Wednesday 30 December 2015

Making inroads in the sales enablement space

Sales is a core function for any business. Without ample sales, no business will last long. Many organizations are not..

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How To Find And Download Desired State Configuration (DSC) Resources

If you're ready to take Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) configuration to the next level, you can do so with DSC resources -- here's how you can get started.

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CISSP Question of the Week: Security Management Life Cycle

CISSPQOWGreenCISSP Question of the Week courtesy of Transcender Labs.

As your organization’s security administrator, you are reviewing the audit results to assess if your organization’s security baselines are maintained. In which phase of the security management life cycle are you engaged?

A. Plan and Organize
B. Implement
C. Operate and Maintain
D. Monitor and Evaluate

 

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Looking Forward: The 2016 Security Landscape

Executive perspectives: attribution 2015 had its fair share of incidents potentially carried out by the stereotypical “hacker in the basement.”..

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Tuesday 29 December 2015

We’re focused on adding more value to the existing IT infrastructure: Alok Ohrie, MD, Dell India

How is Dell going to transit to the next orbit given the huge competencies it had built over the years? Clearly,..

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Getting Your Money's Worth Out Of Unified Communications

Whether you're reexamining the benefits of unified communications or looking at them for the first time, this article will help you get the most our of your UC efforts.

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FireEye reveals new, evolving threats to iOS users

iBackDoor: New High-Risk Code Hits iOS Apps FireEye mobile researchers recently discovered “backdoored” versions of an ad library embedded in thousands..

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In2IT Technologies brings Microsoft cloud to Bhubaneswar to help local businesses surge ahead and grow faster

In2IT Technologies, a Gold Partner of Microsoft is enabling the businesses in Odisha with enterprise-grade cloud technology from Microsoft. The..

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Indian government should increase public spending on healthcare: Gerald Attia, Alten Calsoft Labs

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Monday 28 December 2015

IT Help Desk Employment Looking Up For 2016

Help desk jobs, as well as salaries, are on the rise, according to a recent survey. And with employment and compensation growing, so is the need for help desk certifications.

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IT University and PwC India enter into a strategic partnership to develop talent for the cyber security industry

PwC India and NIIT University (NU) have entered into a strategic partnership towards creating a trained talent pool of Cyber..

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Future Lifestyle signs up with Cloudcherry to create a delightful customer experience

Central, the multi-brand fashion department store from Future Lifestyle Fashions has signed up with Cloudcherry India to track, measure and..

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PMP Formula of the Week: Three-point Estimate

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You are determining activity duration estimates and one of your colleagues suggests using a three-point estimate. What is the primary advantage of this method?

A. Three points, rather than one, improve the accuracy of the activity duration estimate.
B. It is always preferable to consider three opinions instead of just one.
C. The best case and worst case scenarios are factored into the estimate.
D. Team members will provide the most accurate estimates.

 

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Technology predictions for the year 2016

How startups are taking the concept of IoT forward

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Friday 25 December 2015

CCNP Security Question of the Week: NAT Control on Cisco ASA Version 8.3

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What is the default behavior of Network Address Translation (NAT) control on Cisco ASA Version 8.3?

A. NAT control has been deprecated on Cisco ASA Software Version 8.3.
B. It will prevent traffic from passing from one enclave to the next without proper access configuration.
C. It will allow traffic to pass from one enclave to the next without proper access configuration.
D. It will deny all traffic.

 

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Thursday 24 December 2015

Wednesday 23 December 2015

Data science and predictive analytics enabling better hiring mechanisms for enterprises

By: Varun Aggarwal, CTO, Aspiring Minds The cost of a bad hire an organization bears is beyond monetary—time spent in recruiting/training,..

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Object-Oriented PowerShell Module Design

As your PowerShell modules get more complex, planning and design start to become necessary. Using an object-oriented approach can help you create more manageable, scalable PowerShell modules.

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Best IT Certifications For 2016

Here are some of the most valuable and in-demand IT certifications available in 2016. Information security, cloud, virtualization, forensics and more.

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Nutanix Files For $200 Million IPO

Nutanix, which is valued at roughly $2 billion, will trade on the Nasdaq under the NTNX ticker and plans to sell $200 million in shares during its IPO.

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Security+ Question of the Week: Definition of a Threat

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What is the definition of a threat in the context of risk management?

