Recent Articles
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Patriot Adds Asset Management Vendor
IT security and management vendor BigFix has formed a partnership with solution provider Patriot Technologies to provide asset discovery and systems management solutions to all U.S. federal agencies, including those that fall under the Department of Defense, such as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, all military departments, NATO, defense agencies, and intelligence…
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TomorrowNow Shuts Down Customer Support Program
Embattled SAP subsidiary TomorrowNow is ending its current customer support program as of Nov. 21, a move that could mean an interruption in service for customers that have yet to set up an alternative. TomorrowNow, which offers third-party application support, is shutting down the service that it offered on its own computers and on its…
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Nimsoft Beefs Up Monitoring Technology
IT performance and monitoring vendor Nimsoft is now offering a much more scalable version of its flagship product Nimbus, plus new support for the infrastructure within the LAMP stack. About a quarter of Redwood City, Calif.-based Nimsoft’s customers are MSPs (managed services providers) who use Nimsoft’s service-level monitoring software to help manage and monitor clients’…
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Microsoft Monitoring and Management for the Middle
Microsoft has tweaked its Windows Live OneCare self-updating PC care service to better meet the needs of small user group environments. Windows Live OneCare consists of a set of security and performance tools, all managed by a central console. Security features include anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall feature with automatic updates. Performance tools include backup and…
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Price of Gas Should Fuel Unified Communications
If you spend any time at all traveling on the roads this year for Thanksgiving, it will quickly dawn on you that driving in lots of traffic is not only not fun, it’s expensive. And worse yet, as we move into 2008 we’re probably looking at scenarios where gas reaches $4 a gallon given the…
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Software Is the Star Performer for HP
HP is lauding its software unit as its major growth area, following the vendor’s latest financial results. HP reported net revenue of $28.3 billion, up 15 percent from a year earlier and up 11 percent when adjusted for the effects of currency for its fourth fiscal quarter ended Oct. 31, 2007. GAAP operating profit was…
