Winter 2010-2011
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We're off to a great start in 2011. Below is a summary of noteworthy developments.
Product News Company News
New Demos/Presentations Market Research: Social Media
Industry Recognition Events
Customer Feedback Articles of Interest

Product News
eG Enterprise Now Available as a Subscription Service
Initially announced for use by Citrix XenDesktop users, the eG Enterprise “On Tap” service is now available as a subscription service for use by enterprises and service providers for monitoring any physical, virtualized or cloud-based IT infrastructure. Read more >>

New Demos/Presentations
A Real-World Example of the Value of Integrated Configuration and Performance Monitoring
Unexpected or unauthorized changes to configuration settings in various IT resources are a frequent cause of infrastructure problems. To address this situation, eG made configuration and change tracking one of the key enhancements of the eG Enterprise version 5 announced last year. A new narrated presentation provides real life examples of the importance of integrating configuration tracking with performance monitoring. View presentation >>

Five Myths of Virtualization Management
The virtualization market has seen a dramatic growth in the last few years. Many recent industry surveys have pointed that a majority of enterprises are over 30% virtualized. Monitoring and management has become crucial as virtualization further penetrates the enterprise. In this presentation, we consider five of the most common misconceptions about virtualization monitoring and management, and how eG Enterprise replaces myths with facts. View video as posted by Virtual Strategy Magazine >>
 
 
Industry Recognition
eG Included in Gartner’s Event Correlation Magic Quadrant for Second Straight Year.
Gartner recently released its Magic Quadrant for IT Event Correlation and Analysis, 2010. This Magic Quadrant addresses mature and emerging products that help IT organizations consolidate, analyze and respond to component-level IT infrastructure events, improve event-to-incident/problem resolution processes, and improve alignment between events and business-oriented IT services. Compared to the past, this year Gartner laid down stringent criteria for vendors to be included. Several did not meet these criteria, but we did. Read more>>
 
Customer Feedback
Many thanks to Mr. Jacob Ackerman, director of information technology at Caterease.com, for taking the time to write about his experiences with eG Innovations software and services. We value every one of our customer relationships, and it is accolades like these that motivate us to even greater heights. Full story >>

 
Company News
Looking back: 2010 was a banner year at eG Innovations!
A fast changing market, demanding environments to work in, and growing competition all meant that we had to put in a lot of hard work throughout the year. It was therefore very satisfying that we had a very strong end to the last year. In fact, the last quarter was our best quarter ever! Read more >>
   
Looking ahead: eG's 2011 Predictions
As a new year begins, people make resolutions and predictions. The first exercise is often a wish list, soon forgotten. But predictions are different, since they based on careful thought and analysis. See what eG predicts the new year holds for the impact of management technologies on virtualization and cloud computing, as published by NetworkWorld >>
 
Market Research: Social Media
Do you use social media to interact with peers and colleagues about technology vendors and products?  If yes:

1. How often do you use social media for this purpose?
2. Which social media sites/services have you found most useful?
3. How much importance do you attach to social media exchanges about vendors and products?
4. Do you trust information transmitted over the social media from individuals you don't know?

If “no” to the first question above, why don't you use social media for this purpose?

Please help us with this research by emailing your responses to the numbered questions to us at surveys@eginnovations.com
 
Events
Geek Day, Renaissance Grand Hotel, St. Louis, MO; March 10
 
Regional VMUG, April 20; San Diego
 
 
Regional VMUG, April 28; Wisconsin
 
Virtualization Forum, May 3; Washington, DC
Virtualization Forum, May 11; New York
   
 
Regional VMUG, May 10; Philadelphia
 
BriForum, May 10-11; London
 
 
Articles of Interest

Enterprise Cloud Services: The agenda
Assessing your IT infrastructure for desktop virtualization
Virtualization User To Save $50 Million with 300% ROI
 

 
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