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Red Hat adds app lifecycle tools to PaaS preview

Posted November 15, 2011 - 12:50 pm

Red Hat has outfitted its OpenShift hosted application platform with a set of application development lifecycle tools to simplify deployment on the PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service), the company announced Tuesday.
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Cloud-based DNS outperforms in-house systems, study shows

Posted October 11, 2011 - 3:41 pm

A new vendor-sponsored study of the 1,000 biggest websites quantifies how much better third-party managed service providers are doing at operating DNS services across the Internet cloud than enterprises that run this critical network service themselves.
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Ingres rolls out cloud database offerings

Posted March 9, 2011 - 9:05 pm

Database vendor Ingres is targeting public and private clouds, announcing on Wednesday three managed services for application development, storage and analytics.
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Keeping your cloud packed up nice and tidy

Posted November 17, 2010 - 5:25 pm

Managed service/hosting company Datapipe offers to keep the slice of IT infrastructure you keep running on Amazon, assuming it's important enough that you'd rather it didn't crash unnoticed at midnight.
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Mobility as a managed IT service

Posted May 25, 2010 - 8:32 pm

BoxTone's next generation of mobility management software is designed to let IT groups treat mobility as an information service.
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Enterprises look for help managing security logs

Posted February 22, 2010 - 1:28 pm

Managed SIM services started to gain momentum over the past two years, largely due to compliance mandates such as the Payment Card Industry data security requirements.
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Managed services deliver affordable print management

Posted February 12, 2010 - 8:42 pm

Looking at the maze of printing devices in any organization, it is clear we are still a ways off from the completely digitized work environment. Out of necessity, convenience and personal preference, the majority of today’s workers still use printers, copiers and fax machines.
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An MSP piggybacks on good vibes from Cisco/Tandberg deal

Posted October 14, 2009 - 8:46 pm

Cisco's acquisition of Tandberg and its midmarket videoconferencing products has been the subject of much analysis in the past two weeks. But we have to recognize managed service provider mvision for putting out a release on Monday that capitalizes on the good vibes, even though the London-based company had nothing to do with the deal.
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Verizon, McAfee form security alliance

Posted October 8, 2009 - 11:35 am

Verizon Business and McAfee have entered into a strategic agreement that will give Verizon Business customers access to McAfee's entire line of enterprise security products and services.
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Security for small business – How to make the most of managed security services

Posted July 6, 2009 - 9:14 am

A growing number of small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) are turning to managed security services to protect their networks, systems and information. Using managed services can be a sensible strategy for companies that have limited security staff and resources—and it gives them access to expertise they don't have in-house.
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Alcatel-Lucent will team with HP to sell telecom products

Posted June 18, 2009 - 9:35 am

Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent and IT vendor Hewlett-Packard plan to jointly market their products to businesses looking for converged IT and communications systems.
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SaaS Vendors Grow in Uncertain Times

Posted May 12, 2009 - 1:27 pm

As we witness the spectacular collapse of the Industrial Era business model, built on doing everything in-house and collecting companies up and down the supply chain to form a conglomeration, it becomes clear that something has to change. This is where SaaS comes in.
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Azaleos launches managed SharePoint service

Posted April 16, 2009 - 9:25 am

Managed service provider Azaleos Wednesday introduced a remote monitoring service for Microsoft SharePoint that covers the server and other necessary infrastructure.
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Boeing Saves Big By Cutting Imaging Costs

Posted March 30, 2009 - 10:07 am

Hitting "Ctrl+P" can cost your business more than you think. It certainly did at aerospace giant Boeing.
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How Boeing Used Managed Services to Cut Imaging Costs

Posted March 30, 2009 - 10:05 am

By standardizing printing devices and services, Boeing shaved 27 percent off total imaging costs.
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Glasshouse offers to tease out virtualization ROI

Posted March 23, 2009 - 10:08 am

IT consultancy Glasshouse Technologies has launched a managed service to help companies manage their virtualization infrastructures, as well as optimize its return on investment (ROI).
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AMD to bring HD gaming and movies to mobile phones

Posted January 9, 2009 - 10:46 am

AMD CEO Dirk Meyer said the company is working to deliver HD gaming to mobile devices through a new "graphics supercomputer."
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Verizon service steps up analysis of security risks

Posted January 8, 2009 - 2:20 pm

Verizon Business is boosting the vulnerability-scanning and risk-correlation capabilities in its managed security services lineup.
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Windows 7 is less of a resource-hog than Vista

Posted January 8, 2009 - 9:42 am

Microsoft's Windows 7 OS should be less of a resource hog than Vista, based on system requirements published Wednesday.
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Ballmer sets loose Windows 7 public beta

Posted January 7, 2009 - 9:37 pm

Rumors proved true as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed off the Windows 7 beta during his Wednesday night keynote at CES.
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Samsung to unveil 7mm thick TV at CES

Posted January 4, 2009 - 8:41 pm

Samsung plans to unveil a flat-panel TV that's as thin as 6.5mm at this week's CES show, it said Sunday.
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Dell refreshes Optiplex line, offers Atom-based thin client

Posted October 28, 2008 - 10:45 am

Dell will add 10 new models to its line of Optiplex desktops, including a thin client computer based on Intel's Atom processor. The company will also expand the availability of its Flexible Computing and Managed Desktop services.
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Dell's direct managed services pilot

Posted September 17, 2008 - 9:19 am

Over the past year or so, Dell has made some overtures towards the channel in an attempt to build relationships, but they may well be shooting themselves in the foot with their new direct managed services pilot in the New York market, just announced yesterday.
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The Planet rolls out new hosting support services

Posted July 8, 2008 - 1:31 pm

Server hosting provider The Planet is introducing new services that it hopes will appeal to customers who might need varying amounts of support depending on their hosted projects.
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Presidio launches managed network services

Posted June 18, 2008 - 10:56 am

Presidio Networked Solutions, a systems integrator based in Greenbelt, Md., has formed a business unit that specializes in network-management services.
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