Inside the Mind of the Midmarket IT Executive

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June 29, 2009   Sponsored by Microsoft Ready. Set. 7. Build with confidence. Grow your opportunities. See who's building with Windows 7. Visit www.readyset7.com today! Learn More. • Insider's View of the Mind of the Midmarket IT Executive • PC Sales Growth to Return in Q4, but ASPs Still Pressured • Best Free Antivirus Apps • Virtualization Takes Hold in Government Agencies • Top 10 Most Profitable Vendor Certifications • Pre Smart Phone Helps Palm Beat Expectations, Shares Rise Seven Steps to a Comprehensive Security Strategy Accenture has been working with companies that are pioneering new approaches to smart IT disaster recovery and through this work has identified seven critical points common to the new security strategies. READ MORE >> Microsoft's Grand ForeFront Plan Microsoft will begin releasing the next generation of its security suite, ForeFront: Code Name Stirling, at the end of the year. Doug Leland, general manager of Microsoft's Identity and Security Unit, discusses the advancements in ForeFront and Microsoft's vision for its security products. WATCH NOW >> Making the Most of Storage Demand In this Changing Channels podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the senior vice president of marketing for Nexsan Technologies, Robert Woolery, talks about how solution providers can profit from rising demand for storage solutions even in these lean economic times. LISTEN NOW >> Insider's View of the Mind of the Midmarket IT Executive To win midmarket IT customers, you must understand how those IT executives think and who they rely on for advice. READ MORE >> PC Sales Growth to Return in Q4, but ASPs Still Pressured Personal computer (PC) unit sales are now expected to turnaround in Q4 from a decline to positive growth, paving the way to a healthy market recovery in 2010. ASPs remain under pressure, but pent up demand is expected to fuel a computer refresh cycle in 2010 and 2011, according to Gartner, creating a brighter picture for PC makers like Dell, HP, Acer and Lenovo. READ MORE >> Best Free Antivirus Apps Microsoft isn't the first vendor to offer free antivirus software to consumers and small businesses. Several vendors have free general available versions of their malware protection suites. Their strategy: get customers interested and open opportunity to partners. Here are few worth free AV packages worth considering. READ MORE >> Virtualization Takes Hold in Government Agencies Government customers are increasingly turning to virtualization solutions to slash costs, increase efficiency and tighten security, according to findings from CDW. READ MORE >> 10 Ways to Make Your Firewall Work For You Traditional firewalls are focused on blocking simple threats and intrusions. They don't really have the ability to intelligently let selected applications and data pass through unchecked while still filtering out unwanted applications and potential threats. DOWNLOAD NOW >> Virtualization Finally Comes to SAP Users While a number of large VMware customers have now virtualized a majority of their applications in the data center, they have hesitated to move their ERP and other mission-critical applications into production in virtual machines. However, SAP's recent pledge of support for VMware platforms provides the assurance that many SAP customers will need to begin to virtualize the applications that run the backbone of their IT infrastructures. DOWNLOAD NOW >>

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