Tag: automation

  • ConnectWise Expands Cloud Computing Offerings

    Jessica Davis

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    ConnectWise, a provider of professional service automation applications, says it has developed a cloud-based platform for unified business process management systems to enable easy integration of third-party applications to its platform. The Tampa, Fla.-based company says the new platform provides tight integration between ConnectWise PSA software and other technologies for VARs, MSPs and IT service… Read more

  • HP Adds Virtualization to Business Service Automation Suite

    Channel Insider Staff

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    HP has added virtualization enhancements to its Business Service Automation (BSA) software suite and created a social network to go with it. HP Storage Essentials optimizes capacity allocation and utilization to help manage the increased storage requirements of virtualized data centers and HP Operations Orchestration now offers better provisioning and repurposing of servers and storage… Read more

  • Automation Software Reduces Operational Costs

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    In any business there are tedious manual IT tasks that have to be done on a regular basis, tasks such as printing monthly reports, running maintenance utilities, archival backups, transmitting data and so on. While it is bad enough having to perform these thankless tasks, there are additional downsides—time spent and productivity lost–which in the… Read more

  • Making Money on Data Centers

    Michael Vizard

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    A recent survey conducted by the AFCOM, which is billed as the largest independent association for the data center industry, found that nearly two-thirds of the respondents said they expected their budgets for 2009 to stay the same or increase, while the remaining one-third of those surveyed said they expect to see their budgets cut… Read more

  • 9 Steps to Better Business Automation

    Pedro Pereira

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    For a long time, IT solution providers talked but did not walk for themselves. They automated the businesses of their clients, but neglected their own businesses, often keeping track of billable time and trouble tickets on loose pieces of paper and awkwardly constructed spreadsheets. These bad habits started to change a few years ago when… Read more

  • Coming Soon: Managed Services for iPhones

    Lawrence Walsh

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    In just 18 months since its debut, the Apple iPhone commands the third largest market share for smartphones in the North American market. In 2008, the number of iPhone users soared more than 325 percent, and an increasing number of people are turning in their BlackBerry and Symbian-based devices in favor of Steve Jobs’ handheld… Read more