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Issue #96
March 2008

: : Sponsor: Thawte

: : New Chapter:
Solving Disk Fragmentation Issues

: : New Chapter:
Managing Virtualization Environments

: : New Chapter:
Achieving Operational Value

: : Series Spotlight:
Communications Enabled Business

: :  Webinar Spotlight:
Pre-deployment — Strategy for VoIP Monitoring, Management and SLA's

: : New eJournal:
IT Compliance in Realtime

: : New eJournal:
Windows Administration in Realtime

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New Chapter: Solving Disk Fragmentation Issues

The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk FragmentationDownload the newest chapter from The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation!

Selecting a defragmentation solution can be a difficult process. There are a number of factors to consider. Beyond the basic surface considerations such as cost and features, there are factors such as operational autonomy and ease of deployment that will contribute to the long-term cost of such a solution. Chapter 3 provides a list of things to look at and a process to follow.

Chapter 3: Solving Disk Fragmentation Issues, written by Mike Danseglio, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/SGMDF.htm

New Chapter: Managing Virtualization Environments

The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization SolutionDownload the newest chapter from The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution!

The addition of virtualization to an environment removes the traditional boundaries associated with individual one server per chassis management. With virtualization and its associated management software, the hard lines between individual servers blur. Individual host machines become less like boxes that sit in the data center and more like collections of processor, memory, disk, and network resources that are granularly

Chapter 4: Managing Virtualization Environments, written by Greg Shields, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/SGSRVS.htm

New Chapter: Achieving Operational Value

The Definitive Guide to Business Service ManagementDownload the newest chapter from The Definitive Guide to Business Service Management!

Chapter 7 explores ways in which added return can be gained through the implementation of a BSM system. Much of that return comes through the reduction of operational expenditures on the part of any dashboard consumer. We’ll focus our attention in this chapter on BSM’s capabilities to operate as a management umbrella, consolidating many traditional management consoles under its unified interface. We’ll then discuss BSM’s visualizations and how their extensibility allows them to be used for many different classes of users. We’ll conclude this chapter with a look at the various data blocks that can be made part of a dashboard.

Chapter 7: Achieving Operational Value, authored by Greg Shields, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/DGBSM.htm

Series Spotlight: Communications Enabled Business

The Essentials Series: Communications Enabled BusinessDownload the entire series!

Communications-Enabled Business Processes (CEBP) is an important new innovation in the automation of human communications within the context of business applications. CEBP is defined as tightly integrating communications technologies with business processes and applications to enable concurrent or consecutive communication among customers, suppliers and employees. This work will describe the opportunities and benefits of enabling existing and new business processes with communications capabilities (CEBP) and might include techniques, best practices, administration/management tools, third party utilities and example scenarios.

The Essentials Series: Communications Enabled Business, authored by Ken Camp, is available at:
http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/ESCEB.htm

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Webinar Spotlight: Ready. Set. VoIP! - Part 2: Pre-deployment

Ready. Set. VoIP! Webinar SeriesJoin Ken Camp in his discussion on Strategy for VoIP Monitoring,
Management and SLA's


In the "Ready.Set.VoIP!" series, Ken Camp, noted author of IP Telephony Demystified, takes you through management of the VoIP life cycle - from network assessment, pre-deployment, and ongoing monitoring to reporting and future expansion plans. In part two of the Ready. Set. VoIP! webinar series, Ken Camp focuses on critical management activities including: 1) Defining monitoring policies, 2) Monitoring service quality, 3) Ongoing analysis and why it's important, and 4) Meeting the end user's expectations defined in service level agreements.

Ready. Set. VoIP! Part 2: Pre-deployment — Strategy for Monitoring, Management and SLA's, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/RWSRSVp2.htm

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New eJournal: IT Compliance in Realtime

IT Compliance in RealtimeDownload the first issue of IT Compliance in Realtime!

IT Compliance in Realtime is a new monthly Realtime eJournal educating readers on addressing challenges presented by emerging IT compliance standards, best practices in data protection, information security, prevention of identity theft, risk management, and new regulations as well as the technologies available to assist in abiding by them. This exciting new eJournal is authored by IT Compliance expert and noted author Rebecca Herold.

IT Compliance in Realtime, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/RTITC.htm

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New eJournal: Windows Administration in Realtime

Windows Administration in Realtime Download the second issue of Windows Administration in Realtime!

Windows Administration in Realtime is an eJournal dedicated to covering the latest trends and technologies vital to the Windows Administrator. Each month, Microsoft MVP Don Jones, Peter Bruzzese, and Greg Shields explore timely topics that educate a highly targeted audience of Windows IT professionals.

Windows Administration in Realtime, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/RTWA.htm

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Recently Announced Chapters

The Shortcut Guide to Extended Validation SSL Certificates
Complete eBook

The Definitive Guide to Business Service Management
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The Definitive Guide to Building a Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure
Chapter 2: Server Manager

The Essentials Series: Messaging and Web Security Volume III
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Unified Communications in Realtime
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The Definitive Guide to Successful Deployment of VoIP and IP Telephony
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