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This week: Work/life device balance, Bring Your Own Mac and staying fit while you work.

Oct 28 2011
by: Anonymous

This week’s news round-up will take a look at the phenomenon of two-phone carriers, newly released survey findings from Forrester Research about Macs in the business world, Citrix’s system-in-a-chip and workstations that encourage multi-tasking in the form of exercise while you sit.

A Slam Dunk with Client Lifecycle Management – A Sports-Focused International Operating Media Company’s Success Story

Oct 27 2011
by: Anonymous

 

Whether you’re dealing with one client or 100, it’s important to deliver consistent high-quality service. As your number of clients increases, it becomes even more crucial to ensure you’ve got a good client lifecycle management solution in place. Constantin Medien AG – an international operating media company with sports, film and event-marketing segments – opted to upgrade from its client lifecycle management solution that was no longer viable and looked to Matrix42 for its future lifecycle management needs.

How Desktop Virtualization Transforms IT into the Good Guy

Oct 25 2011
by: OBendig
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Ah, the much-maligned IT department. End-users only come knocking when something doesn’t work or they feel like they need an upgrade or new software. Well here’s the good news. Desktop virtualization is the makeover the IT department has dreamed of, transforming every hard-working but unappreciated geek into a superhero. When presenting the concept of desktop virtualization to end-users – or even the CIO – here are five euphemisms you can use to quickly get them on board.

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This week: Desktop virtualization, BYOD and iPads in the Enterprise.

Oct 21 2011
by: Anonymous

This week’s news round-up is dedicated to desktop virtualization and all things crucial to embracing BYOD culture – from IT professionals to iPads and other mobile devices in the enterprise. Before we go any further, we just want to take a minute to mention our latest company news. We are happy to announce that this past Tuesday, we unveiled new iOS 5 support for our Matrix42 Mobile Device Management solution – check out Gil Cattelain’s blog post for more details on this exciting news! And now back our regularly scheduled news round-up. Here are a few industry news articles that caught our attention in this past week.

Matrix42 MDM Provides New iOS 5 Support

Oct 18 2011
by: GCattelain
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IT workers are always on the lookout for what’s next – the next app, the next device, the next download that users will introduce to the organization’s IT infrastructure. What’s next represents potential new vulnerabilities or security risks that must be standardized and controlled. Last week, IT’s next challenge took the form of an operating system, as Apple released iOS 5.

Avoiding Penalties: Top Three Tips for Organizations When it Comes to Virtualization

Oct 17 2011
by: TBoch
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It often seems to me that license compliance is an after-thought for many companies adopting workplace virtualization. While attending a Gartner asset management conference in London last month, my perception was confirmed. Many people I spoke with said the decision to pursue virtualization is driven by technical departments in the organization.

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This week: How BYOD is contributing to wireless and cellular industry growth and 7 reasons to consider virtualization.

Oct 14 2011
by: Anonymous

In this week’s news round-up, we’ll be looking at a couple articles that tie nicely into the concept of the BYOD culture we talk so much about. As I mentioned in a previous blog post, consumerization of IT is nothing new but it’s becoming increasingly more popular and more accepted with the introduction of new versions of shiny mobile toys.

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This week: A tribute to Steve Jobs and his impact on the world and technology, and the “Big Five” IT trends in the next half decade.

Oct 07 2011
by: Anonymous

Less than two months after his resignation, Steve Jobs, the former CEO of Apple and a true legend among tech visionaries, lost his battle with pancreatic cancer. In his 56 years of existence, Jobs managed to transform the way people worked and played with technology, from computers and tablets to mobile devices and personal music players. Family, close friends, Apple enthusiasts and even PC fans around the world seem to have been affected in one way or another by the work, life and death of Steve Jobs. In the past couple days, the internet has been flooded with wonderful stories and tributes to Jobs and we’d like to offer our condolences and a brief glimpse into some of our favorite articles, inspired by Steve's life.

GWAVACon EMEA 2011 and the BYOD Opportunity

Oct 06 2011
by: GCattelain
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I recently returned home from Munich after another great GWAVACon, a user technology conference that provides a lot of valuable insights into industry trends. GWAVACon also provides me the opportunity to connect with many former colleagues from Novell; as I mentioned in a previous post, I spent 10 great years there before I joined Matrix42 in June.

Leading logistics company accelerates IT processes with automated solution

Oct 04 2011
by: Anonymous

 

Automating and standardizing business processes can help optimize IT efficiency, reduce costs and minimize the amount of interruptions to business-critical IT services. It therefore seems like a no-brainer to implement a solution that can bring to fruition those enterprise-wide goals. Rhenus Group, one of Europe’s leading logistics service providers, chose Matrix42 to help its mission of ensuring the value of its logistics services to customers – both present and future… And this is their story.

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