A. Any aspect of the environment which could be exploited
B. Any circumstance or event which could harm an asset
C. The probability of an unwanted event occurring within a specific time period
D. The amount of loss that could occur should an asset be harmed

 

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Schneider Electric seeks to transform Indian business landscape with Internet of Things solutions

Schneider Electric  is seeking to leverage its Internet of Things (IoT)-driven competencies to bring about process efficiency across businesses in..

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Wipro to acquire Viteos group

Wipro announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Viteos Group, a BPaaS provider for the Alternative Investment..

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Tuesday 22 December 2015

Technology and trends for 2016 by Axis Communications

As one of the early adopters of IoT with the launch of the security Industry’s first network camera in 1996,..

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Letv Superphones boasts mirror-surfaced fingerprint recognition technology

Letv, a multi-national technology conglomerate, launched the flagship Superphones-Le 1s and Le Max in China in October this year. They..

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Avaya supports India’s digital transformation with university outreach programme

Avaya, a global leader in business communications software, systems and services, highlighted today its commitment to India’s digital transformation goals..

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Snapdeal and Microsoft jointly hold a two-day hackathon

Snapdeal, India’s largest online marketplace, announced that it organised a two-day Hackathon in collaboration with Microsoft India. The collaboration saw..

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Jayantha Prabhu is now CIO-Essar

The Board of Directors of Essar Services India announced the elevation of Jayantha Prabhu as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of..

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L&T leading the way to make Jaipur India’s first Smart City

Larsen & Toubro’s Smart World & Communication business vertical is leading the way to make Jaipur India’s first Smart City..

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We are going to build the world’s IT infrastructure: Michael Dell, CEO, Dell

Agility is now a hottest topic in town. For a large company like Dell, how do you make yourself agile..

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NetApp Acquires SolidFire For $870 Million

NetApp announced it entered into a definitive agreement to purchase SolidFire for $870 million in cash.

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Quintype join hands with Swarajya to enhance its digital platform

Quintype, a data-driven publishing company based out of Bangalore and California, announced its partnership with Swarajya, a 59 year old..

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Monday 21 December 2015

Top technology trends to watch out for in 2016 in the server space

By: Siddhesh Naik, Director of Enterprise Business Group, Lenovo India As the volume of data generated goes up drastically, enterprises are..

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Internet grows to 299 mn domain names in the third quarter of 2015

VeriSign, which is in domain names and Internet security, announced that approximately 3.1 million domain names were added to the..

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Work-from-home is a preferred option for most: Wisdomjobs.com

Tech-savvy job search portal, Wisdomjobs.com recently revealed the findings of its latest survey on work-from-home jobs. The study offered valuable..

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Lean planning for disproportionate outcomes – Anil Nair, Managing Director & CEO at AGC Networks

Anil Nair is Managing Director and CEO at AGC Networks Ltd. with over 30 years of experience in global strategy,..

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The Perpetual Cycle Of Self- And Career-Development

Taking the time to reflect, assess yourself, explore your career options and make plans to develop and market your skills is the ticket to career success. Here's how one example of a cycle can help you make plans for personal and professional development.

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Autos just a click away in Noida as Jugnoo forays into the region

Jugnoo, a leading mobile app, offering the largest network of auto-rickshaws in India, starts operations in Noida. As a part..

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TCS develops mobile, digital inventory platform for Mumbai Mobile Crèches

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced the launch of Comprehensive Inventory Management system to assist Mumbai Mobile Crèches (MMC). Mumbai Mobile..

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IBM Certification of the Week: IBM Certified Analyst — i2 Analyst’s Notebook V8.9

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An intelligence analyst wants to import telephone record data to look for patterns of activity. Particularly the dates and times of telephone calls between two key suspects. Which is the best import design for the analyst to use?

A. Sequence of transactions
B. Network of telephone calls
C. Sequence of telephone calls
D. More complex association chart

 

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Surat Diamond Association and Microsoft Aim to Enable 20,000 MSMEs in Gujarat to adopt cloud in 12 months

Surat Diamond Association (SDA), a successful representative of the local gem and jewelry industry, and Microsoft have come together to..

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Top 5 Apps to keep handy this Christmas and New Year season

Thanks to the ever growing speedy m-commerce world, from urgent requirements like medicines to hunger pangs, apps have made everything..

