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  • Kaseya Launches Policy Management, Directory Services Capabilities

    IT systems management software vendor Kaseya has launched two new products to help IT professionals manage and view their networks. The Kaseya Directory Services product lets customers automate the process of syncing Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure to be visible from within the Kaseya IT Automation Framework while maintaining uniform access and data privileges. Kaseya Directory…

  • Do IT Certifications Still Matter?

    A new report from the IT employment experts at Foote Partners has found that the premium that companies pay for IT certifications are at their lowest point since 1999, while many non-certified skills remain at the top of employers’ wish list. "This is the largest gap in pay for skills and certifications in ten years,"…

  • Google Apps VAR Cloud Sherpas Buys Omnetic

    Google Apps reseller Cloud Sherpas is expanding to the West Coast, thanks to an acquisition of smaller rival Omnetic. Terms of the deal, announced June 2, were not made public. Cloud Sherpas is the largest reseller of the Google Apps cloud computing collaboration suite in the United States. The Atlanta-based company has migrated more than…

  • Ethernet Prices Drop as Cisco, HP and Juniper Competition Intensifies

    Cisco Systems is facing increasing pressure from Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks in an Ethernet switching market that saw revenue decline in the first quarter, due to pricing competition, cutbacks in public spending and seasonal softness, according to market research firms Canalys and Dell’Oro Group. In separate reports issued June 1, analysts with the both firms…

  • HP WebOS Could Give Microsoft Windows 8 Competition

    Just as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) unveils an early look at Windows 8, its next-generation operating system, it faces the prospect of renewed competition from another operating system: Hewlett-Packard’s webOS, which the manufacturer apparently intends to port onto devices other than its own. "I happen to believe that webOS is a uniquely outstanding operating system," HP CEO…

  • Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hitting the Streets June 8

    Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZW) and T-Mobile will begin offering the long-awaited, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 June 8 on a limited basis with Google’s Android 3.1 "Honeycomb" operating system. Available in metallica gray or glossy white, Verizon’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 is equipped with a 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) broadband radio, and will be available for preorder only…

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