Systems management for desktop and laptop computers. Keeping users' computers in large enterprises up-to-date is a mammoth task, especially the never-ending upgrading of system software to prevent security breaches. See system management.
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- 9Desks 1.7 rev 1 (Windows)
- 9Desks is a program that permits you to have up to nine virtual desktops for better applications management. This means that you can work in a more clean environment dividing active applications in more desktops. 9Desks contains many advanced features like rules for starting applications, password for desktops, Active Desktop...
- Software downloads 2009-11-29
- Nesox Email Marketer Personal Edition 1.93 (Windows)
- Nesox Email Marketer is a professional newsletter software and e-mail marketing software for mailing list building, e-mail campaigns creating, sending and tracking at your own computer. Email Marketer is the perfect desktop solution for all your e-mail marketing needs. It is also the most proven customer e-mail relationship management software...
- Software downloads 2009-11-26
- Web Help Desk Pro 9.2.3.1 (Mac)
- This help desk software Pro edition of Web Help Desk for Mac OS X Server offers an industry leading web-based help desk software that empowers IT help desk technicians with iPhone web-app access, email-to-ticket conversion, trouble ticket email notifications, self-service knowledge base, track billable time & materials, LDAP & AD...
- Software downloads 2009-11-25
- Is it time to go quad-core?
- Quad core, Chris?You have told us over and over that all you need is Google. You don't need a real OS, real apps, or any processing power to speak of. All you need is a browser, preferably Chrome. Why on Earth would you need a quad core...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Navicat for MySQL 8.1.6 (Mac)
- Navicat is an ideal solution for MySQL administration and development. This is an all-inclusive mysql front end provides a powerful graphical interface for databases management, development and maintenance. Easy installation and intuitive interface make it an irreplaceable tool for mysql on the web or your local desktop. Navicat supports all...
- Software downloads 2009-11-22
- FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual
- Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- IceClean 3.3.2 (Mac)
- IceClean is a powerful Finder and System optimization tool using ONLY built-in Unix system tasks to help your System stay healthy and to keep it running smoothly. IceClean lets you execute the following tasks: System Maintenance Process & Infos Periodic Routine Scripts Verify Preferences .plist files Repair Permissions Update Prebindings...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- Netman 5.59 (Windows)
- Netman is a high security and user-friendly remote control software that is free. As high security software it adopts the DSE encrypt mode generally used by banks which is safe and reliable. You can also set treble password to ensure the safety. Moreover, you can start your computer remotely when...
- Software downloads 2009-11-19
- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- OK...I promise, this will be my last post this week about my new little daughter. Really. No matter what cute things she does, I'll limit my oohing and ahhing to Twitter. However, as I was changing her diaper for the umpteenth time today, I got to thinking...
- Blog posts 2009-11-15
- Ixanos Light 10.126 (Windows)
- Ixanos is a desktop application running on flash drives and consisting of several modules. Portable SQL client with rich functionality. Storable shortcut desktops. Favorites and bookmarks' management. Document indexing spider. Search engine supporting suffix-queries, prefix-queries, wildcard queries, (windo* +*ista +wi*dows). Script automation for easy porting of script collections to different...
- Software downloads 2009-11-15
- Registrar Registry Manager Lite 6.50 (Windows)
- Registrar Registry Manager is a complete registry management solution with a wealth of powerful features. Registrar was developed as a safe and complete solution for power users and administrators for maintaining the registry on both the desktop as well as remote computers on the network.
- Software downloads 2009-11-14
- News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0
- News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...
- Blog posts 2009-11-12
- Yes, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 will run on Linux
- This solidifies my decisionI currently have a cluster of a dozen RHEL 5.3 Cluster Suite servers. They have been a nightmare to use, maintain, and keep working right. Red Hat's clustering software is horrendously buggy. I never have gotten virtualization to work properly with the whole mess.After...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- Engineer's Toolset 10.4 (Windows)
- We're network engineers just like you, so we know what you face everyday: new network issues that emerge from nowhere, never enough time to troubleshoot, and a highly complex network composed of thousands of devices that seems to have a mind of its own. Once you've experienced Engineer's Toolset, you'll...
- Software downloads 2009-11-11
- Enterprise mashup, defined
- SoIt is Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence with the ability for end users to create their own analysis and data views? Nothing new there.There is something new here...Yes, end users have been creating their own spreadsheets and working with desktop tools for some time now. And a handful of...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- FlippingBook PDF Publisher 0.5.6 (Windows)
- FlippingBook PDF Publisher is a Windows desktop application that helps you to produce remarkable online and offline Flash books with page flipping effect. No coding is required. Simply import your PDF, configure the look&feel and hit the publish button. Enjoy the real page flipping effect. Independence You are not tied...
- Software downloads 2009-11-10
- Which should a small business choose: Windows Home Server or Windows Server Foundation?
- CompetitionThe $1000 Mac-Mini with Snow Leopard Server and no user-count limits may have inspired the outreach.That depends on your needs.WHS is a great solution for file sharing and/or client backups. It's backup feature is a strong selling point, IMO. It would be nice to see this extended to every version...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- TimeDisc 0.4.2 (Mac)
- TimeDisc is an analog clock that uses colored segments instead of hands. user selectable colors variable size and appearance put it on desktop level or above everything else make it click-through so it doesn't get in the way display seconds in one of two user selectable styles hide dock...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- Rainmeter (64bit) 1.1 (Windows)
- A rather exciting development is coming for the desktop customizing world: with its first major update in over three years, Rainmeter is finally coming out of beta. And, among other things, it has a new Enigma upgrade built right in. Rainmeter has built-in theme manager, RainThemes, to save and load...
- Software downloads 2009-11-09
- HSTracker 1.3.9 (Mac)
- HSTracker is a simple to use asset management application that helps you keep track of hardware and software in your business and stay on top of software licensing. Among its features: Manage key data such as serial numbers, MAC addresses, hardware configuration and software licenses Import Apple Remote Desktop...
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
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