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Sunday 20 December 2015

Friday 18 December 2015

IIA and Microsoft aim to enable 20,000 MSMEs in Uttar Pradesh with cloud

Indian Industries Association an apex representative body of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Microsoft have come together to..

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GoPaisa offers first ever instant cashback on online orders this Christmas week

Christmas brings with it the joyous fervor to splurge and make merry. GoPaisa.com, India's highest paying cash back and coupon..

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YES bank signs agreement with iSPIRT to tap the financial technology space

Yes Bank, India’s fifth largest private sector bank, in association with iSPIRT, a software product think-tank organization launches the first..

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Dell launches highest-End Dell storage arrays and industry-Leading All-flash cost-per-gigabyte

Dell announced the combination of Dell’s new flagship Dell Storage SC9000 storage array controller, new 12Gb SAS expansion enclosures and..

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Top 8 security predictions for 2016

By: Tarun kaura, Director - Solutions Product m]Management - APJ, Symantec   Today’s cybercriminals are skilled enough and sufficiently resourced to have..

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How To Use Regex Groups In PowerShell

The [regex] type accelerator can be a powerful tool to match and parse strings in PowerShell. Here's how you can get started using it today.

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CCNA R&S Question of the Week: Calculate OSPF Cost

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Which parameter or parameters are used to calculate OSPF cost on a Cisco IOS routers?

A. Bandwidth
B. Bandwidth and Delay
C. Bandwidth, Delay and MTU
D. Bandwidth, MTU, Reliability, Delay and Load

 

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Videocon Mobile launches first 4G smartphone priced at Rs 7,999/-

With an aim to offer fast 4G LTE connectivity, best Android experience and robust connectivity, India’s leading mobile brand, Videocon..

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An International Robotics Competition to be held on December 19th, 2015

120 zonal level winning teams from India comprising of 550 students are going to..

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We are exploring Beacon technology to make patient navigation easier- Rajesh Batra, VP-IT, Kokilaben Dhirubai Ambani Hospital

What new technologies have you implemented in your hospital so far? Healthcare is a complex eco environment. There are a few..

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Thursday 17 December 2015

AskmeBazaar’s ‘Santa-The Price Slayer’ is here this Christmas and New Year

AskmeBazaar.com, one of India’s largest online marketplaces, today announced its Christmas and New Year sale from December 01-31, 2015. This..

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Indians use mobile internet up to 8 hours daily

College students are spending upto 8 hours daily browsing internet on their mobile phones, according to a survey done by..

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Netlist Versus SanDisk Legal Fracas Continues; Where Does WD Fit In?

The protracted legal battle between Netlist, Diablo Technologies and SanDisk continues in spite of a recent finding in favor of the SanDisk/Diablo duo.

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Puppet Labs Releases Kubernetes Module To Manage Containers At Scale

IT infrastructure engineers are able to bring this rapidly growing platform under the control of a management that can define the entire infrastructure stack as code.

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SK Hynix SE3010 Enterprise SSD Review

SK Hynix emerges from the shadows with a new vertically-integrated SSD that features a refined performance profile and incredibly low power consumption.

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WDC/HGST Broadens Storage System Initiative By Joining Active Archive Alliance

Western Digital Corporation (WDC) and HGST announced their latest move in the systems space today as they joined the Active Archive Alliance.

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MyOperator helps upgrade employee facilities for Canon India

Building up a muscular online technical support, MyOperator partners with Canon India. The partnership aims at augmenting Canon’s employee facilities..

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Quikr Goes Vernacular, Breaks the Language Barrier

Quikr, India’s No. 1 cross category classifieds business, today announced the launch of vernacular language support for consumers accessing Quikr's platform...

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How IT spends Its time on asset management

By: Vikas Bhonsle, CEO, Crayon Software Experts The role of IT managers can be very challenging and is extremely varied in..

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4 cases depicting the ‘real’ healthcare world

By: Prerna Sharma & Ruchika Goel Healthcare is not a privilege; it’s a right that every citizen should possess. But, there..

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Wednesday 16 December 2015

Tenda Introduces Nine-Port Desktop Switch With Four PoE Ports

Tenda’s TEG1009P, an 8+1 port gigabit switch hit the American market today.

