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CDW Corporation

Founded in 1984, CDW is a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government and education.

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5 Ways to Cut Energy Costs

5 Ways to Cut Energy Costs

Considering the current economy, it's imperative to consider the obvious and not so obvious ways to minimize IT energy bills.

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CDW Outsourcing Case Study

CDW Outsourcing
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Allied Solutions needed to strengthen their existing network infrastructure to comply with industry regulations. CDW made it happen.

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Cutting the Cord

Cutting the Cord

Offering a central point of control, KVM switches can play a key role in helping IT administrators manage hardware and software.

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Java, BlackBerry desktop get security bug fixes
Sun Microsystems and Research In Motion have issued critical bug fixes for security issues with their products.
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Microsoft cleans up bugs after biggest patch release
After releasing its largest-ever group of security patches two weeks ago, Microsoft has done a little cleaning up.
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Mozilla blocks Microsoft's sneaky Firefox plug-in
Mozilla late Friday blocked the Microsoft-made software that had put Firefox users at risk from attack.
Forrester Study: The Total Economic Impact of Oracle Identity Manager WHITE PAPER
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Oracle. Leveraging existing investment and cutting costs have become key IT...
38 Oracle security patches coming next week
After a record-setting week of Microsoft and Adobe security patches, Oracle is gearing up for a major update of its own next week.
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IE, GDI flaws good place for IT to start Patch Tuesday cleanup, experts say
With 13 patches released on Patch Tuesday, IT administrators have a daunting task of just deciding where to get started. Experts advise that the best...
MS changes tune, says attackers are exploiting new bug
One of the 34 bugs Microsoft patched on Tuesday is more serious than it first appeared.
SIP Trunking is Key to Accelerating Unified Communications Deployments WHITE PAPER
Overcome common unified communications (UC) deployment challenges by better understanding the cost and networking benefits of embracing UC as well as...
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Microsoft plans monster Patch Tuesday next week
Microsoft will deliver its largest-ever number of security updates on Tuesday to fix flaws in every version of Windows, as well as IE, Office, SQL...
After attacks, Adobe patches now come faster
Hackers like Adobe Systems, and now the company knows it all too well.
iWork update delivers a number of fixes
Apple released an update to its iWork suite of personal productivity tools on Monday. The iWork '09 9.0.3 includes fixes for suite-wide issues as the...
Effectively Integrating Wireline and Wireless Services for Seamless Communication WHITE PAPER
Reduce costs, minimize complexity and improve worker productivity by integrating your wireline and wireless services. Respected consulting firm IDC...
Cisco patches a dozen router bugs
Cisco Systems has released its twice-yearly set of security patches for its router firmware, fixing 12 security flaws in the products.
7 Ways Security Pros DON'T Practice What They Preach
IT security pros spend oodles of time trying to hammer best practices into the heads of fellow employees. But in an informal poll conducted by...
Apple issues security updates for Leopard, Tiger
On the same day that Apple released the first update to OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, the company also issued a slew of security updates for Tiger and...
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Blue Stripe Software

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Improving Application Performance Troubleshooting

Diagnosing why an application is slow is hard, at times taking days or weeks to isolate and resolve. This paper explains the challenges involved using current management tools, provides a 'wish list' for application management and analysis, and explains the need for an application system-wide approach that monitors entire applications, not components.

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Virtual Vigilance: Managing Application Performance in Virtual Environments

This paper highlights the impact of virtualization on application performance.  "Managing Application Performance in Virtual Environments" states: "Best-in-Class organizations are predominately taking actions around improving visibility across both physical and virtual systems, assessing the business impact of application performance and understanding interdependencies of applications in virtualized environments."

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Application Service Requests: The Missing Link for Pragmatic ITSM

Forrester Research analyst Glenn O'Donnell and BlueStripe co-founder Vic Nyman discuss a breakthrough approach to application problem management. Learn the new approach for ITSM problem management, which provides: Rapid isolation of application slow-downs to specific components for quick problem resolution, 24/7 monitoring for proactive notification of potential issues before end users are impacted and much more.

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