News & Trends

TechVision Spring Event May 7th 2009 Phoenix, AZ

Join MicroAge at TechVision Spring 2009 as we bring our manufacturer partners together to discuss trends and technologies. Attendees will see offerings around virtualization, storage, management, business continuity, security and power. Network with our manufacturer partners at this complimentary event. Register

2009 Technology of the Year Awards

InfoWorld's 2009 Technology of the Year Awards recognize the best hardware and software products evaluated by InfoWorld reviewers during 2008. InfoWorld

Why Information Must Be Destroyed

Given the vast amount of paper and digital media that amasses over time, effective information destruction policies and practices are now a necessary part of doing business and will likely save organizations time, effort and heartache, legal costs as well as embarrassment and more. CSO

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VMware Introduces Cost-Per-Application Calculator

The calculator provides an accurate and simple methodology to determine and compare the deployment costs of virtualization solutions by including both software and hardware infrastructure costs and accounting for number of applications that a virtualization platform can run on each server. VMware

Veeam Backup 3.0 for VMware Infrastructure 3

Veeam Backup is the first enterprise-ready solution that combines backup and replication in a single product for fast recovery of VMs running on your VMware ESX servers. Backup is easy, but recovery can be hard – and that’s when the clock is ticking loudest. But with Veeam Backup, fast recovery is easier than you ever thought possible. Veeam

Solution Spotlight

Cloud Computing: Don’t Skip an Exit Strategy

When the IT world looks back at 2008, it will certainly remember the global financial crisis. But it will also likely link that time frame with the takeoff of cloud computing, the engine behind more conferences, conversations and marketing collateral than seemingly any other technology in development today. CIO

New Smart Phone Controls May Appeal to IT Managers

Research in Motion Ltd. is hoping that the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server will help convince skeptical IT managers that smartphone technologies can meet rigid corporate standards for management and security. CIO

Most Organizations Hit by Cybercrime

A new survey finds 98 percent have dealt with the pain and loss of a recent cyber attack. Additionally, 46 percent experienced downtime and 31 percent experienced theft of customer or employee personally identifiable information. Another 25 percent were hit with theft of corporate data. CSO

Sidetracked

Money for Nothing. Where's Yours?

A lot of money has disappeared into the ether this year. MissingMoney.com won't help you get your cash back from bad investments, but it will assist you in tracking down "lost or forgotten assets." After a profile on "The Early Show" on CBS, the site is booming. MissingMoney