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Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Optimizing Infrastructure September 09, 2011 Top 10 Reasons to Embrace Workshifting Computing should make things possible — not impose constraints. Organizations should have the flexibility to place personnel wherever they're needed, whenever the need arises, and not be bound by rigid IT infrastructures. Simply put, workshifting is a strategy based on getting work done in the right place by the right people at the right time. This can take many forms — and deliver a wide range of business benefits. Read more > Featured White Papers Insane in the Mainframe: Top Security Issues for 2011 & Beyond This white paper shows how organizations can reduce costs, minimize risk, and improve return on investment (ROI) by leveraging a mainframe security management system. •  Greening the Data Center: A Guide to Consolidation & Energy Savings •  How Virtualization Is the Stepping Stone to the Cloud •  Underestimated? Overstated? The True Impact of Virtual Servers Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace Latest White Papers New Approaches to Optimized Data Center Power Distribution Simplifying Enterprise Modernization: Easier Than You Think The Art of Integrating Mobility into Your Phone System Disc vs Tape: Best Practices for Backup and Long-term Data Retention Application Clusters — High Availability Discover how to provide high levels of system availability and scalability, ensuring continuous data access and system flexibility. Download now > "The cloud may not be everything that everyone imagined at the outset just yet. But it does represent an elegant solution to some of the most pressing problems confronting the enterprise." Excerpt from Arthur Cole Infrastructure Top Outsourcing Trends for Q2 2011 Based on recent research from the Everest Group, the offshore services market witnessed 38 new delivery centers set up across captives and service providers during Q2 2011. This is marginally higher than the 35 centers set up in Q1 2011, the first quarter of the year typically having less activity. Power Efficiency in Large and Small Packages High energy prices have a way of focusing attention on the bottom line, and now that virtualization and consolidation have permeated data infrastructures, there seems to be a concerted effort to remake power architectures to meet more stringent demands for energy efficiency. Five Ways to Migrate Apps to the Cloud Organizations seeking to move applications into the cloud have five options: rehost on infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS); refactor for platform-as-a-service (PaaS); revise for IaaS or PaaS; rebuild on PaaS; or replace with software-as-a-service (SaaS). Blogs Carl Weinschenk Data and Telecom All 4G Services Are Not Created Equal Arthur Cole Infrastructure Getting the Cloud in Shape for the Enterprise Paul Mah SMB Tech Dell KACE M300 Appliance for Small Business Asset Management Get SOA Lifecycle Governance Right   Achieve unlimited agility and organizational flexibility with these strategies and practices for governing SOA. Download now > This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise