Office 365 combines the familiar Office desktop suite with cloud-based versions of our next-generation communications and collaboration services with the flexibility of an option to transition your Enterprise Agreement commitments to the cloud:

• Microsoft Office – The world’s leading productivity tool on the desktop (Office Professional Plus) and on the Web (Office Web Apps) now seamlessly connected and delivered with cloud services – for the best productivity experience across the PC, Phone and Browser.
• Exchange Online – Cloud-based e-mail, calendar and contacts with the most current antivirus and anti-spam solutions.  Includes the ability to get e-mail on virtually any mobile phone and options for voice mail, unified messaging and archiving.
• SharePoint Online – Cloud-based service for creating sites to connect colleagues, partners and customers.  Includes enterprise social networking and customization options.
• Lync Online – Cloud-based instant messaging, presence, and online meeting experiences with screen sharing and voice

Key benefits

• Anywhere-access to email, documents, contacts, and calendars on nearly any device
• Work seamlessly with Microsoft Office and the other programs your users already count on everyday
• Business-class features including IT-level phone support, guaranteed 99.9% uptime, geo-redundancy, and disaster recovery
• Pay-as-you-go pricing options which give you predictability and flexibility for all or part of your organization

Contact Computacenter for your consultation on adopting Office 365 or to discuss any of our cloud services and offerings.

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Introducing Adobe Acrobat X.

Experience the power of Acrobat Dynamic PDF to help you connect, interact, and engage in entirely new ways. Easily combine multiple file types into an organized PDF Portfolio to create high-impact, polished communications. Capture and track data with fillable forms. Work together more effectively – inside and outside your organisation – with easy-to-manage shared reviews. Enhance your productivity every day with the control, security features, and reliability you expect. Plus, take advantage of services at Acrobat.com to confidently store and send documents and keep everyone on the latest version.

Adobe Acrobat X Pro tagline
Prepare, protect, and deliver professional PDF communications
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Adobe Acrobat X Standard tagline
Reliably create and share PDF documents and forms
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Adobe Acrobat X Suite tagline
Discover the power of Acrobat and Photoshop® to create exceptional PDF experiences
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For more information please contact your Computacenter Account Manager or email software@computacenter.com.

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XenClient is a high-performance, bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the client device hardware, dividing up the resources of the machine and enabling multiple operating systems to run side by side in complete isolation.

By separating the operating system from the underlying hardware, desktop images can now be created, secured, deployed and moved across any supported hardware, greatly reducing the maintenance burden on IT and simplifying disaster recovery for laptop users.

XenClient is being positioned as a solution that extends desktop virtualisation to laptop users with new levels of flexibility, security and control.

For information on Citrix technology and solutions aligned to desktop strategy contact you Computacenter account manager or email us at software@computacenter.com.

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The Repeater Plug-in is a software solution based on Citrix’s current technology and extends the benefits of WAN optimisation and application acceleration.

Feature Highlights:

• Allows the home-based, mobile, or small office users to enjoy the benefits of WAN optimisation in situations in which an appliance can not be readily deployed.
• Offers comprehensive TCP flow control, advanced compression, and advanced application protocol optimisations to enhance productivity for PC users.
• Is compatible with a wide range of secure remote access technologies including popular IPsec implementations and Citrix Access Gateway Standard, Advanced and Enterprise Editions.
• Adjusts the disk footprint of the Repeater Plug-in based on your needs.

Release Highlights – In addition to the features available in Repeater Plug-in 5.0, Repeater Plug-in 5.5, Release 5.7 includes:

• SSL Acceleration – Branch Repeater products can decrypt, compress, and re-encrypt SSL data passing through them when set up as security delegates for the endpointserver or endpoint client. Two modes are available: Split proxy, where the Branch Repeaters act as a security delegate for both the endpoint server and the endpointclient, and transparent proxy, where the Branch Repeaters act as a security delegate for the endpoint server
• Disk encryption for compression history – Strong AES 256 encryption secures compression history stored on the appliance hard disk.
• Repeater Plug-in 64-bit support on Windows 7

Citrix Receiver – Soon to Support iPhone 4

Citrix Receiver for iPhone 4 will become generally available early next month in support of Apple’s much anticipated release of iPhone 4. For users of Citrix Receiver for iPhone with a 3G or 3GS iPhone we recommend waiting for the 4.0 release which is designed to support Apple’s iOS 4 operating system. Key features and enhancements of Receiver for iPhone 4 will include:

• Simplified user interface
• Multi-tasking support
• Client drive mapping
• Improved gesture recognition
• Screen resizing on rotation
• Video out

For more information please contact your Computacenter account manager.

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CA Technologies has released Virtual Privilege Manager, a software tool designed to secure user privileged access to a virtual environment and monitor user activity. One of the key features is a privilege password management option, which allows users to check out one-time passwords to access the virtual environment. These passwords can then be manually or automatically checked in.

