Recently released, Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 combines High Performance Computing (HPC) capabilities with the familiarities of Windows. The R2 release introduces support for Excel 2010 computations on an HPC cluster, support for using Windows 7 workstations as temporary compute nodes, better support for highly available SOA applications and much more.
Find out more about Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.
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Now available - Snagit for Mac. Now you can choose between installing the Windows and Mac versions when you buy Snagit,Plus all current Snagit 10 licence holders can get a free copy too!
Capture anything you see on the screen. Edit and combine those captures. Share them via your favorite applications. Organise and find them again later with Snagit.
BizTalk Server 2010 is a powerful integration and connectivity server solution to connect disparate backend systems across organisations. BizTalk Server 2010 adds enhanced platform support including support for Visual Studio 2010 and Windows Server 2008 R2, new FTP functionality, easier integration with enterprise applications and much more.
Find out more about BizTalk Server 2010.
Adobe Acrobat X is the latest version of the industry-standard PDF authoring and editing tool. Acrobat X Standard and Pro include a range of new features such as support for Office 2010 and Sharepoint, a new reading mode, PDF to Excel export functionality and much more.
Also now available is a brand new Adobe bundle - Acrobat X Suite. It includes Acrobat X Pro, Photoshop CS5, Captivate 5 and more.
Find out more about Adobe Acrobat X.
QuarkXPress 8.5 has recently been released and includes support for importing Microsoft Word .DOCX files, updated PANTONE colour libraries and fixes for over 80 customer issues. Existing QuarkXPress 8 customers are entitled to FREE product updates.
Plus don't forget that when you buy a new licence of QuarkXPress 8 before the 30th November 2010 you can claim a free bundle worth more than £224.
Find out more about QuarkXPress.
Telerik specialise in producing .NET development components for ASP.NET AJAX, WinForms, WPF, Silverlight and more along with .NET code productivity and testing tools. The latest release includes a range of enhancements including sparklines and bullet graph controls for the Silverlight and WPF suites, support for SSAS cubes in Telerik Reporting, a new tree list control in ASP.NET AJAX and more.
Find out about Telerik products.
Grey Matter can now offer you a free 30 day trial of Paessler PRTG Network Monitor.
PRTG Network Monitor is a powerful network monitoring solution from Paessler AG. It ensures the availability of network components while also measuring traffic and usage.
Start your free trial today.
Corel have just launched the new version of WinZip. WinZip 15 bring interface improvements, increased zipping performance and improved file sharing.
New WinZip Mac Edition combines cutting-edge compression and strong AES encryption into a simple, Mac-friendly design.
VISUAL STUDIO 2010 EVENTS
Hearing directly from the experts is the best way to get a really good understanding of Visual Studio 2010 – Microsoft are running a raft of in-person and on-line events which will cover all aspects of the latest Developer tools from Microsoft.
Check out all Microsoft upcoming events for 2011.
Ready to unleash your creativity?
JetBrains have recently released new versions of their Java IDE, Ruby IDE and build management tool:
Find out more about JetBrains products.
ComponentOne Studio for SharePoint is a new product from ComponentOne that includes five SharePoint Web Parts that can add additional functionality to SharePoint completely codelessly. It includes Chart for SharePoint for displaying data in over 30 chart types, DataGrid for SharePoint for displaying data is a sortable, filterable grid, Map for SharePoint for plotting geographic data and CoverFlow for SharePoint and ImageViewer for SharePoint for displaying images in new ways.
Find out more about ComponentOne Studio for SharePoint.
Grey Matter has just launched our new online events calendar. This calendar gives you information and links to register for a wide range of publisher webinars and in-person events.
You will find the next three events listed on the homepage with a link to all available events below.
View all up-coming events.
Save up to 20% on Windows 7 Professional upgrade licence and Software Assurance packs through to 30th June 2011 when you upgrade from Windows XP or Windows Vista. This offer is available on the Microsoft Open Licence, Open Value, Government and Academic licensing schemes. Please call us for full details on this offer.
Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3 provides a suite of tools for authoring and publishing documentation to multiple channels and devices. It includes the latest versions of FrameMaker, RoboHelp, Captivate, Photoshop and Acrobat X Pro and now features enhanced collaboration, easier review workflows, support for the latest industry standards and more.
Find out more about Adobe Technical Communication Suite 3.
Find out more about Intel Parallel Studio XE with this FREE eBook and get information on key product and component details, links to quick start guides and how Intel Parallel Studio XE can help you achieve unprecdented results on multicore processors.
Symantec Hosted Services begins a migration to a new brand: Symantec.cloud
Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold provides powerful network management and monitoring functionality for your network. The latest version, 14.4, introduces enhanced security with FIPS 140-2 support, improved configurable ping monitoring and updates to the WhatsConnected plugin to enhance creation of dynamic network maps.
Find out more.
The Starter Editions of Delphi XE and C++Builder XE are low-cost, entry-level editions designed for individuals or start-ups. The Starter Editions may be used by individuals until any revenue from sold applications or components exceeds $1,000 USD or by companies with five or fewer employees whose total annual revenue does not exceed $1,000 USD.
View pricing on Delphi XE Starter or C++Builder XE Starter.
Paessler today announced the launch of PRTG v8.2, the latest version of its award-winning network monitoring solution, now with optimized performance to speed up network monitoring tasks, particularly in larger installations.
Issue 51 of HardCopy is coming out this month.
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The new toolset, dubbed DB PowerStudio for SQL Server, combines several of Embarcadero’s most popular database tools into a lower-cost studio offering that makes it easier and more affordable for SQL Server professionals to improve the performance and availability of their databases.
Find out more
Save 40% on Site Recovery Manager for 25 protected Virtual Machines. This promotion is running until June 15th 2011 - on both commercial and academic purchases.
vRanger 5 provides backup and replication capabilities for VMware environments. Version 5 splits vRanger into two editions: the Standard edition for backup only and the vRanger Pro edition which also includes vReplicator 5 for simple, fast VMware ESX replication (vReplicator 5 is also available separately).
Mindjet launches MindManager MapShare
MindManager MapShare improves communication and collaboration across your organisation using interactive and informative MindManager maps.
MindManager MapShare is an Enterprise Service that supports affiliation among MindManager users and enables sharing of maps across organisations that use Microsoft SharePoint.
For more information on this product click here.
Please call us on 01364 654100 for further information on Mindjet products and pricing.
The Altova 2011 R2 release provides important updates to the 2011 release with improved charting and reporting functionality, data mapping enhancements, updates for working with XML schemas, support for the latest version of BPMN, diff/merge support for Word documents and more.
Flexera Software are proud to announce the launch of AdminStudio 10 their latest release for all your migration, application virtualisation and MSI packaging needs. This new release helps you test and migrate to windows 7 and prepares reliable MSI’s for error free deployment.
The latest issue of HardCopy is now hosted online at www.softwareknowhow.info
This issues articles include On Location - How mapping services can transform your applications, The state of Java, Biting the Apple – the benefits of integrating Macs with Windows.
This issues competition to win an iPad is sponsored by AVG.
Read the full articles today.
JOOB is an object-oriented database, storing objects directly on disk as instances of classes rather than tables. The schema for a JOOB database is therefore best represented as a class diagram rather than an entity-relationship diagram.
Find out full details on this new product, or click here for pricing information.
JetBrains have released v2 of their Web and PHP IDEs. New features in this version include PHP 5.3 support, enhanced code completion, EcmaScript 5 support, GitHub and Mercurial integration and much more.
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server makes it easy to securely transfer data via FTP and SFTP. Version 7.5.1 supports a failover configuration so you can ensure your file transfer solution is highly available.
Find out more about Ipswitch WS_FTP Server.
Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 is a complete digital media solution. Edit standard - or high-definition video with templates and get creative with effects, music, titles, transitions and more. Share your movies on Blu-ray Disc, DVD or iPhone, or upload directly to YouTube. Edit audio professionally, copy and convert video, and more! Plus new in X4 you can explore new Stop Motion Animation and Time-Lapse tools and export to 3D!
