March 2009
  > WEBINARS

Click on a title to register for an upcoming Webinar:

Making Your CMDB System Deployment Count: Who is Winning the Battle to Show Value and Why
-Dennis Drogseth, VP, EMA
-Thursday 4/16 @ 11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern

The Aging Help Desk: Migrating to a Modern Desk
-Lisa Erickson-Harris, Research Director, EMA
-Thursday 4/23 @ 12 pm Pacific / 3 pm Eastern

Automating Service Lifecycle Management through a CMDB System
-Dennis Drogseth, VP, EMA
-Patrick Wolf, Senior Product Manager, ASG
-Tuesday 4/28 @ 8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern

  > ARTICLES

EMA analysts and consultants are respected IT management thought leaders. Check out these recent articles:

Ten Questions to Ask Your Online Data Backup Provider
by Curtis Breville – SearchDataBackup – March 3, 2009

Making Things Work Together Again, and Again, and Again...
by Dennis Drogseth – Network World – March 5, 2009

CMDB More Important than Ever in Lean Times
by Dennis Drogseth – CIO Update – March 10, 2009

Accelerating Problem Resolution: Why It Matters and How to Do It
by Liam McGlynn – ITSM Solutions DITY Newsletter – March 11, 2009

Tips for Choosing the Right Storage Solution
by Curtis Breville – InfoStor – March 12, 2009

Cisco’s Big Blade Splash: Ripples Go Far and Wide
by Jim Frey – Network World – March 16, 2009

BMC: Cisco UCS’s Management Secret Sauce
by Jim Frey – Network World – March 16, 2009

Cisco UCS: The Morning After
by Jim Frey – Network World – March 18, 2009

Why Network Managers Should Care About VMs
by Jim Frey – Network World – March 23, 2009

Ten Ways Storage and Backup Administrators Can Save Time and Money
by Curtis Breville – SearchDataBackup – March 24, 2009

Interop Las Vegas 2009

  > EMA ANALYSTS SPEAK

Look for EMA analysts speaking at these upcoming events:

Citrix Synergy 09
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 4 - 7, 2009
-Houston, TX

CIO Healthcare Summit
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 12, 2009
-Scottsdale, AZ

Interop Las Vegas 2009
-Rick Sturm, Founder & CEO
-Jim Frey, Senior Analyst
-May 17 - 21, 2009
-Las Vegas, NV

Virtualization and Data Center Technologies for the Channel Professional
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 20, 2009
-San Francisco, CA

Data Center Decisions Summit
-Andi Mann, Vice President
-May 21, 2009
-San Francisco, CA

  > EMA NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Access back issues of the EMA Resource Roundup Newsletter through our online newsletter archive

 

  
  > EMA ANALYST CORNER

Security, Risk and Compliance 2009: The View So Far
by Scott Crawford, Research DirectorScott Crawford

With the annual RSA Conference in April at the top of the list, springtime has become the high water mark on the calendar for security, risk and compliance management. This year, however, a number of game-changing trends have made their impact felt well before the official arrival of spring. These factors have direct implications for the evolution and management of security, risk and compliance in the enterprise—and for how these priorities intersect with the management of IT.

> Read More on the Latest Security, Risk and Compliance Trends

Free White Paper on Security and Cloud Computing:
Scott Crawford shares his thoughts on the opportunities (and challenges) that cloud computing presents for security and risk management. Download the free white paper “The Security Paradox of Cloud: Five Questions for Cloud Providers” today!

  > NEW RESEARCH

New EMA Research Highlights Key Trends in IT Spending Over Last 14 Months
The latest EMA research report - entitled, “At the Edge of the Storm: IT Investments from Jan/08 through Feb/09” suggests that while IT spending overall is on the decrease, IT management software appears to be less affected by the downturn.

