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Revamped Riverbed Tools Help Accelerate WANs
Application delivery controller vendor Riverbed Technology on Aug. 28 launched new versions of its Steelhead appliance and software aimed at enterprises ready to scale their WAN optimization/application acceleration technology. Claiming that enterprises are poised to move beyond the tire kicking, pilot stage of the technology adoption, Riverbed created three new models of its Steelhead appliance,…
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Microsoft Offers Broader Support for Legacy Products
Microsoft seems to have finally cottoned onto the fact that it can drive revenue from the use of legacy software by some of its largest customers, announcing on Aug. 28 a new Custom Support Agreement program. The new CSA plan extends Microsoft’s current product support program, which offers five years of mainstream support followed by…
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CA to Focus Channel Marketing on a Limited Product Set
Software maker CA will limit its major go-to-market channel resources to just nine enterprise and commercial product areas out of its vast portfolio, allowing it to target resources at the hottest products and markets. Sales and technical support will continue for the rest of the Islandia, N.Y., company’s 1,200-plus products, but major marketing, advertising and…
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Software Piracy Earns Fla. Man 6-Year Prison Term
A federal judge sentenced the owner of a Web site that peddled more than $4 million’s worth of pirated software from such companies as Adobe Systems, Autodesk and Macromedia, to six years in federal prison, the Department of Justice announced Aug. 25. The Web site owner, Danny Ferrer, 37, of Lakeland, Fla., must also pay…
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Linux Installs Made Easier
Instalinux.com is a handy Web site from which users can create customized installation images for a handful of different Linux distributions. The site’s service, SystemDesigner, is free, and administrators should find it particularly helpful when provisioning multiple machines—either physical or virtualized. The Instalinux site was put together by former Hewlett-Packard employee Chris Slater, and SystemDesigner…
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Will the Enterprise Go for Google’s Apps?
Google’s plan to offer a bundle of hosted office applications sparks a lot of talk about the search giant’s chances of upending Microsoft’s Office juggernaut, but leaves one question unanswered: Will enterprise customers give Google a chance? On Monday, Google announced Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of ad-supported communications tools such as Google…
