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Monday, March 23, 2009

Could endpoint virtualization solve IT management problems?

Symantec poll shows IT executives faced with tough times consider endpoint virtualization a potential problem-solver
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Could endpoint virtualization solve IT management problems?

Denise Dubie By Denise Dubie
As if managing complex environments wasn't difficult enough, IT executives today must do so with less staff and cash. With this in mind, Symantec polled 300 network administrators to get a better gauge on what worries them in regards to managing IT, specifically distributed endpoints, in a down economy. Read full story

Denise Dubie is senior editor with Network World.

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