Key findings from the report include:

  • Quarterly trends in IT spending throughout 2008 show a gradual decline in Q3 with a much more marked decline in Q4
  • January and February 2009 IT dollars show a continuation of this decline in spending, with 46 percent of budgets on the decrease and 27 percent on the increase
  • A comparison between Q1 2008 and Q1 2009 reveals an almost symmetrical transformation between increased and decreased IT investments – from 51 percent increasing early in 2008 to 46 percent decreasing in early 2009

> Read the Research Report Abstract

Purchase "At the Edge of the Storm: IT Investments from Jan/08 through Feb/09" By April 10, 2009 for Only $395 (a 50% Savings)!
Buy Online Today!

  > EMA IT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS CENTER

IT Management Solutions Center Spotlight: New End-to-End Application Management Solutions Center
Looking for the right application management tools? Visit the End-to-End Application Management Solutions Center today to compare in-depth analyst profiles 20 leading products!

> Check It Out Today!

  > EMA RESEARCH

Subscribers: New EMA Research in March
Check out the latest research from the EMA team of IT management experts:

Document Name Document Type Analyst
At the Edge of the Storm: IT Investments from Jan/08 through Feb/09 End-User Research Report* Dennis Drogseth
A Cost Optimization Framework for the Economic Downturn and Beyond Advisory Note Paul Burns
Integrating UC, Voice, and Video into Operations Management Advisory Note Jim Frey
Simple, Reliable, Fast De-duplication Data Protection Platform White Paper* Curtis Breville
Taming Data Chaos: Simplify Data Integration with DataDirect Data Integration Suite White Paper* Julie Craig
Got Business Disruptions? How a User-Centric Approach to Proactive Application Performance Management Can Optimize your Business, Improve IT Processes, and Increase User Productivity White Paper* Julie Craig
KBOX Systems Deployment Appliance vs. Symantec Ghost – Choosing an Enterprise Deployment Solution White Paper* Steve Brasen
5 Key Virtualization Management Challenges – and How to Overcome Them White Paper Andi Mann
Automate Virtualization in Your Data Center White Paper Andi Mann
Decreasing IT Operational Costs by Accelerating Problem Resolution White Paper Liam McGlynn
Citrix Announces Free XenServer, New Management Upgrades EMA Brief Andi Mann
NetMRI 3.0 Propels NCCM Practices to New Levels EMA Brief Jim Frey
Symantec Achieves Client Management Integration with CMS 7 EMA Brief Steve Brasen
RNA Networks Rolls Out RNAmessenger, introducing Memory Virtualization to the Marketplace EMA Brief Julie Craig
IBM Service Management: Beyond IT Service Management EMA Brief Paul Burns
EMC Smarts Brings Root Cause Analytics to Bear on Virtual Server Networks EMA Brief Jim Frey
BMC-Managed Cisco Blade Server Shakes up Market EMA Brief Liam McGlynn
VMware Announces New Cloud, Desktop Virtualization, Security, and High Availability Capabilities at VMworld Europe EMA Brief Andi Mann
F5 and Splunk Partner to Enhance F5 ASM Search and Reporting Capabilities EMA Brief Mike Montecillo
Shunra Partners with HP, Microsoft to Provide Developers with View of Application Performance Over the Network EMA Brief Julie Craig
Network Traffic Analysis Equality with PacketTrap’s ptFlow EMA Brief Jim Frey
Entuity Expands Vision with EYE 2009 EMA Brief Jim Frey
EminentWare: An Economical Solution to Extending Microsoft IT Management Solutions EMA Brief Steve Brasen
IBM Extends Beyond IT’s Boundaries with Dynamic Infrastructure Innovations EMA Brief Julie Craig
HP Software Universe 2008 Quality Center Announcements: Managing SOA, Application Modernization Projects Across the Enterprise EMA Brief Julie Craig
HP Announces New Releases of HP Performance Center, LoadRunner and SaaS-based Performance Center EMA Brief Julie Craig

*Available to EMA Premium Research Subscribers

Not a subscriber?
Not an EMA Subscriber? Subscribe online now to the EMA Advisory Notes Service or the EMA Premium Research Service. Or, find out about other subscription options by contacting sales@enterprisemanagement.com.