Read the full article here

For more information please contact your Computacenter account manager.

Kevin Cavanaugh, Vice President Messaging & Collaboration of IBM, says “”IBM is committed to providing the broadest possible collaboration software support on all major mobile platforms.  With high anticipation and many requests for iPad compatibility for Lotus Notes, we’re pleased we can offer this now at a highly secure level.”

This means that Lotus Notes based information will automatically synchronize and be up to date on the device.  Lotus Notes Traveler also allows iPad users to enjoy the security of per message mail encryption.

Click here to read the press release from IBM or contact your Computacenter account manager to learn more.

With XenClient, laptop users can take multiple virtual desktops with them and work from anywhere, anytime.

Citrix also announced the availability of XenClient Express, a free trial and evaluation kit for customers to experience the benefits of desktop virtualisation for their laptop users.

Read the press release from Citrix here.

XenClient – Desktop Virtualisation for mobile users

Desktop virtualisation is rapidly being adopted as the best way to deliver Windows® desktops to business users. Now, organisations can extend the benefits of desktop virtualisation to mobile users, for new levels of portability and security. With XenClient, laptop users can take multiple virtual desktops with them and work from anywhere, anytime.

XenClient delivers security, mobility, and choice

With XenClient, IT can deliver secure locked down desktops for mobile users, satisfying compliance and data security requirements without restricting the user’s demands for flexibility. User data is automatically and securely backed up whenever the device connects to the Internet, ensuring that valuable corporate information is secure and can be quickly restored in the event of a device being lost or stolen.

The ability to run multiple virtual desktop machines concurrently means that users can also have a dedicated personal environment, completely isolated from the business environment. In this personal virtual machine, users can install the applications, music, photos, and games they need for their private digital life without requiring them to carry a second laptop. It doesn’t stop there. Users can create any number of virtual machines, for fast access to test and development machines, multi-machine demonstration environments, or highly secure administrative environments while on the road.

The desire to work or play from anywhere at any time is increasing. XenClient delivers the security that IT needs with the flexibility that users demand.

Try XenClient Express

XenClient is a free trial and evaluation package to experience the benefits of desktop virtualisation as a laptop user.

Download XenClient Express – download.citrix.com/xenclient

For more information on XenClient please contact your Computacenter account manager on 01707 631000.

Acrobat Dynamic PDF enables you to connect, interact, and engage in powerful new ways. Streamline how you work, collaborate more easily, and create and deliver high impact communications. Accelerate productivity with shared content reviews. Engage your audience with rich media and video. Capture and analyse critical data with easy-to-create forms. And control your information with enhanced security features. Designed to meet the needs of today’s business, Acrobat Dynamic PDF helps you get more done – easier, faster, better. Discover Acrobat Dynamic PDF and take your work to the next level.

For more information about Acrobat Dynamic PDF please contact your Computacenter account manager on 01707 631000 or learn more at www.Adobe.com/AcrobatDynamicPDF.

XenApp 6 offers major new enhancements that simplify computing for IT, including easier central management, enhanced enterprise scalability and seamless integration with Microsoft technologies like App-V and Windows Server 2008 R2. XenApp 6 also improves productivity for end users with extensive new high-definition HDX™ technology enhancements and simplified self-service access to apps from any device, including PCs, Macs, laptops and smart phones.

The new enhancements to XenApp 6 will also be available as an integrated feature of the company’s comprehensive desktop virtualisation solution, Citrix XenDesktop™ 4. Mainstream adoption of desktop virtualisation requires a proven, scalable solution with the ability to deliver any type of virtual desktop to any user on any device, and to be able to interchange delivery technologies at any time. With more than half the ROI of virtual desktops coming from centralised app management, this integration provides an unparalleled advantage over any other desktop virtualisation solution on the market today. This powerful combination makes it easy for customers to deliver apps as an on-demand service to any user, on any device, across a broad range of both physical and virtual desktops.

Meet your business recovery objectives across technologies and datacenters by automating backup and recovery, application clustering, and data replication.

Benefits:

• Reduce complexity through centralised management across all major platforms.
• Reduce hardware costs with more efficient server and storage utilisation.
• Achieve SLA requirements with proven technologies to automate data and application recovery across physical and virtual environments.
• Improve effectiveness of your disaster recovery plan and failover testing and validate disaster recovery scenarios without business disruption.

High Availability

Protect mission-critical applications and data against planned and unplanned downtime by automating application recovery across physical and virtual environments on major application, server, and storage platforms.

Benefits:

• Minimise planned and unplanned downtime of your mission critical applications.
• Simplify your clustering operations with centralised management and integrated high availability.
• Software that works across your heterogeneous environment.
•  Reduce hardware costs by improving server and storage utilisation.
• Improve reliability with proven technologies to automate application recovery and provide non-disruptive testing.
• Improve effectiveness of high availability plans and failover testing, and validate scenarios without business disruption. 

Contact your account manager for more information