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Volume 9, Number 9 -- March 3, 2009
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xTuple Reports Strong Growth of Open Source ERP
by Alex Woodie

While the recession has forced many major ERP software companies to retrench their operations, open source ERP software makers such as xTuple (formerly OpenMFG) are reporting an explosion of new business. The new momentum, xTuple says, is the result of organizations increasingly questioning the value of existing ERP contracts while simultaneously overcoming their reluctance to bet their operations on the community development approach. READ MORE >

LaserVault Shrinks System i Backups with Data De-Duplication
by Alex Woodie

Backups are critical to ensuring the integrity of your data, but they can take a lot of time. System i shops that use the LaserVault Backup solution have a new option available that can reduce the size of their backups by up to a factor of 50, or even more. The reduction is the result of a partnership LaserVault formed with data de-duplication specialists Data Domain and the subsequent work the companies did to integrate LaserVault Backup with Data Domain's Restorer. READ MORE >


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Paglo Adds 'NetFlow' to IT Search Service
by Alex Woodie

When Paglo unveiled its new search service for IT departments last year, it put an entirely new spin on drearisome tasks, such as counting the number of PCs on a LAN or checking routers for software updates. With the launch of Paglo's new NetFlow application last week, the IT search service company has delivered another compelling feature: graphical depictions of bandwidth use. READ MORE >


Vision Debuts 'PowerPacks' Product Bundles
by Alex Woodie

Vision Solutions today announced a series of 'PowerPacks,' or bundles of software, hardware, and services aimed at specific high availability and systems management requirements for IBM i and AIX Power Systems customers. Besides having a cool name, PowerPacks are meant to reinforce the notion that high availability isn't a shrink-wrapped piece of software, and that it requires several elements coming together in the proper amounts to make it successful. READ MORE >




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WIS:DOM Hooks Up with ACOM
by Alex Woodie

WIS:DOM Information Systems, a Nevada-based developer of warehouse and transportation management systems for the System i, has joined the ACOM Solutions reseller program and will soon offer ACOM's document management software as an integrated option alongside its own products, the companies announced last week. READ MORE >


News Briefs and Product Shorts:

• Jack Henry's Gladiator ESM Goes GA

• Mincron Taps Quadrant for Document Management

• CA Plex WebClient Gets a Service Pack

• Ohio Hospital Taps Imprivata for SSO Solution

• Prepare Now for Volatile Supply Chains, IBM Study Says


Reader Feedback and Insights

We value your feedback and insights.  Feel free to send a letter to the editor.  Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >


 
Editor: Alex Woodie
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik,
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The Four Hundred
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IBM and Resellers Do the iLoyalty Blitz

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TPM at The Register
IDC chops 2009 IT spending forecasts (again)

Sun powers Niagara hypervisor update with IBM speed boast

HP iron still haunted by ghost of Compaq

Novell spills sales after pipe breakage

Big Blue flaunts Meltdown-proof coating

VMware, Novell hatch virtual appliance scheme

Microsoft plays with small, sleepy servers

Server sales cratered in Q4, says IDC

Super Micro squeezes four servers into one chassis

Gartner: Global IT spending will rise in 2009 (slightly)

VMware's ESX Server 4.0 lost in the clouds?

Red Hat cranks virtualization power play

Citrix undercuts VMware with XenServer giveaway

Shuttleworth gets cloudy with Ubuntu 9.10

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
xTuple Reports Strong Growth of Open Source ERP

LaserVault Shrinks System i Backups with Data De-Duplication

Paglo Adds 'NetFlow' to IT Search Service

Vision Debuts 'PowerPacks' Product Bundles

WIS:DOM Hooks Up with ACOM

News Briefs and Product Shorts:

Jack Henry's Gladiator ESM Goes GA . . . Mincron Taps Quadrant for Document Management . . . CA Plex WebClient Gets a Service Pack . . . Ohio Hospital Taps Imprivata for SSO Solution . . . Prepare Now for Volatile Supply Chains, IBM Study Says . . .


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