Find out more about this product here.
Visual Studio 2010 SP1 is now available and includes a range of bug fixes, performance enhancements and new features, including improved local help support, IntelliTrace support for 64-bit applications, built-in Silverlight 4 Tooling support, HTML5 Intellisense for ASP.NET projects and much more.
Download Visual Studio SP1 now, or if you've yet to buy or upgrade to Visual Studio 2010, find out more.
ComponentOne have release Studio Enterprise 2011 v1 which introduces a range of new features including 2 new Silverlight controls, 4 new WPF controls and enhancements to the WinForms and ActiveX suites.
Also now available is ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Ultimate which includes all 7 C1 suites, LiveLinq, OLAP for WinForms, OLAP for Silverlight, XapOptimizer and IntelliSpell in one cost effective package and OLAP for Silverlight which provides analytical processing capabilities similar to those of Excel pivot tables and pivot charts.
Find out more about ComponentOne products.
Iron Speed Designer makes it easy to generate database and reporting web apps for .NET. Version 8, just released, introduces charting capabilities, an improved data access layer, enhanced usability and much more.
Telerik develop .NET controls and other tools to enhance .NET developer productivity. The Q1 2011 release includes a range of new features in the control suites including a new Ribbon control for ASP.NET and a new wizard control in WinForms along with updates to JustCode, Telerik Reporting, OpenAccess ORM and more.
Find out more about Telerik products.
CA's ERwin data tools provide powerful database modelling, validation and profiling. The flagship CA ERwin Data Modeler r8 provides new auto layout capabilities, an enhanced UI, bulk editing features and much more.
Find out more about CA ERwin Data Modeler, Data Model Validator, Data Profiler or Modelling for Enterprise.
Symantec System Recovery (previously known as Backup Exec System Recovery) is a comprehensive system backup and restore solution. The latest version introduces support for the latest platforms including Exchange 2010 SP1, SharePoint 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2, VMware vSphere 4.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and more.
Find out more about Symantec System Recovery 2011.
Diskeeper helps defragment your desktop and server hard drives so that they run at optimal performance. The new Diskeeper 2011 provides instant defrag capabilities, new performance reports, new management capabilities and can now defragment Solid-state Drives (depending on edition).
Find out more about Diskeeper products.
QuarkXPress 9 is a powerful page-layout and design software for print, Flash, the Web and now digital devices. Version 9 introduces support for the ePUB e-book format and the Blio eReader along with other new features including improved callouts, a story editor, support for dynamic ordered and un-ordered lists and much more.
Find out more about QuarkXPress 9.
Boxed and licensing versions of Adobe CS5.5 products are now available and shipping - including CS5.5 Design Standard, CS5.5 Design Premium, CS5.5 Production Premium, CS5.5 Web Premium and CS5.5 Master Collection
Find out more about the latest release from Adobe.
Expression Web 4 SP1 Now AvailableThis service pack provides support for HTML 5, CSS3, and PHP 5.3 as well as the ability to visually diagnose user authenticated pages with SuperPreview from the following browsers: IE6-9, Safari Mac, Chrome, and Firefox. For these features, as well as bug fixes and stability enhancements, download today here.
InstallAnywhere provides cross-platform installation development for your applications. The new InstallAnywhere 2011 release includes support for the latest platforms, Java Virtual Machine enhancements, improved merge modules and more.
Find out more about InstallAnywhere 2011.
HardCopy issue 52 articles include: Managing Virtual Systems, Office Software and Usability Testing.
This issue's competition also gives you a chance to win one of two copies of Paessler PRTG Network Monitor. Enter the competition today.
Click here to view HardCopy 52.
ComponentOne Studio for SharePoint includes six SharePoint Web Parts that add additional functionality to SharePoint, completely codelessly. 2011 v2 includes a new SDK for enhancing functionality and a new OLAP Web Part which combines a pivoting grid, summary chart and report.
IntelliJ IDEA is a popular, powerful IDE for Java - version 10.5 features Java 7 support, support for the latest tools and frameworks, new refactorings and much more.
