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  • Connectwise, Level Platforms, Quosal Roll Out Updates

    The first news came last week from Level Platforms, which took the lid off of added functionality to its Managed Workplace platform that improves managed service providers’ monitoring and support capabilities . With this new release Level Platforms added a new remote tools function and a new plug-in Service Module architecture to extend the Policy…

  • Portability, Productivity Attract Business Users to Tablets

    Tablet computers like Apple’s iPad, Google Android-powered devices and others represent the latest device to bridge the worlds of both home and office, in part because of their convenience, ease of use and portability, according to a Staples Advantage survey of more than 200 tablet users at companies of various sizes and across industries. According…

  • Trend Micro Debuts Security Suite Titanium 2012

    Security specialist Trend Micro launched Titanium 2012, a suite of online security products based in the cloud that offer threat protection in a user-friendly interface. Trend Micro provides additional protection with value-added products bundled with Titanium Maximum Security, including a tool that visually identifies safe and malicious links on social networking sites like Facebook and…

  • Microsoft Office 365, Google Apps More Different Than The Same

    Over the past several years, one of the most-watched, and yet least substantial, business application rivalries has been that between Microsoft and Google. In one corner, we ve had Microsoft, with its lineup of ubiquitous, category-defining on-premises server and thick-client productivity applications, and in the other corner, we ve had Google, with its popular Webmail…

  • Zyxel Launches Dual-Band Wireless-N Router

    Zyxel Communications, a provider of secure broadband networking, Internet connectivity, home entertainment and routing products, announced the availability of the NBG5715, a simultaneous dual-band, 450M-bps wireless-N router. Marketed as a premium model in Zyxel’s wireless-N series, the NBG5715 creates two separate, concurrent networks to double performance compared with a traditional router. The NBG5715 is currently…

  • IBM, HP in Tie for Worldwide Server Lead: IDC

    IBM, fueled by a 24.5 percent jump in revenues, moved into a statistical tie with Hewlett-Packard as the world’s top server vendor, according to second-quarter market numbers from market research firm IDC. IBM saw growth in all segments, including a 61.1 percent jump in revenue — to $1.2 billion — from its System z mainframe…

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