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Barracuda Announces Cloud Archive Service

Long-time storage giant, Barracuda announced a new cloud-based archiving service called Barracuda Cloud Archiving Service

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SailPoint Releases IdentityIQ 7.0

SalePoint released the 7.0 version of its open-source IAM platform IdentityIQ 7.0 today.

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Box And Salesforce Release New Developer Tools

Salesforce and Box just made it easier to link the two services with a new Box SDK for Salesforce, and Salesforce Files Connect for Box.

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Exablox Battles Cloud Vendors With $0.03-per-GB On-Prem Price Point

Exablox introduced a new deduplication feature to its OneBlox appliance that increases its deduplication ratio up to 20:1, which can yield a $0.03 per-GB price point and potentially boost the capacity to 640 TB of storage per appliance.

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Best Mobile App Development Certifications For 2016

These mobile app development certifications are in demand in 2015. Find the most valuable mobile app certification for your career path on Tom's IT Pro.

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CISSP Question of the Week: Biometric System and Fingerprinting Technology

CISSPQOWRedCISSP Question of the Week courtesy of Transcender Labs.

Why should an organization not deploy a biometric system based on fingerprinting technology?

A. The CER value of the biometric system is very low.
B. The system demands immense overhead maintenance.
C. Authentication results are not always accurate and reliable.
D. Employees are reluctant to use a biometric system that scans their fingerprints.

 

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Govt. to launch scheme for e-education, health & skilling within next 3 months

The Centre is finalising guidelines for production-linked subsidies for companies willing to manufacture electronic items like microprocessors, semiconductors and others..

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Cambridge Technology Enterprises launches Cambridge Innovations for early stage entrepreneurs

Cambridge Technology Enterprises (CTE),  focused on the convergence of big data and cloud, announced the launch of Cambridge Innovations (CI), an investor and..

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Davinder Singh Brar elected as Chairman of Mphasis Board

Mphasis, an IT services and solutions provider announced that Mr. Davinder Singh Brar, Independent Director has been elected as the..

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IDFC Bank implements Intellect’s global transaction banking solutions

Intellect Design Arena  announced that IDFC Bank, a subsidiary of India’s leading integrated infrastructure finance company, IDFC Ltd., has successfully..

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Google lays out vision and product updates in its long-term commitment to bringing Indians online

Speaking at today’s “Google for India” event in Delhi, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and a team of Google product leads..

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LeadSquared integrates with Facebook lead ads

LeadSquared, a SAAS company that provides customer acquisition platform to businesses, announced their integration with Facebook's new lead ads product..

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Knowlarity and Freshdesk join hands to accelerate seamless integration

SMBs are growing reliant on technology while seeking new opportunities to penetrate deeper into emerging markets. Knowlarity’s flagship product SuperReceptionist..

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State of cloud analytics research shows category poised for considerable growth

Informatica, an independent software provider focused on delivering transformative innovation for the future of all things data, announced the results..

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How a digitally connected set up helped Asian Hospital improve its RoI by 7-10%

The recent data with the Central Bureau for Health Intelligence (CBHI) reveals that every government hospital in India serves an..

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Tuesday 15 December 2015

Savvius Announces 802.11ac Adapter Solution for WLAN Packet Capture And Analysis

Until recently, there was no portable and cost-effective way to troubleshoot 802.11ac networks. Savvius addressed this issue today with a new 802.11 Wi-Fi Adapter. Savvius’s new Wi-Fi Adapter was intended for their OmniPeek Software.

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Micron Acquires Remainder Of Inotera For $3.2 Billion

Micron acquired the remaining 77 percent of Inotera for $3.2 billion and extended Nanya the option to license two forthcoming generations of DRAM.

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Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Tools

Next generation data centers are taking advantage of Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tools -- coordinated management solutions that bridge the gap between IT and facilities management.

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Management Capabilities of System Center Service Manager

RockPaperMany people who are new to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager are surprised to learn that there is more than one management interface, namely the Service Manager Console. Some more experienced people would tell you that there are three management interfaces to Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager. We’ll discuss those shortly. In reality, there are more than three management interfaces. But many people don’t know about more than one or three.

If you were to ask someone who uses Service Manager what the capabilities and services are that are offered by Service Manager, you would likely get different answers depending on their perspective and familiarity with Service Manager. Their recommendations and advice for best practices with using Service Manager — something as fundamental as the rules of the game of Service Manager — would be influenced by their awareness of the different management interfaces. Even, something so basic as how many management interfaces Service Manager offers.

