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  • Ex-Sun CEO Schwartz dishes dirt on Gates, Jobs

    Gates offered Sun a patent license. Jonathan Schwartz is starting to share stories about his days at Sun, possibly in preparation for a book. The former CEO of Sun Microsystems has taken to his personal blog, provocatively titled "What I couldn't…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Story • Productivity • Jobs • Book

  • US lifts Internet sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Cuba

    Or the US Government could even negotiate a blanket license for all downloads from embargoed countries with software developers to ensure that our export controls do not prevent dissidents from getting the best tools available.A Treasury…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Spread • Rights • Prevent • Instant Messaging • Communication

  • MIT opens Media Lab Complex

    In turn, all sponsors have royalty-free access to license any technology that the Media Lab develops. MIT has expanded the footprint of its Media Lab with a new US$90 million, 163,000-square-foot modern building.
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Walls • Media Lab • Houses • Glass • Footprint

  • Kaspersky invents security suite for 'expert' user

    Even antivirus is now turning into a free utility.Pure's strength, then, rests on integrating a family of features under one product, and doing so without asking the user to assess different possibly unknown products.Kaspersky Pure is officially…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Password • Lab • Expert • Controls • Bits • Antivirus

  • Microsoft Office 2010 to launch 12 May

    Microsoft will officially launch Office 2010 to businesses at an event slated for 12 May, the company announced today.The company did not immediately respond to questions about the timing of when enterprises with volume license deals will be able…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Volume • Event • Editions • Deals • Consumers • Buyers

  • Microsoft ships Forefront Identity Manager 2010

    Forefront identity Manager works fine in that scenario as well, Cosgrove said.Forefront Identity Manager costs $15,000 plus about $18 for client-access license.In other news announced at the RSA Conference, Microsoft said it has put in the public…
    04 March 2010
    Tags: Title • Shipping • Identity • Employee • American • Active Directory

Latest Features

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    But even VMware customer Scott Lowe, CIO of Westminster College in Missouri, thinks it's time for VMware to lower the cost.As an educational institution, Westminster College gets a discount "but it's still pretty expensive to license," Lowe says.
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine • Management Tools • Forrester Research • Cloud Computing • Apis

  • Is open source the right way to the moon?

    I envision using software and systems based on open source software that will save significant dollars in license costs, but more importantly allow for the rapid development of new applications and features that will be required for the mission.Of…
    04 February 2010
    Tags: Station • Programme • Operator • Mission • Aspects • Administration

  • Windows 7, migration and business continuity

    For many years, I've maintained two parallel tower computers, MAIN and SPARE, each running the almost all the same applications (yes, I buy two licenses for the software when the end-user license agreements don't allow multiple installations).
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Failed • Windows Xp • Installation • Continuity • Drivers • Encrypted

  • Making money from open source: Still an issue

    But not every project will be able to be commercially sold, he added.Open sourcing can work if a usage license is structured with limitations on commercial use, such as what MySQL did with its open source database.
    20 November 2009
    Tags: Library • Audience • License • Paul Krill • Foundation • Revenues

  • Power management providers rated

    My demo version installed fairly easily, although the basic installation required agreeing to 33 end-user license agreements, due to the modular nature of the product. One area that's ripe for power savings is the desktop.
    23 September 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • Schemes • Modified • Manufacturer • Agents • Saves

  • Will free Citrix upgrades boost virtual desktops?

    The end user experience is critical, and there are some really clever things in what Citrix is doing address that -- multiple ways to deploy desktop services and to improve performance enough to fundamentally improve what the users are actually…
    18 September 2009
    Tags: End Users • Endpoint • Continuity • Citrix • Terminal • Virtualization

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How-Tos

  • How to recover missing files

    To make the full version portable, use Notepad to create a file called key.ini, containing nothing but the license key sent to you after you bought the program. If you accidentally delete one or more important files, or if they have otherwise gone…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Recovery • Recover • Portable • Hard Drive • Forum • Delete

  • Microsoft Office 2010 Technology Guarantee: FAQ

    You are not eligible if you have Office 2007 through a volume license (typically business owners with five computers or more); promotional or not-for-resale copies; or bought Office 2007 through the Home Use Rights or Student Select programs.
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Upgrades • Tech • Sign • Purchasing • Guarantee • Check

  • How to deploy Windows 7

    In enterprise deployments, it's best to use a volume license and the product activation approach called Volume Activation (VA) introduced with Vista. For example, if you want BitLocker encryption on the system, perhaps for your laptop deployments…
    06 October 2009
    Tags: Assessment • Virtual Machine • Microsoft Windows • Hypervisor • Editions • Incremental

