Reuters - The House of Representatives passed
a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday while the White
House dropped a threat to veto it, paving the way for measures
aimed at shoring up the worst U.S. housing market since the
Great Depression.
Reuters - The United States faced increasing
inflationary pressures in recent weeks amid slowing economic
growth, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday, as it described
conditions in some areas as "grim," "morose" or "bleak."
Reuters - Stocks rose on Wednesday as financial
shares climbed on optimism about a rescue plan for mortgage
finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and as the price
of oil fell.
AP - With the cost of everything from air conditioning to whipped cream rising, many restaurants have been raising prices. LongHorn Steakhouse is passing on part of the tab to its servers.
The program helps IT departments with change, incident, purchase, and dependency management. FactotumNOW integrates into existing availability monitoring (HP SIM and GFI NSM) and monitors availability itself. It generates disk growth prognostics, allows for close customer interaction through e-mail and a web frontend, includes a knowledge base solution (that assists during incident management), and asset management functionality (based on data collection of Active Directory, WSUS, HP SIM, GFI NSS). It allows you to consolidate data from monitoring tools into a single repository database and enforces workflows (such as manager's approval for change requests). It includes a PHP frontend for submission of requests to the IT department. IT accesses the repository through a GUI client. All repository data is stored in PostgreSQL. A robust engine automates the data collection and the availability monitoring. As optional features, you can run storage analysis agents on your file servers and analyze your IIS web traffic in detail.
Key benefits:
- Small installation effort: Configure modules selectively as you need them when you want to start using them!
- Complete IT Management Solution: FactotumNOW IT Repository is a complete solution for managing and supporting your IT infrastructure!
- Achieves a high Return on Investment: Low TCO bundled with an extensive feature list maximizes your ROI!
- Scalability and Flexibility: Deploy only the modules you need!
- Way beyond just an inventory: The synchronization engines will ensure your data remains relevant and accurate!
- Integrates with your existing tools: Connectors to important tools on your network will ensure you see everything in a single dashboard!
Asset Management: Fully automated collection and update of data through a robust synchronization engine from these sources: Microsoft Active Directory computer accounts, Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 mailbox attributes and email addresses and Microsoft WSUS.
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Microsoft Opens Xbox 360 To Outside Game Creators
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is opening the Xbox 360 to third-party software creators in a bold attempt to dramatically expand the number of games available on its platform. The goal is to give gaming aficionados far more choices than rivals Sony and Nintendo are offering.
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(NewsFactor)
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Forty Percent of U.S. Gamers Are Women
(PC Magazine)
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