NEXUS - Realtime Reader

Issue #72
March 2007

::New eBook:
The Definitive Guide to Virtual Platform Management

New eBook: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Platform Management

The Definitive Guide to Virtual Platform ManagementDownload the first chapter!

The Definitive Guide to Virtual Platform Management is designed to help IT staff better manage the complexity of virtualization. The guide begins with a discussion of the business value of virtualization and how organizations can benefit from this technology. Methods in which IT organizations can address the challenges of managing heterogeneous environments by monitoring and optimizing virtualization performance, developing policies and processes, and automating data center operations are given. Finally, the guide develops a list of important features that IT organizations should look for in a virtualization management solution.

Chapter 1: The Business Value of Virtualization, written by Anil Desai, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/dgvpm.htm

New Chapter: Improving Security with Systems Management

The Essentials Series: IT Compliance - Volume IIDownload the newest chapter from The Definitive Guide® to Service-Oriented Systems Management!

Security management standards have evolved over the past decades and the most recently, widely recognized version of these efforts are the ISO-17999:2005 and ISO 27001 standards. ISO-17999:2005 is a set of best practices for the management of a wide range of information security management practices; ISO 27001 addresses the use and management of information security systems. This chapter will not simply duplicate or describe what is in the ISO but place information security management within the broad context of SOM.

Chapter 9: Improving Security with Systems Management, written by Dan Sullivan, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/dgsosm.htm

New Volume: The Tips and Tricks Guide to Creating Business Continuity through Enterprise Storage Solutions

The Tips and Tricks Guide to Creating Business Continuity through Enterprise Storage SolutionsDownload the newest volume!

The Tips and Tricks Guide to Creating Business Continuity through Enterprise Storage Solutions leverages years of industry storage experience and IT service delivery management to deliver a consolidated guide focused on maintaining the security, availability, cost and information management of complex enterprise storage environments. Whether you’re a storage practitioner looking to broaden an understanding of business continuity, security and compliance best practices, or a seasoned CIO examining ways to consolidate an ever increasing storage infrastructure, this guide has the answers you’ve been looking for.

Volume 3: The Tips and Tricks Guide to Creating Business Continuity through Enterprise Storage Solutions, by Dan Sullivan, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/ttgcbcess.htm

New Article: How Access Management Compliance Supports Good Business

The Essentials Series: IT Compliance - Volume IIDownload the newest article in The Essentials Series: IT Compliance - Volume II!

When digging into the details of corporate compliance plans and activities, it occurs that most of the effort and budget is going towards initiatives for firewall and perimeter protection, with increasing implementations for encryption. Improving their authentication methods is rarely a priority. This article discusses how organizations must implement a comprehensive and effective information security program that protects business resources while meeting applicable compliance requirements within the context of their business objectives.

Article 3: How Access Management Compliance Supports Good Business, written by Rebecca Herold, is available at: http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com/070306_herold.asp

Realtime Resouce: Compliance Multi-tasking - Today's Security Priority

Debunking the Top 5 Myths of ComplianceDownload the newest white paper from Realtime IT Compliance!

Download this excellent new white paper from the Realtime IT Compliance Resource Library which sheds light on fallacies such as: compliance initiatives don't align with business objectives, compliance is a large-scale, but one time project as Y2K was, and that Information Security Compliance is about protecting computers.

Compliance Multi-tasking - Today's Security Priority is available at: http://www.realtime-itcompliance.com/digital_library/index.htm#cmt

New Podcast: How to Build a Custom ADMX File

The Realtime Windows Server Community PodcastDownload the newest podcast from Realtime Windows Server!

In this second podcast on Windows Group Policy, Windows Server expert Greg Shields covers the process of building a custom ADMX file. He relates the differences and the similarities between the old ADM format and the new ADMX format, and discusses some known pitfalls with creating XML. This podcast is the second in a series from Greg Shields.

Podcast #2: How to Build a Custom ADMX File is available at
http://www.realtime-windowsserver.com/podcast/2007/02/podcast_how_to_build_a_custom.htm

Recently Announced Chapters

New Chapter: The Shortcut Guide™ to Securing Automated File Transfers
Chapter #2: Planning Secure File Transfer Deployment

New Chapter: The Definitive Guide® to Converged Network Mangement
Chapter #4 Productivity Advantages of Unified Communications

Complete Volume: The Messaging and Web Security Essentials Guide
Complete Volume: The Mesaging and Web Security Essentials Guide

New Podcast: The Definitive Guide® to Vista Migration
Chapter #3: Creating the Migration Test Bed

New White Paper: Realtime IT Compliance Community
Debunking the Top 5 Myths of Compliance

New Article : The IT Compliance Essentials Guide
Article #2 : Addressing Web-Based Access and Authentication Challenges

Publications Coming Soon!

  The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation

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