  • How to get Windows 7 half price

    The downsides to an OEM edition are that the license bans users from transferring the operating system from one PC to another, it comes sans support of any kind, and it can only be used to do a so-called "clean" install, which requires that data…
    29 September 2009
    Tags: Premium • Oem • Charged • Upgrades • Edition • Editions

  • How to secure the Apple iPhone

    To get the details on the policies and their values, check out Microsoft's documentation for Exchange Server 2007 policies)Just a handful of mobile devices support at least some EAS policies: Apple's iPhone, smartphones using Microsoft's Windows…
    25 September 2009
    Tags: Failed • Enabled • Windows Mobile • Configured • Trust • History

  • How to reuse your old virtual hosts

    You could configure new ESX hosts and run them unlicensed, only moving the production licenses to them in the event of a production site failure, but this will make it impossible to test anything while the production site is active without…
    02 September 2009
    Tags: Failover • Hypervisor • Volumes • Vm • Hosts • Snapshot

Reviews

  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 review

    SCVMM 2008 R2 requires a Management License (ML) for each managed operating system environment (OSE). Companies are also figuring out that these virtual machines have special needs and requirements that can multiply very quickly as servers are…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Vm • Virtual Machines • Maintenance • Hosts • Clustering • Cluster

  • Alwil Avast! 4.8 Professional Edition review

    Though Alwil Avast Professional Edition ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license, as of 11/23/09) has a speedy scan rate, that wasn't enough to offset its unimpressive protection from malware infections and its truly annoying interface.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Rate • Scanning • Edition • Signature • Clicking • Pop

  • Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010 review

    Symantec's Norton AntiVirus ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license) offers some terrific extra features and a polished user interface. But subpar performance in one detection category prevented it from capturing the top spot in our chart of…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Scans • Antivirus • Saved • User Interface • Detection • App

  • F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010 review

    While F-Secure Anti-Virus 2010 ($40 for a one-year, 3-PC license, as of 11/19/09) is simple to use and does a reasonable job of blocking malware, it has a few bugs, and it couldn't beat some of its competitors.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Apps • Scan • App • Bugs • Bug

  • BitDefender Antivirus 2010 review

    BitDefender Antivirus ($30 for a one-year, three-PC license) holds its own at dealing with malware, but its interface isn't especially user-friendly. Overall the program earned fourth place in our roundup of stand-alone antivirus programs.
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Apps • Malware • Package • Detection • Block

  • McAfee Antivirus Plus 2010 review

    McAfee Antivirus Plus (formerly VirusScan plus; $40 for a one-year, single-PC license, as of 11/19/09) does well with traditional, signature-based malware detection, but it delivered a large number of false positives and fumbled on essentials like…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Malware • Programs • Detection • Signatures • Signature

White Papers

  • Introducing Management Excellence

    Operational excellence is not a differentiator anymore; it has become a license to just play. Management makes the difference and EPM should be the enabler. It is concerning that the management processes are not as clearly defined as business…
    30 October 2009
    Tags: License • Job • Play • Business Processes • Excellence

  • How to use open source SOA safely in the enterprise

    Enterprises considering deploying open source software should consider the following: Stability and productised releases License associated with open source project Availability and quality of professional services Extensibility of…
    05 June 2009
    Tags: Soa • Availability • Distributions • Apache • Targeted • Progress

  • Closing the Gap: Use Asset Intelligence to Fund Your Projects

    If you are responsible for procurement, license renewal, true-up' negotiations, budgeting or cost control do any of these scenarios seem familiar to you? Your enterprise has a license agreement with a software company to install a specific number…
    07 October 2008
    Tags: Intelligence • Copies • Scenarios • License • Asset • Organization

  • Software Common Hacks and Counterattacks

    The goal of any software protection solution is to restrict the use of software to abide by some specific license conditions. This white paper examines a variety of the most common hacking techniques, and the best counterattacks available for…
    04 September 2008
    Tags: Software Vendors • Paper • Techniques • Hacking • Protecting • Piracy

  • Tuning Your ERP Application

    Though it can be challenging to understand the entire product offering throughout the enterprise and its lifecycle, with proper awareness, time and resource commitments, your teams can improve the performance of complex, critical applications…
    23 March 2007
    Tags: Commercial • Maintenance • Opportunities • Packaged • Movement • Creation

  • Which CRM Deployment is Right for You?

    Companies buy the CRM license then pay a monthly fee to a third-party company to host and manage their application. The idea here is to choose a hosting partner that offers the highest levels of performance, scalability, and reliability.SHARED…
    20 March 2007
    Tags: License • Functionality • Crm • Strategic • Organizations • Deployment

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