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  • Altiris Installation Tool Supports Vista

    Altiris announced Jan. 10 the release of an installation development tool that supports the installations of Windows Vista, 64-bit Windows operating systems and Windows Mobile 5 devices. Altiris’ Wise Installation Studio 7.0 will allow software developers to put together applications in a virtual software archive format, which will help remove file and registry conflicts between…

  • Vista Upgrade Is a Long Way Off, Say IT Pros

    It might be the most publicized and monitored technology release this year, but it will be awhile before Microsoft’s Windows Vista makes an enterprise mark, according to a monthly report on the state of the tech job market published Jan. 10 by New York-based Dice, an IT careers site. When asked how quickly they expected…

  • Commonwealth Survey Finds Health IT a High Priority

    A survey of nearly 300 leading health experts puts increasing information technology as the third highest health care priority for Congress to address in the next five years. In Commonwealth Fund’s ninth annual online survey of health experts, four-fifths of respondents deemed increasing IT to improve quality of care as “absolutely essential” or “very important.”…

  • The iPhone’s Lesson for the Industry

    Ya gotta love the moxie. While demonstrating Apple’s new iPod-like phone, which famous pop music album did Steve Jobs pick to show off the gadget’s features? “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” Never mind that iTunes, Apple’s online music store, which feeds the iPod, doesn’t even carry Sgt. Pepper’s. Or any of the Beatles titles…

  • The Channel Take on eWEEK Labs’ Best Products for 2006

    At the end of the day if you’re a solution provider, you want to make sure that you hitch your wagon to at least a few hot products in 2006 on the assumption that increased demand for those products will not only drive more revenue, but perhaps more importantly, expand your customer base. So with…

  • VARs Adopt ‘Smarter’ Managed Services Model

    Do IT Smarter has recruited 75 channel partners since it decided a year ago to phase out of the end-user business to instead become an intermediary between managed services providers and software tool vendors. Encouraged by the response thus far, the San Diego-based company is stepping up recruiting efforts and aims to enlist 100 to…

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