NETWORK WORLD ARTICLE: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK/SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT ALERT 03/24/08 BMC's smart bet on BladeLogic By Denise Dubie BMC's planned buyout of BladeLogic will give the leading management software vendor much-needed automated server provisioning technology, filling a critical hole in its product portfolio and giving BMC more ammunition to compete against HP and IBM.Read full story Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers the technologies, products and services that address network, systems, application and IT service management for Network World. E-mail Denise . This article is sponsored by PacketTrap Networks The All-in-One Cisco Config Tool You've Been Looking For Want an integrated network management system? Something that supports your open source tools? Companies of all sizes are using PacketTrap's pt360 to manage their networks. The solution's centralized dashboard puts Cisco config, network discovery, SNMP scan, TFTP server and a library of other diagnostic tools at your fingertips. Or try one of pt360's monitoring gadgets - Exchange, Active Directory, SQL server and more. Free trial available now. Make your WAN work like your LAN Learn about simple, cost-efficient solutions that increase application performance to remote users and branch offices. Globalization and IT centralization are pushing applications further away from users. Discover how to eliminate the geographic miles between apps and remote employees. Download this whitepaper now. RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS BMC to buy BladeLogic for $800 million, 03/17/2008 BMC Software said Monday that it intends to purchase BladeLogic, a maker of data center automation software, for $28 per share in cash, or about ... BladeLogic add-on manages virtual servers BladeLogic this week announced an add-on to its data center automation software that the company says lets IT managers monitor virtual platforms alongside their physical machines. When will HP's software shopping spree pay off? By announcing plans this week to acquire data center automation vendor Opsware, HP continued to prove it is "serious about software," but the pending purchase has industry watchers wondering when HP's software strategy will evolve from one of spending money to making it. EMC promises common management platform EMC says that by year's end it will begin delivering a common platform for managing the company's myriad storage lines, an advance long desired by customers weary of juggling multiple interfaces. Mergers and acquisitions on the management front, Part 1 Whether it is EMC buying BMC or HP setting its sights on Symantec, the rumor mill is ripe with talk of a major acquisition involving one or more of the big four management vendors in 2008. Podcast: 5 Ways to Recession-proof your IT With a possible recession around the corner, now is the time for IT organizations to start planning ways to make their organizations lean and mean. Keith Shaw talks with Francis Carden, the CEO of OpenSpan, about some ways that IT can make sure that they're projects are not overly bulky, that legacy applications are stretched, and how application virtualization can save tons of money (19:44). Unions have no place in today's economy Cisco Subnet blogger Michael Morris goes head-to-head against a central office tech and concludes that unions - as in the old telecoms unions - make it difficult for telcos to adquately serve their customers. Hyper-V leaves Linux out in the cold Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley writes I'm very disappointed in Hyper-V's lack of support for Linux. What you didn't know about virtualization management We usually think of managing virtualization in terms of monitoring and configuration management using tools like Microsoft's System Center or the upcoming Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager. David David Lynch at Embotics believes it's more slanted towards not only knowing what's in a virtual image but where it came from, in essence its genealogy. Cisco Subnet's Top 20 Cisco Press books: How do you rate them? Since we launched Cisco Subnet at the beginning of last year, we've been regularly posting exclusive chapters from new and classic Cisco Press books on our site (see our library here ). We've compiled the top 20 most-read Cisco Press book chapters as accessed by our readers over the year. What did you think of the book/chapter? Was it helpful in your job/career? Give your ratings for the top 20 books/chapters here . LIVE CHAT: Cisco Networking Simplified with Neil Anderson Mark your calendars for Tuesday, March 25 from 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. EST. Neil Anderson is co-author of the best selling book series, Cisco Networking Simplified. When not writing books, he is the Director of Enterprise Systems Engineering with Cisco Systems. He has more than 20 years of broad experience in communications systems, including public telephone, mobile phone, and IP networks. Neil will be available to answer your questions about network design, wireless networking, VoIP, and video-over-IP systems. Attend this chat and have a chance to win one of 10 free copies of Cisco Networking Simplified (published January, 2008). Must be present to win. MARCH GIVEAWAYS: This month's giveaways from Microsoft Subnet and Cisco Subnet Microsoft Subnetis giving away a free training course worth up to $2,500 courtesy of New Horizons; your choice of cool gadgets courtesy of Global Knowledge; and 15 copies of the book Guide to Office 2007 Servers".Cisco Subnetis giving away to one lucky reader free access to Cisco training partner Tech 2000's CCNA Lab Simulator. Cisco Subnet also has 15 copies of the Cisco Press book "Cisco Networking Simplified, 2nd Edition" up for grabs. Go here for the entry instructions for all the competitions. TOP STORIES | MOST DUGG STORIES 1. Apple fixes open source vulnerabilities 2. Hyper-V leaves Linux out in the cold 3. First look at Firefox beta 4. Outsourcing security is controversial 5. Intel stretches Wi-Fi to cover 60 miles 6. Verizon gobbles up spectrum at auction 7. Nortel taunts Cisco: Nexus taint no Lexus 8. Young workers pose security challenges 9. Cyber-cop unit girds for uphill battles 10. Another NAC vendor bites the dust 11. QUOTES OF THE WEEK: Notable quotes from the week FEATURED BUYER'S GUIDE: SSL VPN This article is sponsored by PacketTrap Networks The All-in-One Cisco Config Tool You've Been Looking For Want an integrated network management system? Something that supports your open source tools? Companies of all sizes are using PacketTrap's pt360 to manage their networks. The solution's centralized dashboard puts Cisco config, network discovery, SNMP scan, TFTP server and a library of other diagnostic tools at your fingertips. Or try one of pt360's monitoring gadgets - Exchange, Active Directory, SQL server and more. Free trial available now. ARCHIVE LINKS Archive of the Network/Systems Management article Management Research Center BONUS FEATURE 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. 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