Recent Articles
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9 Ways to Look Good to Your Company
At a time when many organizations have frozen or reduced salaries and bonuses; suspended discretionary spending; laid off staff; and reduced employer contributions to company sponsored share purchase and/or retirement plans, employee morale and engagement have likely been negatively impacted. While we can argue that "it’s the economy, stupid", and await better times, employers are…
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End Users Willing to Switch Suppliers for Recovery Management
Computer Associates has announced the results of a global study indicating that while most enterprise and SMB IT organizations are satisfied with their current backup product, 70 percent of them would consider switching to backup that is integrated with other key recovery management functions, including replication and CDP. The study showed that key business objectives,…
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Dell, Perot Systems Target Electronic Medical Records
PC, server and storage vendor Dell and health care technology solution provider Perot Systems are teaming up in a strategic alliance to take advantage of the economic stimulus package funds earmarked for health care and available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Analysts and solution provider resellers have identified health care as one of…
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VMware Promises to Cut Server Costs by Half
VMware has announced a new promotional program that guarantees at least 50 percent savings on server hardware. Customers participating in the promotional program will work with the VMware Professional Services organization to deploy VMware’s virtualization platform on existing servers using established best practices. Customers will not have to pay for the design and implementation services…
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Data Robotics Device Automates Data Storage for Small Business
Data Robotics’ Drobo automated storage device was a massive hit among consumers, with more than 60,000 units sold in the last year and a half. Capitalizing on that success and demand from the reseller channel, Data Robotics is going after IT professionals and the small business market with its DroboPro. DroboPro offers more drives, capacity…
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Websense Launches First Security Appliance
Providing solution providers with an additional weapon in their security arsenal, Websense announced the release of its first appliance to deliver gateway security that includes Web filtering, traffic inspection and deep inspection of Web 2.0 content. The Websense V10000 signals a change in the Websense model, which had been a software-only security vendor. By providing…