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	CompTIA CTP+ certification is your ticket to a career in convergence The market for converged voice, data and video is growing rapidly. Solution VARs are looking for people with skills in data networking, telephony networking, and convergence technologies to sell , install and support converged solutions. Employers are using the CompTIA CTP+ certification as a hiring criterion to ensure they are getting people with the right skill sets and the base level knowledge to be successful as a convergence engineer. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: NetApp Are you maximizing IT efficiency? Optimizing IT efficiency can save time, money, and valuable resources. As the number-one line item in most IT budgets, storage is a good place to start. NetApp customers use half the storage of traditional approaches and can reinvest savings in revenue-generating opportunities. Learn to measure, monitor and improve efficiency and boost your bottom line. In this Issue Public cloud vs. private cloud: Why not both? Gmail Tips: 10 Features to Try Now VMware readies desktop virtualization blueprint How Active Directory can help protect against rogue network admins WHITE PAPER: HP The People Side of Converged Infrastructure IT is undergoing a massive shift. CIOs are looking for more flexible architectures that will allow them to quickly react to business needs. The Converged Infrastructure delivers the flexibility that CIOs need, with a high level of simplicity and automation that accelerates business outcomes while reducing costs. Read now! Public cloud vs. private cloud: Why not both? As cloud computing moves from hype to reality, certain broad trends and best practices are emerging when it comes to the public cloud vs. private cloud deployment debate. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software A Cost-Effective Solution for ITSM If you're tired of the costly upgrades and difficult implementations other vendors put you through, BMC Remedy OnDemand offers an alternative. It can be implemented in days and significantly lower overall IT Service Management costs. Read the white paper to learn more about BMC Remedy OnDemand. Read More Today! Gmail Tips: 10 Features to Try Now How e-mail savvy are you? We've sifted through Gmail's many customization features, from remote sign-out to keyboard shortcuts, to find the best time and aggravation savers Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Exceptional Application Experience To improve and ensure the performance and availability of business-critical web applications, organizations need to be able to see and understand the actual user experience. This paper examines the five essentials of application performance monitoring. Learn More VMware readies desktop virtualization blueprint In an effort to boost the popularity of desktop virtualization, VMware is working on improvements related to scalability and WAN performance and is preparing documentation that outlines how best to use the fledgling technology, according to a company executive. Read More How Active Directory can help protect against rogue network admins With RSA still wiping the egg off its face from last week's attack, and Gucci on the hook for $200,000 worth of damage from a fired network admin, it's time for companies to double-down on their efforts to protect corporate networks. Security consultant Randy Franklin Smith says that Active Directory can become one your best defenses. Read More
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