Issue #97
April 2008
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PCI Compliance
: : Complete eBook:
Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution
: : New Chapter:
Active Directory Design and Domain Controller Management
: : Webinar Spotlight:
Automating Monitoring for VoIP Service Delivery
: : New Article:
Effectively Working With IT Auditors
: : New Article:
OpenID: Pros and Cons
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Webcast: Closing the IT/Business Gap:
Monitoring the End-user Experience
Traditional frameworks and infrastructure management tools can monitor individual technology components, but they fail to provide accurate measures of the service quality end users actually experience. Greg Shields, author of Realtime Publisher's The Definitive Guide to Business Service Management discusses how "experience monitoring" provides the only effective way to see if critical applications are meeting service expectations.
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New Essentials Series: PCI Compliance
 Download the latest articles from The Essentials Series: PCI Compliance
In The Essentials Series: PCI Compliance, compliance expert Rebecca Herold discusses and demonstrates how meeting the PCI DSS requirements for logging also benefits businesses by putting into place log management practices that help to identify when authorized and unauthorized users may be doing things they should not be doing, as well as reveal vulnerabilities within applications that could have led to information security incidents and privacy breaches if left undiscovered.
The Essentials Series: PCI Compliance, written by Rebecca Herold, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/ESPC.htm
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Complete eBook: Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution
 Download the complete eBook entitled The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution!
With so many products on the market that advertise virtualization as a feature, it is important to demystify this term in order to determine which virtualization solutions are actually valuable in your environment in comparison with those that will only complicate your operations. The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution will help you understand the critical components associated with making the jump to virtualization.
The Shortcut Guide to Selecting the Right Virtualization Solution, written by Greg Shields, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/SGSRVS.htm
>> ALSO: Don't miss Greg Shields exclusive Realtime Webinar entitled:
Today's Virtualization Options: The Products, When You Need Them, When You Don't.
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New Chapter: Active Directory Design and Domain Controller Management
 Download the newest chapter from The Definitive Guide to Building a Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure!
In this chapter, we'll be taking a high-level and introductory approach to describing the structure and function of AD as well as the process for installing AD into your computing environment. We'll discuss some best practices associated with the design of AD, and we'll conclude with one critical topic associated with the management of AD's Domain Controllers - ensuring proper backups and successful restores.
Chapter 3: Active Directory Design and Domain Controller Management, authored by Greg Shields, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/DGBWS2K8I.htm
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Webinar Spotlight: Ready. Set. VoIP!
Part 3: Automating Monitoring for Service Delivery
 Join Ken Camp in his discussion on Automating Monitoring
for VoIP Service Delivery
In part three of the Ready. Set. VoIP! webinar series, Ken Camp covers the importance of being proactive rather than reactive when operating Voice over IP on your network. This on-demand webinar covers topics such as the:1) value of automated monitoring tools, 2) complete knowledge of your environment, 3) ability to respond to changing network conditions, and 4) timely diagnosis and remediation of issues
Ready. Set. VoIP! Part 3: Automating Monitoring for Service Delivery, is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/RWSRSVp3.htm
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New Article: Effectively Working With IT Auditors
 Download the latest article from IT Compliance in Realtime!
Communicating well with your IT auditors will help ensure that your audit goes smoothly and provides as much value as possible for your business. In this article, Rebecca Herold explains the goals of IT auditors and security professionals, as well as what to ask for before, during, and after your audit.
This article is included in the April issue of IT Compliance in Realtime, and is available at: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/RTITC.htm
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New Article: OpenID: Pros and Cons
 Download the newest article from The Essentials Series:
Messaging and Web Security Volume III !
OpenID is a single sign-on system for Web applications. The standard is not controlled by any one vendor and services are free to end users. Concerns including security vulnerabilities, phishing scams, and consolidated authentication information raise legitimate concerns. This article will examine three aspects of OpenID:
1) Implementation and organizational issues related to single sign-on, 2) The advantages of the OpenID standards, and 3) The disadvantages and potential drawbacks of the standard
OpenID: Pros and Cons, written by Dan Sullivan, is available at: http://www.realtime-websecurity.com/ESMWSv3.asp
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Recently Announced Chapters
The Shortcut Guide to Managing Disk Fragmentation
Chapter 3: Solving Disk Fragmentation Issues
The Definitive Guide to Business Service Management
Chapter 7: Achieving Operational Value
The Essentials Series: Communications Enabled Business
Download the Complete Series!
Webinar Spotlight: Ready. Set. VoIP!
Part 2: Pre-deployment
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