Today's Favorite Articles.

Microsoft to add new management feature to Windows server 2008, from Network World;

“By the end of the year, System Center, the management console for Windows Server, Hyper-V, and other Microsoft systems, will get an add-on component, System Center Advisor, which automatically collects information on your server configurations, notifies you of known or potential problems, and recommends a best practice alternative.”

To continue the rest of the article………………

http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229400098&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_All

“10 Ways Linux is making life better.”

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/222728/10_ways_linux_is_making_life_better.html#tk.nl_bpx_h_cbstories

Microsoft believes private clouds are the thing of next big thing.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/222875/private_cloud_can_prevent_end_runs_around_it_microsoft_says.html#tk.nl_bpx_h_crawl

GoDaddy to support the new DNS standard DNSSEC.

“With more than 47 million domain names under management, GoDaddy has a huge DNS infrastructure that it has upgraded to support the emerging Internet security standard known as DNSSEC for DNS Security Extensions.”

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032311-godaddy-dnssec.html?page=1

“Four tech startups to watch.”

http://www.imediaconnection.com/summits/coverage/28700.asp?imcid=coverage

Here’s an inside look at how Microsoft views the future tv and how product placement plays a roll.

http://www.imediaconnection.com/summits/coverage/28701.asp?imcid=coverage

In the article the Microsoft Veep talks about his digital home. Digital home?!  What happened to going outside and playing games with the kids in the backyard or down at the park? A problem with modern society is that we are so tech focused that we loose sight of what’s important in our lives, like getting outside with the family, and getting away from our cell phones and pda’s so that we can enjoy the small things in life, like quality time with the wife and kids. Reconnect with the family, friends and work can wait.

Sometimes the slow move to the cloud is the right thing to do.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/the-case-slowing-your-move-the-cloud-284?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-03-23

“Industry split on new Ethernet standard.” Some deep tech speak here…..

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032211-trill-ietf-data-center.html?page=1