In order to have a winning strategy with Service Manager, you should know that there isn’t just one Service Manager management interface. To make well-educated purchasing, design and implementation decisions with respect to Service Manager, you should know that there are more than the three obvious management interfaces. Consider an analogy depicted in a conversation I had with a friend.

“Rock!” I cried.

She glared at me and said flatly, “Paper wraps rocks. I win.”

“Another round?” I implored.

She agreed.

“Lizard! Lizard eats paper. I win,” I exclaimed.

Her tone was scathing. “What are you talking about?”

“Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock,” I said matter-of-factly.

With vehemence dripping from her lips, she insisted, “It’s just rock, paper, scissors. There are only three!”

Sure, my friend was yelling about the rules of a classic children’s game while I was having fun with a twist on the game you might have seen on CBS’ “Big Bang Theory” called Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock — but her insistence on tradition made me recognize how limiting it can be when someone is not aware of some of the more powerful capabilities of a technology.

Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager’s has three management interfaces besides the email and phone interfaces used to submit tickets. The Service Manager interface triumvirate includes the Service Manager Console, Portal and Shell.

These three interfaces existed before R2 in the SP1 and original 2012 version, and even earlier. But, many people aren’t very familiar with them all and think there is just the console. Here’s a brief overview of the three integrated aspects of the Service Manager system.

Service Manager Console

At first, most administrators typically use the Service Manager Console, a graphical interface. It has the customary System Center three-pane interface with the navigation pane on the left, the work pane in the middle and the task pane on the right.

Like most other components in the System Center suite, the Service Manager Console’s navigation pane provides several workspaces to organize the functionality of Service Manager. This lets administrators focus on the tools they need for a particular task at hand. The Work Items workspace provides day-to-day access to:

  • Activity Management
  • Change Management
  • Incident Management
  • Problem Management
  • Release Management
  • Service Request Fulfillment

One of the many configuration elements in the library workspace is the service catalog, which includes request and service offerings. Both kinds of offerings can be configured to allow users of the Service Manager Portal to interact with the platform without needing to install or access the Service Manager Console.

Service Manager Portal

The second Service Manager interface is the SharePoint-based Service Manager Portal. This web-based portal can be accessed from any Web browser. Users simply need to go to a URL such as http://ift.tt/1IS6Zo5. The URLs may be part the browser favorites for every user in the organization and could also be a link in the organization’s regular SharePoint portal(s).

This Service Manager Self-Service Portal allows end users to log new service requests, change requests and incident reports. Help desk personnel can follow up through the Service Manager Console and end users can track the progress and resolution on their tickets through the same Service Manager Portal from which they were initiated. With careful design of request and service offerings, the Service Manager Portal can provide an effective platform for most users to interact with the help desk and other IT support personnel.

The SharePoint platform on which the Service Manager Portal is based allows rich opportunities for customization, including organizational branding. For the ambitious, that portal can be customized to include additional interactivity. There are also third-party add-ons to System Center Service Manager that can further enhance the Service Manager Portal experience. There is a third-party product called the Cireson Platform that can be used by analysts and administrators as well. Cireson offers several free apps in its free community stream such as Service Desk Ticker, Auto Close (of tickets after a certain number of days), Action Log Notify, Time Tracker, Remote Manage, Notify Analyst Free and Advanced Send Email.

Service Manager Shell

Besides the Service Manager console and Web portal, there is a third management interface, the Service Manager Shell. Based on Windows PowerShell, the Service Manager Shell includes over 100 commands (1 function, 31 aliases and 90 cmdlets) that are specific to Service Manager administration.

These Service Manager Shell commands allow for the management of the work items of Service Manager and the functionality equivalent to that offered in the Service Manager console’s administration, library, and configuration items workspaces. There are additional shell commands available for managing the Service Manager Data Warehouse and Reporting. The Service Manager Shell allows automation of any of the work item, configuration item, and Service Manager infrastructure administration.

