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ManageEngine Network Management
Shannon Lewis

Guest Blog : Unlearning ITIL or just using the customer’s language?

The morning after the itSMF 2012 Awards Dinner is possibly not the best time to schedule the session that was most likely to pique attendees’ interest. But  Aale Roos ’ presentation on Unlearning ITIL was one that many wanted to hear, even if the initial slides were more about the well-known inaccuracies between ITIL v3 and the 2011 editions. In the wider business world, we recognize that much of the work we do leverages IT capability into the non-IT Space, although as Aale pointed out, between a new customer demand and fulfillment, there can be up to 9 disparate processes

Fortinet
Shannon Lewis

President Obama’s Cyber State of the Union

During his State of the Union address On February 12, 2013, President Obama announced an Executive Order that pertained to Cyber Security and information sharing.  He stated the need for better protection against hackers, including foreign countries that have tried in the past to collect corporate and personal information.  All Things D published the executive order in its entirety.  Many have questioned whether this will have little, beneficial or detrimental effects on the network security …

Firewalls Sophos
Shannon Lewis

ASG Up2Date 7.513 Released

Today we have released ASG 7.513 for those customers still using this old version. This Up2Date is designed to provide an announcement that only a few days is left before ASG 7 sunsets as part of the End-of-Life Announcement ( http://www.astaro.com/en-uk/blog/up2date/ASGV7EOL ). Package details are found by reading on

ManageEngine Network Management
Shannon Lewis

ADManager Plus Wins Windows IT Pro “Editors’ Best” and “Community Choice” Awards for the Second Time in A Row!

ADManager Plus, the Active Directory identity and access management solution, has been named the silver winner of “2012 Editors’ Best Awards” and “2012 Community Choice Awards” (in the Best Active Directory/Group Policy Products category) presented by Windows IT Pro magazine. What makes this special is that ADManager Plus has won these awards for the second consecutive year.