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• Application performance tips: Workload optimization and software pathing

  IT pros looking to maximize application performance should look beyond basic software, tuning to products from vendors pathing software and hardware. Continue Reading

• Organizing a data center with unified network management tools

  As data centers grow in complexity, so do management chores. Unified network management tools can help ease the burden of those responsibilities. Continue Reading

• Weighing the pros and cons of the Trusted Computing Platform

  When used as designed, trusted computing can provide a high level of security, but limitations and potential for abuse prohibits its usefulness. Continue Reading

• Risks and rewards of ignoring Microsoft's hardware compatibility list

  Data center administrators shouldn't disregard hardware just because it isn't included on Microsoft's hardware compatibility list. Continue Reading

• Exploring remote server management options

  Today's remote server administration tools give IT pros more choices to monitor and control entire data centers from across town or around the world. Continue Reading

• Choosing remote server administration tools

  There are many remote server administration tools available to IT professionals that can help reign in remote servers.Continue Reading

• Best practices for remote server management

  Remote server management will continue to be an important part of data centers, but administrators should also take steps to ensure someone onsite will be able to perform tasks as well.Continue Reading

• Recognizing the versatility of IT asset management software

  Using IT asset management software not only helps companies track inventories, but can also save time and money by logging other important details.Continue Reading

• Setting up Nagios for Windows Server monitoring

  Configuring Nagios for Windows Server monitoring is a straightforward process that can help IT professionals monitor network services.Continue Reading

• Configuring the server monitoring tool Zabbix

  Installing the server monitoring tool Zabbix used to be difficult, but Ubuntu 11.04 makes it easier to configure the appliance and monitor a network.Continue Reading

• Using the Net-SNMP agent for systems management

  The Net-SNMP agent has evolved over the years to become a useful systems management tool used to track important statistics.Continue Reading

• Application availability: Using the right tools

  Minimize application availability anxiety by setting realistic expectations and choosing the technology that fits your organization's business needs.Continue Reading

• Turn aggregated syslog messages into OpenNMS events

  Turn syslog messages into OpenNMS events, notifications and alarms to help facilitate network management processes.Continue Reading

• Syslog-ng configuration: Building a log aggregation server

  In this tip, learn how to create a log aggregation server with a syslog-ng configuration, which can organize and simplify interactions with your systems' log messages.Continue Reading

• Using OpenNMS and SNMP for open source systems management

  Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) can allow a deeper look into system information gathered from OpenNMS. This tip walks through network monitoring with OpenNMS and SNMP.Continue Reading