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CA Emphasizes Holistic Enterprise IT Management
CA is focusing its line of management software products on enterprise IT environments, including managing virtualized systems.
Apple Previews Its Next Mac OS 'Snow Leopard'
When released in about a year, Mac OS X 10.6 will be optimized for multicore processors and will focus more on speed and stability than new features.
Data Disposition Must Be A Priority
IT groups rethinking the "save everything forever" approach find deletion and retention policies and tools must be razor sharp to cut through a morass of regulations.
Where SaaS Works
Is it time to give your licensed software the boot? Early users find some things are less of a problem with software services.
Rolling Review: Windows Server 2008 Server Core
Server Core provides a stripped-down and secure Windows build.
E-Commerce Sites Need A Wireless Selling Strategy
Cisco finds that using cell phones as a purchasing point offers a major growth opportunity for retailers.
Metastorm Upgrades BPM Suite
Version 7.6 of the Metastorm BPM strengthens the company's use of Microsoft desktop technologies, including Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Office 2007.
How To Assess Offshore Data Security
Secure offshore outsourcing takes similar strategic thinking as in-house work.
Rollout: Prism EventTracker Log Management System
We put version 6.0 of EventTracker to the test and found it on par with rivals in ease of use, and ahead in scalability.
Smartphone Security: How To Manage Rogue Mobile Devices
A single unsecured smartphone can jeopardize the security of your entire organization. Here's how to manage the risk by using firm IT policies and mobile device management software.
Get Ready For A Wire-Free Enterprise
As the new 802.11n spec, with its increased speed, coverage, and reliability, intersects with a broader selection of vendor offerings, wireless is becoming a viable platform for mission-critical network connectivity.
Voice Is A Bump On Road To Wireless
Until the voice question is answered, organizations should be cautious.
Rolling Review: Patch Up Your Windows
Kaseya targets Microsoft shops that need reliable patch management but are on tight budgets.
HP Edges Up To Virtual Desktops With Mobile Thin Client
HP's 2533t is a mobile thin client with Windows XP Embedded and a gigabyte of flash memory inside.
Citrix Shifts Virtualization Spotlight To Desktops
Citrix Systems is changing its emphasis to focus on delivering virtual services to user desktops, it will tell attendees at its Synergy 2008 user group meeting.
SaaS To The Rescue
On-demand software changed the Humane Society's IT strategy for the better. Can it do the same for your organization?
Rolling Review: Layer 7 SecureSpan XML Networking Gateway
The first entry in our all-in-one SOA appliance review shows that increased competition means lines between product categories are blurring -- and IT is benefiting.
Virtualization's Promise And Problems
The virtual desktop and data center are here, but for this technology to continue taking over the enterprise, I/O and security issues need to be addressed.
Virtualization Has A Security Blind Spot
Along with the flexibility and agility gained through virtualization comes a loss of visibility into network traffic.
IT Spending May Not Be So Recession-Proof, After All
In contrast to its prior survey, Astaro found that the bleak economic outlook is likely to decrease spending on IT security.
Clearwire: Mobile WiMax Before The End Of The Year
CEO Benjamin Wolff reports gains in subscribers and revenues in its first quarter but also greater losses on the way to its national wireless rollout.
SOA Can Deliver On Promise With Right Strategies In Place
Insurers are discovering that a service-oriented architecture -- guided by the right governance and cultural change management strategies -- can deliver on SOA's promise of a more agile IT organization.
VMware: Virtualization Offers A Way To Recover From Disaster
The company touts its newly released Site Recovery Manager as an automation agent that takes over to shift workloads with existing data to the recovery site.
Rolling Review: LANDesk Patch Manager
The fourth entry in our patch management Rolling Review, LANDesk Patch Manager, is a cross-platform offering that, again, relies on agents. Are you sensing a theme here?
Microsoft: 'We've Moved On' From Yahoo
"Yahoo would have been an accelerator, but we've moved on and now we're focused on how fast we can grow organically," Windows Live general manager Brian Hall said.