Although, the installation of the System Center administration tools includes a shortcut to the Service Manager Shell with Service Manager console installation, there are other ways to access the tremendous power and versatility of the Service Manager Shell. The Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) can include the Service Manager Shell tools by issuing the command:

Import-Module ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012 R2\Service Manager\PowerShell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psd1’

Rather than running this command interactively, this import command could be included in a PowerShell profile so that the System Center Service Manager shell commands are always available. Another recommendation is to use a PowerShell remoting session to connect from the convenience of a help desk, analyst, or administrator workstation into one of the Service Manager servers, import the aforementioned module, and then import that module from the remote session so that the Service Manager Shell commands can be initiated from the administrative workstation. PowerShell Web Access could be used to extend the reach of these commands to an analyst’s phone or tablet. No matter what way these tools are accessed, as long as they have been imported into the current PowerShell session, the following command can be used to list the 122 commands:

Get-Command -Module System.Center.Service.Manager

Show-Command, Get-Help, and Get-Help –ShowWindow can all be used to provide additional information on the use of these commands. Additional details are available on online via Microsoft TechNet. Scripts of commonly used command sequences could be composed and saved for quick interactive use. Such scripts could also be included in Microsoft Azure Automation workflows. Scripts can also be wrapped in System Center Orchestrator runbooks so that they can be included in Service Manager workflows. Such runbooks could be synchronized via a Service Manager connector with Orchestrator, included in the Activity Management section of Service Manager, then wrapped into work item templates or bundled into the service offerings published to the Service Manager Portal.

With the three management interfaces — Console, Portal and Shell — Microsoft’s System Center Service Manager can provide customizable and effective opportunities for the service management of on-premises, private cloud, and public cloud (e.g. Azure) computing and software resources and systems.

As with Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock, your own PowerShell scripts, Orchestrator runbooks, and third-party products like those from Cireson, can be used to extend the management capabilities of System Center Service Manager.

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Virtusa signs agreement with Volvo Group Treasury for global, advanced incident management support

Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform..

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By 2018, 50% of consumers in mature markets will use smartphones or wearables for mobile payments: Gartner

Mobile payments are gaining acceptance among consumers in North America, Japan and some countries in Western Europe, according to Gartner,..

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FORTI and Microsoft aim to enable 30,000 SMBs in Rajasthan to adopt cloud by early 2017

Federation of  Rajasthan Trade & Industry (FORTI), an apex chamber in Rajasthan, and Microsoft have come together to enable 30,000..

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20,000 Indian hotels on Goibibo have been rated and reviewed by real travelers

Goibibo.com has reached 6,00,000 ratings and reviews across 20,000 hotels in India. The company expects to expand ratings and reviews..

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Monday 14 December 2015

NIIT Technologies appoints Amit Kumar Garg as Chief financial officer

NIIT Technologies Limited,  today announced the appointment of Amit Kumar Garg as the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He..

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GoPaisa.com partners with PayU facilitating transfer of earnings to the consumer’s mobile wallet

GoPaisa.com, India's highest paying cash back and coupon site has announced its association with PayUmoney to enable the transfer of..

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7 ways IoT-based ERP implementation is fine-tuning the manufacturing sector

By: Ajit Vichare, Head LoB – Manufacturing Practice, Invenio Business Solutions Manufacturing is pivotal for economic progress of any country and..

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Huawei’s Agile Distributed Wi-Fi Solution May Cover Up To 48 Rooms

To address network range, reliability and performance issues, Huawei has developed this Agile Distributed Wi-Fi solution with a three-layer distributed architecture, which improves Wi-Fi signals provided by access points to multiple rooms.

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MCSA: Windows 10 Certification -- Available Today

The Windows 10 MCSA certification is here! See what the popular Microsoft credential entails for the new version of the desktop operating system.

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EMC 'Go-Shop' Period Expires, Clearing Way For Dell/EMC Merger

EMC's go-shop period, the first hurdle to completion of the Dell/EMC mega-merger, has expired with no superior proposals emerging.

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Apple features doctor consultation app Lybrate in ‘The App Store Best of 2015’

Apple has featured Lybrate, India’s largest online doctor consultation platform, in its coveted list of ‘The App Store Best of..

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Openbravo and TCG Digital team up to deliver truly customized solutions to help their clients compete more effectively in today’s challenging markets

Openbravo and TCG Digital have recently become partners. This strategic partnership aims to bring both companies together to work on..

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PMP Formula of the Week: SV of 338

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If your project has an SV of 338. What does that indicate?

