CSTechcast.com, the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we discuss the utter lack of visibility into virtualized infrastructure with Charles Thompson, product manager for Network Instruments, who discusses a new survey that shows 75% of organizations lack tools to monitor their virtual environments. Find The State of the Network Global Study at http://www.networkinstruments.com. In the news, Twitter gets hacked again giving us pause when envisioning private business use in a professional model, Seagate announces Replica to easily backup computers, Sun releases the latest update to Solaris the week after the Oracle takeover of Sun was announced, Windows 7 gets it’s Release Candidate released, and Office 2007 Service Pack 2 adds ODF edit and PDF save support. Minnesota's hops into the slippery slope with its requirement of ISP’s to filter gambling web sites to earn "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the Kindle as a replacement for your tech library, and a quick way to get a desktop moved with all of user’s documents and settings is "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:Twitter Confirms Hacker Gained Access (eWeek)New Seagate Desktop Drive Plugs in, Backs Up (eWeek)Sun Updates Solaris 10 with Focus on Virtualization, Security (eWeek)Microsoft Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must Wait (eWeek)Microsoft Releases Office 2007 SP2 (InformationWeek)Minnesota asks ISPs to block gambling sites (USA Today)
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