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Autotask Mobile Gives Techs Access to Client, Ticket Data
Autotask launched Autotask LiveMobile on Jan. 10, making its business management platform for IT service providers accessible from handheld devices including smart phones, PDAs and PocketPCs. The mobile access is designed to tie the activities of technicians in the field to the platform in real time, allowing solution providers better control over service delivery and…
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Encryption Firm Looks to Channel to Capitalize on Lapses
U.K. data encryption specialist Data Encryption Systems has been acquiring U.S. partners in the hopes of capitalizing on a new product and awareness following a slew of high-profile data security lapses in 2006. In December, DES signed T3, a Centerville, Va.-based security software reseller specializing in federal government clients, which has designs to build a…
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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…
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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…
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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.”…
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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…