A. You are 338 percent ahead of schedule
B. You are 338 percent behind schedule
C. You are ahead of schedule
D. You are behind schedule

 

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Mi India launches Redmi Note Prime

Mi India is excited to announce the launch of its second ‘Made in India’ smartphone, Redmi Note Prime, on Amazon.in. Redmi..

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Sunday 13 December 2015

Companies accuse their competitors of staging DDoS attacks against them

According to recent research from Kaspersky Lab and B2B International, nearly half (48%[EE1] ) of  the companies surveyed believe they..

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Chillr: Must download app in Apple app store

Chillr, India's only multi-Bank instant mobile payment app, has been listed in the “App Store Best of 2015” on the..

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Ricoh India launches Huddle Room solution – a collaboration solution for today’s offices

Ricoh India announced launch of “huddle Room Solutions”. Huddle rooms”– small conference areas that can be equipped with audio, video..

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MAIT, Govt of Karnataka discuss reforms to attract investors

Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology, the apex body representing ICT manufacturers, hosted a National Workshop on 'Ease of Doing Business'..

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Ashoka University selects Juniper Networks to support wold-class liberal arts education in India

Juniper Networks today announced that Ashoka University has selected Juniper Networks to provide the network infrastructure to support its ambitious..

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How Postal Life Insurance marches into future with technology

The Directorate of Postal Life Insurance (PLI) under the Department of Posts is an  apex body for the formulation of..

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Friday 11 December 2015

How To Manage IIS Websites With PowerShell

When setting up a new website in IIS are you still using the IIS Web Manager? If so, allow us to show you a much more scalable, reliable and faster way to make that happen using PowerShell.

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CCNP Security Question of the Week: Default Behavior of an Access List

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What is the default behavior of an access list on the Cisco ASA security appliance?

A. It will permit or deny traffic based on the access-list.
B. It will permit or deny all traffic on a specific interface.
C. An access group must be configured before the access list will take effect for traffic filtering.
D. It will allow all traffic to pass.

 

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Thursday 10 December 2015

2016 will be the year of hybrid cloud adoption in India

[caption id="attachment_3616" align="aligncenter" width="101"]LS Subramanian, CEO, NISE LS Subramanian, CEO, NISE[/caption] The wait..

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Global survey by Gemalto reveals impact of data breaches on customer loyalty

Nearly two-thirds (64%) of consumers surveyed worldwide say they are unlikely to shop or do business again with a company..

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Make-in-India: Is optimism meeting realism?

India's economic growth relies on the manufacturing activity. Sadly this has been one of the weakest points in India's..

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MapR Releases Streams, Turning Full Data Stacks Into Pub And Sub Feeds

MapR Streams enables developers to create applications more quickly. By subscribing to the data they want, the apps get a steady flow of the most up-to-date info without having to code the connections to the multiple data sources independently.

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Best Enterprise File Sync And Share (EFSS)

Here are the best enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) providers based on our assessment of each tool's security, administration, connectivity, document handling, pricing and support.

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Now Work in a virtual team with Vidyo

Vidyo, a US based Video Conferencing company has been awarded DGS&D rate-contract for VIDYO . DGS&D is the central purchase..

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NASSCOM announces cyber awareness month initiative in alliance with Mumbai police

As a part of its efforts to educate the public and private sector partners about the internet and cyber security,..

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FreeCharge appoints Anshul Kheterpal as chief financial officer

FreeCharge today announced the appointment of Anshul  Kheterpal as the Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, Anshul will help craft strategies..

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Sleeping Outside So Homeless Youth Won’t Have To

By Scott Williams, President, Global Knowledge Canada
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On November 19, I joined 70 other business and community leaders in Toronto for Sleep Out: Executive Edition. We spent the night outside to raise awareness and funds for Covenant House, the international organization that supports homeless youth.

For us, the night wasn’t all that difficult: The streets were dry, the temperatures hovered around freezing and, most importantly, we knew we’d be safe and warm in our own beds the following night. That reassurance isn’t available to the 10,000 kids who spend time living on Toronto’s streets each year.

On any given night, as many as 2,000 young people will be forced to sleep outside in Toronto. These kids come from all over Canada, North America and elsewhere in the world. Most are on the street through no fault of their own, though some end up there through bad choices they’ve made.