Find out more about IntelliJ IDEA 10.5.
CorelCAD is a brand new product from Corel that provides 2D and 3D CAD capabilities at an affordable price. With industry-standard CAD features and customisable 2D and 3D design tools, it lets you work more productively, communicate ideas clearly and collaborate effectively.
Find out more about CorelCAD.
Office 365 trials now available from Grey Matter
Visit www.greymatter.com/office365 for full product details and trial information.
Also available Windows Intune trial and buy
Visit www.greymatter.com/intune to see all the details.
TestComplete 8.5, from SmartBear Software, is a powerful automated testing tool for functional testing, load testing, performance testing, integration testing, regression testing and much more.
New in TestComplete 8.5 is automated testing support for Adobe Flash Builder 4.5, easier testing of Silverlight 4 applications and support for IE9 and Firefox 4.
Find out more about TestComplete.
Sparx Enterprise Architect is an advanced UML modelling tool for software architects and developers. Enterprise Architect 9 includes hundreds of new features such as new team collaboration capabilities, a new learning center, support for BPMN 2.0 & BPEL 2.0 and much more.
Find out more about the new release.
The Altova 2011 R3 release provides important new features including support across the product line for XML Signature for digitally signing XML documents, native support for HIPAA data mapping in MapForce, and a brand new PXF file format for efficiently sharing interactive Authentic eForms.
Infragistic's 2011 Vol 1 release of their NetAdvantage controls is now available and includes a new product, NetAdvantage for jQuery, which provides standards-compliant jQuery controls for client-side web developers. Additionally there are a range of updates to the existing product suites including updates to the WinForms ribbon, a new pie chart control in the data visualisation suites and much more.
Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold is a popular network management and monitoring application. Version 15, just released, includes a redesigned web user interface, integrated layer 2 discovery and maps along with a range of updates to the Flow Monitor and WhatsVirtual plugins.
Find out more about WhatsUp Gold v15.
Adobe eLearning Suite makes it easy to create professional eLearning courseware and includes Captivate, Flash Pro, Dreamweaver, Photoshop Extended, Acrobat Pro, Presenter and Audition. The eLearning Suite 2.5 release updates the included products to their latest CS 5.5 versions.
Find out more about eLearning Suite 2.5.
Free half day Seminar in LondonThis Free Intel seminar provides developers with information on how to apply Intel architecture to their application code, learn more about Profiling Applications and measure cache performance, branch predictions and more with Intel VTune Amplifier XE.
Register your Free place today.
Nevron .NET Vision comprises a suite of cost-effective .NET controls for charting, diagramming and user interfaces. Just released, Nevron .NET Vision 2011 Vol 1, features enhanced data labels, flash export improvements, better performance and more.
Find out more about Nevron .NET Vision 2011 Vol 1.
Acronis Backup & Recovery 11 provides powerful backup and recovery capabilities for Windows workstations, Windows servers, Linux servers and virtual environments. New features in version 11 include support for Acronis Universal Restore on Linux systems, allowing you to recover to dissimilar hardware, improved tape management, enhanced support for backup of virtual environments and much more.
Find out more about Acronis Backup & Recovery 11.
Mindjet MindManager 9 for Mac provides powerful mind mapping software on your Mac. Version 9 comes with a variety of new features including a built-in slide presentation mode for your maps, a quick entry feature, WYSIWYG printing, enhanced performance and much more.
Find out more about MindManager 9 for Mac
YouTrack is a powerful web-based issue and bug tracker with a focus on comprehensive keyboard shortcut support and an extensive search query language. The latest release, YouTrack 3, adds support for customisable attributes and a customisable workflow, support for reporting issues via email, an enhanced mobile UI and much more.
Find out more about YouTrack 3.
Infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows Phone is a brand new release that provides feature-rich mobile UI and data visualisation controls for Microsoft Windows Phone 7. It includes a wide variety of controls such as charts (with over 20 chart types), bullet graphs, gauges, barcodes, barcode readers, sliders, windows, message boxes and more.
