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Managed IT Services Users Benefit From Cost Savings: ComptTIA
Organizations that rely on managed services providers for some or all of their information technology needs are reaping significant annual costs savings, according to a study published today by CompTIA, a nonprofit association for the IT industry. The Trends in Managed Services study revealed that among current users of managed services, 46 percent of firms…
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HP PSG Decision Coming Soon: DiFranco
Despite uncertainty surrounding the future path of HP’s Personal Systems Group, channel sales grew in the most recent quarter and solution providers will continue to play a key role in HP’s ongoing success, no matter what the company ultimately decides to do with PSG, a top executive told attendees at Synnex’s recent partner conference. “The…
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Mastering Mobile Device Management
The inclination among employees to bring personal mobile devices into the workplace is creating serious challenges for companies that have to protect their networks against unauthorized use. IT managers often don’t even know what or how many devices are tapping their networks, and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out how dangerous that is.…
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Top Tales of IT Terror
Top Tales of IT Terror It Came From the DeepThe data recovery experts at Kroll Ontrack once received a laptop that had been absolutely soaked in saltwater. The story goes that the guy who owned the notebook had brought it with him on vacation so he could catch up on email on the beach. At…
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Steve Jobs’ Biography Reveals Apple’s Design Process
Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs offers a glimpse into the top-secret design lab for Apple products, in the process revealing a good deal about the working relationship between the former Apple CEO, who died earlier this month, and his chief designer, Jonathan Ive. Apple heavily restricts access to that lab, which according to…
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Symantec: Businesses Suffer From Cyber-Security Delusions
The majority of small business owners believe Internet security is critical to their success and that their companies are safe from ever increasing cyber security threats even as many fail to take fundamental precautions, according to a survey of U.S. small businesses sponsored by Symantec and the National Cyber Security Alliance and conducted by Zogby…