As many as 70 percent of these kids are fleeing some form of abuse or neglect at home, and as many as 30 percent are living with a mental health issue. Many have been exploited sexually or are struggling with addictions. Every one of these kids has a heartbreaking story and every one of these kids deserves a chance for a better future.

Before heading outside for the night, we met some of the staff and clients of Covenant House. The stories we heard were incredibly powerful and moving. These kids are just that – kids. Their stories were upsetting and uplifting at the same time. The things that some of them endured were hard to imagine and, frankly, hard to listen to. And yet, each kid’s story also showed resilience and strength. It showed how much good can happen when a kid knows someone cares.

This year’s Sleep Out united 15 different Covenant House locations across the U.S. and Canada. These places offer much more than shelter. Covenant House services include 24/7 crisis care, education, counseling, medical treatment, skills development, job training and assistance with employment. In Toronto alone, some 90,000 kids have been helped over the years.

Covenant House depends on donations for 80 percent of its funding. The annual Sleep Out makes a difference. This year alone, 920 sleepers across North America raised more than $5 million for the cause.

I think the Sleep Out accomplishes several things. First, it raises badly needed funds. But, it also raises awareness. Within my own circle of family and friends, my Global Knowledge family and my broader community, there is a greater awareness of the issues facing at-risk youth — homelessness, mental illness and human trafficking, to name just three. This event has allowed me to act in solidarity with these young people, and to achieve something that goes beyond fundraising. I don’t think I or anyone else involved in the Sleep Out will ever again see a street kid in a dirty hoodie in quite the same way.



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Wednesday 9 December 2015

Asia Pacific businesses poised for major digital transformation according to Hitachi Data Systems CTO

Hitachi Data Systems Corporation today released its business and technology predictions for Asia Pacific in 2016. According to Adrian De..

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How vehicle fleet management helped in boosting managing operations by 50%

To travel is to live.” This line by HC Andersen explicity puts together the thoughts of people who love to travel,..

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Offline retail lags behind in customer side analytics: Amit Kinariwala, Founder and CEO, trakRYT

How do you inform consumers of the right offers at the right time when they walk in? How can you..

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Wipro bets big on its Open Data Center strategy

The open data center initiative has the potential to completely disrupt the market and change the way data centers are..

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Seagate Continues Push Into Systems Market With AssuredSAN RealStor Updates

Seagate announced improvements to its AssuredSAN line of hybrid appliances.

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Best VoIP & Telephony Certifications For 2016

These VoIP and telephony certifications are in demand in 2016. Find the most valuable telephony certification for your career path on Tom's IT Pro

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WaveMaker Makes Waves In Enterprise Mobile App Development

WaveMaker announced the availability of a hybrid mobile app development tool as part of its Rapid Application Development (RAD) platform. The product is billed as a "zero-code" solution that can automatically create desktop, Android and iOS apps.

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Vera Continues Momentum Into File-Level And Identity Management With Centrify Partnership

Vera announced an additional identity and access management partnership with Centrify.

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PayUbiz redefines mobile payments with ‘One Tap’ technology

Revolutionizing the way mobile payments are made, India’s leading payments organization PayUbiz has unveiled a cutting edge technology called ‘one..

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Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions runs faster with Tally.ERP 9

Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions, a pioneer in surface mobility solutions with over 25 years of experience in passenger..

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Security+ Question of the Week: Session Hijack

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Which of the following typically occurs just before a session is hijacked?

A. Password cracking
B. Social engineering
C. Planting a remote access Trojan
D. Sniffing

 

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Tuesday 8 December 2015

How sample testing machines can save lives

In Mumbai, 2014, Badam Jyothi was admitted to a hospital after being diagnosed with dengue. She was treated for the..

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PMC Addreses Hyperscale SSD Performance Challenges With HBA 1000

PMC released its 16-port HBA 1000 Series, which offers up to 1.3 million IOPS and 6.6 GBps of throughput, all while consuming 60 percent less power.

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Enterprise File Sync And Share (EFSS) 101

Today's enterprise file sync and share offerings are available in three distict models: cloud only, on-premises only and hybrid cloud and on-prem options.

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Artisan Infrastructure Announces Improvements To IT Continuity Engine

Through a modern approach to business continuity and disaster recovery, leveraging cloud technologies and infrastructure automation, the idea of a cost effective and nearly immediate datacenter failover is becoming a reality.

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