Tag: automation

  • Channel Execs Say Business Is Growing Steadily

    Channel Execs Say Business Is Growing Steadily

    Pedro Pereira

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    Despite economic indicators that create uncertainty and the misgivings of some VARs, executives at channel companies said replacements of aging equipment and adoption of new technology are fueling steady IT spending. Though no one expects double-digit growth rates similar to those of the 1990s, many VARs said they feel good about business prospects for the… Read more

  • Home Automation Goes from Fad to Market Opportunity

    Home Automation Goes from Fad to Market Opportunity

    Pedro Pereira

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    As anyone can attest who’s ever seen rabid sports fans maneuver for possession of the TV clicker on Super Bowl Sunday, entertainment is a serious business. Even more serious is what happens before the clicker is ever in contention, when homeowners have to call in VARs and integrators to apply their IT experience to home… Read more

  • Exabyte Adds Low-Cost LTO-2 Autoloader

    Exabyte Adds Low-Cost LTO-2 Autoloader

    Karen Schwartz

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    The latest announcement from tape vendor Exabyte Corp. is one more indication that the tape storage market is far from dead. The Boulder, Colo., company announced earlier this week that it has released a rack-mountable LTO-2 tape autoloader that combines the company’s ExaBotics robotics with one field-replaceable LTO-2 drive and seven cartridge slots, providing up… Read more

  • New Apps Let Servers Mind Themselves

    New Apps Let Servers Mind Themselves

    Jeffrey Burt

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    Enhanced server management software from Opsware Inc. and SWsoft Inc. is designed to help businesses push the automation of certain IT tasks, such as patching and provisioning, deeper into their data centers, resulting in reduced costs and increased efficiencies. Opsware, of Sunnyvale, Calif., this week will unveil an upgrade to its namesake data center automation… Read more

  • Automating Business Analytics

    Automating Business Analytics

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    Lawson Software and Best Software Inc., developers of enterprise software for midsize companies, are providing more business automation capabilities for those customers. Lawson, of St. Paul, Minn., last week introduced its Promotions InSight package, which provides retailers with prepackaged analytics. Due in the fourth quarter, Promotions InSight offers quantitative measurement forecasting and analysis capabilities that… Read more

  • HP Acquisitions Bolster OpenView

    HP Acquisitions Bolster OpenView

    Jeffrey Burt

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    Hewlett-Packard Co. is adding to its utility computing strategy by buying management software vendors Consera Software Inc. and Novadigm Inc. Officials with HP, of Palo Alto, Calif., said on Wednesday that the software the two companies make will add to HP’s OpenView software offerings. “Novadigm and Consera will add powerful automation software to HP OpenView,… Read more