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MSPs, SaaS Providers Get a Handle on Cloud Computing Costs With Uptime Software
IT systems management vendor Uptime Software has introduced a new tool designed to help businesses get a handle on the real cost of cloud computing. Uptime Software’s cloud-based tool is designed to provide accurate real-time cost information about cloud computing. The tool was designed with SaaS providers and MSPs in mind to help them price…
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HP Adds Funding to $20 Million Entrepreneur Program
Hewlett-Packard announced solutions, advanced technology and an expanded entrepreneur program aimed at helping small and midsize businesses drive growth, improve employee productivity and protect assets. The company also added 40 new training centers to its global program, HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs. HP Financial Services, the company’s leasing and lifecycle asset-management services division, is offering…
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Public Cloud Unified Communications Adoption Slow: Survey
Among organizations not currently using a public-cloud-based unified communications service, only 10 percent plan to deploy such a service within the next year, according to the findings of a new survey. Respondents to the survey cited concerns over loss of customization, uptime and security. However, among those organizations that cannot or would not deploy public…
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FuzeBox Launches Fuze Telepresence Solution for Interoperability, Mobility
Interoperability between room-based telepresence systems continues to be a focus of such top-tier vendors as Cisco Systems and Polycom. Now a smaller company, FuzeBox, is introducing a product aimed, not only at ensuring interoperability between such systems, but also extending such telepresence conferences to other endpoints, including mobile devices like tablets. FuzeBox s Fuze Telepresence…
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Despite Public Data Breaches, Password Security Still Weak
Despite repeated reminders to select strong passwords and not to reuse them across Websites and services, online users continue to be frighteningly lax in their password security, according to a recent analysis of leaked passwords. Security experts recommend taking a multilayered approach to security. Instead of relying on a single point of failure, organizations should…
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Federal CIO Vivek Kundra Leaves Govermnent for Harvard
The fact that Vivek Kundra has decided to leave the federal government to accept a fellowship at Harvard should surprise no one. There are several reasons why it should have been expected, even predicted, despite the fact that Kundra probably didn t realize it himself initially. First, trying to implement a huge but vague mandate…