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Mozilla spins off Thunderbird group

David Neal, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Separate Thunderbird team will encourage development on the messaging platform

Mozilla has today set up a subsidiary company, called Mozilla Messaging, that will focus on developing email and messaging solutions....

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RES releases free version of PowerFuse

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

RES Software's free-to-download PowerFuse tool can help manage user workspaces

RES Software has released a free-to-download version of its PowerFuse tool for managing user workspaces in Windows-based networks. The move is part of a re-branding exercise to boost awareness of...

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WorkLight makes light of enterprise Facebook usage

David Neal, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

WorkLight's WorkBook offers Facebook functionality to security aware businesses

Server tools developer WorkLight has released its enterprise Facebook solution in the UK. The firm said that WorkBook was an overlay to the social networking site and could be used...

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Has too much been packed into WS2008?

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Windows Server 2008 could put a burden on bandwidth and make licensing arrangements more complex.

Next Wednesday, in the City of the Angels, there's going to be be a hefty Microsoft bash. In the presence of way too many over-excited Microsoft marketing executives, SQL Server...

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Will Hurricane go down a storm?

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Cisco faces new competition in the high-end switching market from Juniper's EX series.

Firms looking at alternatives to Cisco in the high-end performance LAN switching sector now have another option, after Cisco's chief rival in the router market, Juniper Networks, recently launched its...

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Unisys launches major services push

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Unisys aims to help organisations achieve more agile, cost efficient IT infrastructures

IT consultancy and outsourcing giant Unisys today launched a major new services-led strategy, designed to help customers maximise the efficiency and utilisation of their technology resources and enhance IT agility....

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Don't let end users take you for granted

Alistair Dabbs, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

IT departments should change their culture and make users more aware of just how good a job they do

One of the great dividing factors between smaller businesses and corporate firms is their approach to end user support.Anyone working for a big organisation can call an internal extension or...

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Ultraspeed launches high volume hosting service

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Wednesday 20 February 2008 at 00:00:00

New platform can cope with up to 100,000 simultaneous connections

Managed hosting provider Ultraspeed has launched a new platform designed specifically for firms which need to accomodate high volumes of traffic for short periods of time on their sites....

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Symantec integrates security into Backup Exec products

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Tuesday 19 February 2008 at 00:00:00

New versions of Backup Exec tools out today

Enterprise software vendor Symantec has today launched new versions of its Backup Exec family of products. Backup Exec 12 and Backup Exec System Recovery 8 are both certified and optimised...

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IM tools tailored for enterprises

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Monday 18 February 2008 at 00:00:00

Process One will launch two new enterprise collaboration and communication products today

Instant messaging (IM) provider Process One will today launch two packages designed to enable greater collaboration among employees and offer firms new ways of engaging with their customers....

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