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Software Compliance: Finding the Tools to Get Clean, Stay Clean and Save Money

Monday, 28 April 2008 12:44 John Frame, Acresso

For Kermit the Frog, it's not easy being green. And for many business software users, it isn't easy being--and staying--clean. Even when company policy favors, and more likely mandates, compliance with software licensing agreements, the most vigilant IT department may be stretching thin its resources trying to track and report on software usage.

But the effort to do so can pay dividends. Many IT managers are discovering that software compliance actually cuts costs and improves efficiency, while reducing the exposure to problems stemming from unlicensed or improperly used software. Benefits of compliance include problems avoided: sidestepping legal and financial difficulties, as well as averting the harsh glare of publicity, which can negatively affect customer relationships and the bottom line.

2008 Forecast: WAN acceleration and managed file transfer in software solutions

Friday, 01 February 2008 09:43 administrator

By Steffen Koehler, RocketStream, Inc.

2008 will see accelerated managed file transfer being implemented not just by end users, but also actively marketed as a value-added service by the hosted server companies themselves.

The past several years have seen large increases in data sent over IP networks, including the public Internet. This traffic increase has been the result of not only consumer-oriented media, but also a rise in corporate data transfers. For example, the health care industry transfers high-resolution graphic images such as x-rays; the entertainment industry transfers high-definition films between studios; the financial sector transfers large amounts of account data; and scientific institutions exchange extremely large data sets. Simply for backup and recovery purposes, virtually every industry transfers extreme amounts of data to and from remote servers. In response to this increase in data transfer, companies and Internet Service Providers have been connecting users on higher-bandwidth pipes than ever before.