Well, you just GOTTA love this quote from an article on ITWorld Canada: IT's biggest money waster No. 1: Dusty software licenses Collectively, U.S. companies are paying billions for shelfware -- whether it's software that was never adopted or for employees they no longer have, and often at prices that are higher than what is actually needed. A 2010 IDC survey of midsize and large businesses found that well over half of enterprise applications are underutilized, with anywhere from 25 percent … [Read more...]
ZENworks 11 Product Announcement
October 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
This is the product announcement recently released by Novell for ZENworks Configuration Management 11, slated for release on...November 11th! 11 on 11.11! This is going to be an awesome release, and we cannot wait to start upgrading our existing customer base as well as introducing new customers to this incredible product family! UPDATE The official release of ZENworks 11 has been pushed back to January 2011. It'll make Happy New Year mean THAT much more! Check back here for … [Read more...]
Adobe Releases Security Update
August 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Adobe is expected to release an out-of-band security update today to address a problem with its popular Reader software. The exploit allows an attacker to corrupt a PC's memory by delivering a PDF with a specially-crafted Truetype font. Now...how quickly can you deliver this important patch to all of your desktops? If you had ZENworks Patch Management, this kind of news would make you yawn. You would simply login to your console, highlight the patch, setup the deployment and then go home to … [Read more...]
Are YOU Dealing with a Weak Hull?
July 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
Until the wreck of the Titanic was discovered in 1985, historians had always assumed that the iceberg it hit had torn a gash in the ship's hull. The side of the ship that hit the iceberg is now buried under the ocean floor, but scientists were able to use sonar technology to examine the area. It was discovered that the hull had actually buckled from the impact with the iceberg, allowing water to fill the lower compartments. Small pieces of the Titanic's hull were brought back to the surface … [Read more...]