Good measures in bad times offer from IT vendors

According to Asia-Pacific executives- As the recession continues to take its toll, IT companies are rolling out new initiatives to help clients ride the downturn.

One of the new initiatives is a "Try and Buy" program where customers can review a SonicWall product in their own environment for up to 30 days. They then decide if they want to purchase or return the product.

Security vendor SonicWall, for instance, introduced three initiatives last month in response to the global financial crisis. Ang Chye Hin, SonicWall's Asean director of sales, told ZDNet Asia in an e-mail interview, the cost-saving schemes are targeted at both existing and new clients.

SonicWall also launched "Trade-up" for new customers migrating to its products, and upgrade programs, where customers buy new and refreshed products at an incremental price. The company is also working with its partners to offer payment installment schemes to customers.

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Amit
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EU cyberbully deal sign by Social network sites

MySpace, YouTube, Google,and Facebook are among 17 social networking sites to sign a European Commission deal to prevent cyber-bullying and protect the privacy of users under 18. The Commission said-. Social networking grew 35% in the past year and more than 100 million people are expected to sign up by 2012.and the agreement will cut the risks of children harassing peers online and curb "grooming", whereby pedophiles make friends online with children with the aim of seducing them. The other social networks to sign up include StudiVZ, Sulake/Habbo Hotel, Arto, Bebo, Yahoo!Europe, and Zap.lu. For more info visit: http.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/02/10/234741/social-network-sites-sign-eu-cyberbully-deal.htm Amit

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Just 'Fix it' offers From Microsoft

Over the past six weeks, Microsoft has quietly added a "Fix it" button to a few of the thousands of help documents on its Web site. When clicked, the computer then takes all the recommended steps automatically.
The "Fix it" option is still fairly rare, showing up in around 100 different help documents. The effort is growing rapidly, though, up from just four such fixes when the program quietly began in December.
Microsoft is also adding the "Fix it" option into the error reporting tool built into Windows. Initially, all users could do when a program crashed was send a report to Microsoft. More recently, the system has started checking to see if there is any information on the issue. Next up, said Brownell, is offering the option to have the issue solved automatically.


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New regional headquarters open in Sydney by RIM

Research In Motion (RIM) today opened a new regional headquarters in Sydney to service its customers in Australia and New Zealand.

The opening of the new headquarters building was attended by representatives of the New South Wales Government, North Sydney Council and RIM's partners and customers.

At today’s official unveiling of the new headquarters by Canadian Consul General, Thomas A MacDonald, RIM’s Regional Director, Asia Pacific, Adele Beachley said the company had developed a strong operation in Australia over the past six years and the new regional headquarters would help foster RIM’s innovation and growth while serving both customers and partners in the region.

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