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Exchange Server 2010 requirements, features guide: VAR considerations
VARs would be smart to check out all of the pertinent Exchange Server 2010 requirements and features to determine if they can perform and make money off of Exchange Server 2010 upgrades for customers. Guide
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Optimizing Windows 7 application performance
Reading these application performance optimization tips will help you launch and install applications efficiently while optimizing Windows 7 to run programs more effectively. Chapter Excerpt
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Partner Program Directory: Application performance management vendors
There's a wide range of application performance management vendors. Use our partner program directory to compare the benefits of various vendors' programs. Partner Program Directory
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System Recovery and Diagnostic Tricks: ReadyBoost and SuperFetch
Learn how Vista's ReadyBoost can add "memory" to your client's system and how SuperFetch keeps track of your most-used applications. This chapter excerpt from "Tricks of the Microsoft Windows Vista Masters" provides information on how these performan... Chapter Excerpt
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The benefits of application virtualization
Application virtualization can bring benefits to your customers such as ease of maintenance and greater portability. It comes after server virtualization and can be the right solution when desktop virtualization is overkill. Feature
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Are there any application interdependencies?
Talking to clients about their application interdependencies is important before starting a blade server virtualization project. It's vital during an outage to ensure that all applications, on virtual blade servers or not, work together. FAQ
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Deploying service support for systems management
The breadth of service support operations you have to perform as a channel professional is labor intensive. Understand the elements of service support, as outlined in this excerpt from Chapter 5, "Implementing System Management Services, Part 1: Depl... Book Excerpt
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Release management
Release management helps you preserve customers' production systems when new software and hardware is deployed. Learn about release management processes in this book excerpt by Dan Sullivan. Book Excerpt
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Configure USB devices to Linux: task 2.4
Configuring USB devices to a Linux system important because most accessories now interface through computers with them. Learn more here. Book Excerpt
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Managing Linux hardware and the kernel: Introduction
Hardware management for Linux software requires a particular set of street smarts. Learn the lay of the land and offer this knowledge to your customers. Book Excerpt
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Application virtualization management suite due from Symantec
The Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite offers to manage physical, virtual and hybrid environments. Read all about it, plus Ubuntu certification news, in our weekly roundup. Article | 20 Feb 2009
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Service-oriented management in the channel
Service-oriented management (SOM) is becoming a hot channel opportunity. Dan Sullivan, author of "The Definitive Guide to Service-Oriented Systems Management," recently discussed how VARs can take advantage of this systems management approach. Interview | 19 Feb 2007
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Vendors push out updates to POS at retail conference
New versions from Microsoft, HP, Oracle and others heat up the IT side of the National Retail Federation conference. Article | 18 Jan 2007
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Wachovia insources mainframe code maintenance
Pressed by worried auditors, Wachovia launched a project that would take maintenance of its core mainframe applications out of the hands of a small value-added reseller (VAR) and put it back within its own IT department, saving costs and netting anot... Article | 10 Oct 2006
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Application delivery services can save customers money, help VARs
Apps are everywhere and VARs can capitalize on this trend by providing Web application delivery services that reduce time and costs for customers. Tip
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Providing customers value with JBoss managed services
While there are more well-known middleware products out there, VARs can help their customers save money by offering JBoss managed services and moving applications to JBoss. Tip
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Using Exchange 2010 high availability to boost hardware sales
Exchange 2010 high availability helps solutions providers increase hardware sales, thanks to new database availability groups for mailbox server clusters. Tip
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Windows 7 XPM improves application compatibility for your customers
With Windows 7 XP Mode (XPM), you can help customers overcome the application compatibility problems that typically occur during operating system upgrades. Tip
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Top three system monitoring tools
Choosing a system monitoring tool to recommend to your customers is complex, made more so by the number of products on the market. To help speed up the selection process, we chose the top three products for you to consider. Tip
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Addressing IT decision makers' concerns about Software as a Service
For a long time, IT departments have had concerns about Software as a Service; the resistance can be traced to concerns about reliability and security, integration, customizability, accessibility and job security. Find out how to best respond to the ... Tip
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Get Vista, virtualization and Office 2.0 on your 2007 training agenda
Cutting costs and saving space are the name of the game in 2007. Help your customers do both by understanding and selling Windows Vista, virtualization, Office 2.0 and VoIP technologies. Tip
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Windows Vista compatibility: How to test application compatibility
Windows Vista compatibility will likely impact everyone who upgrades to the new Microsoft operating system. Contributor Jon Hassell explains how to test application compatibility. Tip
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Choosing which services to sell
The number one service you offer to customers is the ability to implement and integrate products they can not. Ask the Expert
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release management
Release management is a software engineering process intended to oversee the development, testing, deployment and support of software releases. The practice of release management combines the general business emphasis of traditional project managemen... Definition
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Application delivery services can save customers money, help VARs
Apps are everywhere and VARs can capitalize on this trend by providing Web application delivery services that reduce time and costs for customers. Tip
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Providing customers value with JBoss managed services
While there are more well-known middleware products out there, VARs can help their customers save money by offering JBoss managed services and moving applications to JBoss. Tip
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Exchange Server 2010 requirements, features guide: VAR considerations
VARs would be smart to check out all of the pertinent Exchange Server 2010 requirements and features to determine if they can perform and make money off of Exchange Server 2010 upgrades for customers. Guide
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Using Exchange 2010 high availability to boost hardware sales
Exchange 2010 high availability helps solutions providers increase hardware sales, thanks to new database availability groups for mailbox server clusters. Tip
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Windows 7 XPM improves application compatibility for your customers
With Windows 7 XP Mode (XPM), you can help customers overcome the application compatibility problems that typically occur during operating system upgrades. Tip
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Optimizing Windows 7 application performance
Reading these application performance optimization tips will help you launch and install applications efficiently while optimizing Windows 7 to run programs more effectively. Chapter Excerpt
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release management
Release management is a software engineering process intended to oversee the development, testing, deployment and support of software releases. The practice of release management combines the general business emphasis of traditional project managemen... Definition
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Application virtualization management suite due from Symantec
The Symantec Endpoint Virtualization Suite offers to manage physical, virtual and hybrid environments. Read all about it, plus Ubuntu certification news, in our weekly roundup. Article
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Partner Program Directory: Application performance management vendors
There's a wide range of application performance management vendors. Use our partner program directory to compare the benefits of various vendors' programs. Partner Program Directory
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Top three system monitoring tools
Choosing a system monitoring tool to recommend to your customers is complex, made more so by the number of products on the market. To help speed up the selection process, we chose the top three products for you to consider. Tip
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About Application Management Systems and Services
Find out how application management systems can win new business opportunities for systems solutions providers and value-added resellers (VARs). These tips, tutorials and guides include best practices on release management, service-oriented architecture (SOM) and process management. The information from these resources is used to address application management concerns from solutions providers and their customers.