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Bomgar Offers an Appliance for All Remote Support Needs
Pity the poor help desk worker, often tasked to solve near impossible problems with nothing more than a telephone and a sense of humor. Add to that the distributed nature of today’s enterprises, and it is easy to see why good help desk folks are hard to find. Bomgar (formerly NetworkStreaming) is aiming to make…
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What Cisco Could Teach Carmakers
At the North America International Auto Show in Detroit this week, the desperation of U.S. automakers is palpable. While they roll out hybrid cars, electric concept vehicles and plans for more efficient products over the next two years, the inescapable truth is that the Big 3—General Motors, Ford and Chrysler—are playing catch-up to their foreign…
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ASUS`s Eee Box Brings Atom to the Desktop
Mention Intel’s Atom processor and thoughts of sub-notebook computers come to mind. After all, manufacturers such as Asus, MSI, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and others have launched successful product lines consisting of mini-notebooks that leverage what the Atom is all about—very low power usage and cost. Asus has experienced that success first hand with its popular line…
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HP ProCurve Proving its Mettle
Could Hewlett-Packard’s ProCurve networking line finally be getting some respect? While other areas of technology are limping along financially, sales of ProCurve products are growing by leaps and bounds. In HP’s third fiscal quarter of 2008, which ended in July, ProCurve revenue and port growth expanded to more than twice the rate of the networking…
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Contract Law: Check the Fine Print on Partner Agreements
Solution providers that want to do business with vendors typically have to sign a contract binding them to certain rules and regulations. In return, they receive special pricing and benefits from the vendor. While not always a true partnership, it’s the basic principle of the channel that works well … sometimes. A groundbreaking lawsuit last…
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Trend Micro, BigFix Team Up for Endpoint Security Management
A new partnership between security vendor Trend Micro and systems management vendor BigFix will give solution providers tools for managing and securing enterprise customers’ globally distributed endpoints. Trend Micro will license BigFix’s unified management platform software and extend it across all of Trend Micro’s endpoint security products, providing simplified management of mobile devices, remote office…
