps up a gear

Do you know everything that's on your network? If you don't, how are you going to prove that it is secure - both to your bosses and your industry's regulators?
Agámi: Storing up for the future

Paul Speciale, agámi's product management VP, places the agámi network-attached storage box against those of BlueArc, Isilon, Acopia, NetApp, EMC and Sun in this two-part interview.
The limits of DPM: Bocada's view

Bocada is going to add replication to its DPM product, as well as support for for more backup applications. Customers also want integration with trouble ticketing and auditing.
Free software flows

Developers have realised that free versions - whether cut-down or time-limited - are an ideal way to get new users interested in their software, and that means network managers can get stuff done for a lot less money.

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Beyond Knowing What?s Up

This paper discusses salient and practical considerations for successfully selecting an SNMP data collection and reporting solution for enterprise and service provider networks.
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MANAGEMENT SOLUTION FOR 9TH-GENERATION POWEREDGE SERVERS RUNNING NETWARE 6.5

The main goal of this architecture is to provide a method for the instrumented PowerEdge server and its internal storage to send SNMP alerts. The architecture separates the server from the storage and details instructions specific to each of the two subsystems.
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