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Apparent Networks’ AppView Modules Track App-Specific Performance
Apparent Networks has released the first in a series of application-specific performance management and monitoring modules. AppView Voice was designed to bring Apparent Networks’ monitoring and management capabilities to specific applications for pre-assessment and continuous monitoring purposes, which will give the company’s channel partners an extra ongoing revenue stream. The AppView launch follows five months…
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IT Service Outsourcing Deal Volume On The Rise
While more IT outsourcing services deals are being signed these days, the news is not all good. That’s because the value of the contracts signed has fallen, according to a new report by Ovum. The report revealed that the number of IT outsourcing services deals signed in the second quarter of 2010 was up from…
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ConnectWise 2010 Software Adds APIs for Business Intelligence
ConnectWise has updated its ConnectWise software used by IT service providers, VARs and MSPs, to now include APIs for business intelligence and better ITIL compliance, the company has announced. ConnectWise 2010 includes enhancements to sales and marketing CRM, scheduling, reporting, project and service tracking, inventory and purchasing, invoicing and financial management, the company said. "These…
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Infrastructure-as-a-Service Adoption Growing, Report Finds
Software as a service’s younger sibling just got an ego boost, according to a report from IT research firm Yankee Group. A company survey found 24 percent of large enterprises with cloud experience are already using IAAS (infrastructure as a service), and an additional 37 percent expect to adopt IAAS during the next 24 months.…
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Rise Launches Cloud Services for Channel Partners
Rise, a division of U.K.-based Web hosting company Fasthosts Internet, announced it has expanded its channel-focused cloud computing offerings for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) in North America. The company also announced its first U.S.-based channel partner, Titanium Ant, an IT consultancy and technology management company based in Seattle. Rise has more than 1 million…