Find out more about Infragistics NetAdvantage for Windows Phone.
Office 365 is now available from Grey Matter and brings you an all in one pay-as-you-go service with an affordable price. Office 365 includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Lync Online and Office Web Apps. Find out more about the features available with Microsoft Office 365.
The free 30 day trial for Paessler PRTG Network Monitor now gives you access to an unlimited number of sensors, up from the previous 5,000 sensors offered, so you can now experience the full power and features available with this powerful network monitoring solution.
Download your free 30 day PRTG Network Monitor trial today.
Grey Matter has just launched their new Microsoft product catalogue. This should make it easier for you to be able to find the product you are looking for, but also allow you to access related HardCopy articles, whitepapers and videos.
Visit the Grey Matter Microsoft publisher page.
ReSharper provides numerous coding productivity improvements for Visual Studio developers working with C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, XAML and more. The latest release, ReSharper 6, introduces support for JavaScript, ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor, CSS and HTML, along with new code inspections, improved navigation, search, unit testing and much more.
Find out more about ReSharper 6.
Microsoft has released a ‘Guide to Bing Maps for Enterprise’. Download and read the guide today.
Buy AVG Internet Security Business Edition 2011 for your business & receive home and mobile protection for free.Click here for more details.
Monarch is an easy-to-use business intelligence and reporting tool. The latest release,Monarch 11 Professional, features a whole host of improvements including a new Ribbon user interface, support for exporting data to XML, 64-bit compatibility and much more.
Find out more about Monarch 11.
Until the 31st December 2011 you can get up to 20% saving on licence and Software Assurance packs for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Plus CAL and Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Plus CAL for ECAL.
The key enhancements in this release include, New automated application testing, Centralised dashboard reporting, Integration of Compatibility Solver results and more.
Telerik provides powerful .NET tools and controls for ASP.NET, Silverlight, WPF, Windows Forms, Windows Phone and more. The 2011 Q2 release introduces a new HTML5 chart for ASP.NET MVC, multiple new controls for Silverlight and WPF, new list view and property grid controls for WinForms and much more. Also new in this release are numerous additional code refactorings and hints for JustCode, the Visual Studio code productivity add-on, along with updates to JustMock, OpenAccess and Telerik Reporting.
Find out more about Telerik products
ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2011 V2 introduces a wide range of updates to ComponentOne's .NET controls. Studio for ASP.NET Wijmo (previously Studio for ASP.NET AJAX) gets a HTML5 chart, Studio for WPF/Silverlight get a new TileView control, Studio for WinForms gets a new control pack for Windows 7 integration, plus much more.
Also included in Studio Enterprise, and available separately, is ComponentOne Studio for MVC Wijmo. A new collection of 30 client-side controls for building ASP.NET MVC applications.
Find out more about ComponentOne's .NET products.
Symantec are offering up to 20% discount when you purchase a three year licence on Symantec Protection Suite or Symantec EndPoint Protection. Contact us for full details.
*Discount varies on product and licence band.
Symantec BackUp Exec 2010 r3 and Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 are now available.
Click here for more information or call us on 01364 654100.
Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch is a simplified, self-service development tool that enables you to build business applications quickly and easily for the desktop and cloud.
Until the 31st January 2012 you can save up to 33% on a new Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 license or license and Software Assurance pack.
To find out more click here.
Infragistics is proud to announce the First Release of NetAdvantage for Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Vol. 1. This new release offers custom shells, unique themes and UI controls for creating code-free dashboards, interactive maps and other rich, visual editing experiences.
With ComponentOne OLAP for LightSwitch you can add powerful, code-free data analysis capabilities to your Visual Studio LightSwitch applications.
Find out more about ComponentOne OLAP for LightSwitch.
51Degrees.mobi Framework lets you create high performance, cross-platform mobile web applications with ASP.NET.
51Degrees.mobi extends Visual Studio 2008 and 2010 with a new set of project types and controls to enable ASP.NET developers to create web sites that will work on any mobile device and perform considerably quicker than standard ASP.NET.
Find out more about 51Degrees.mobi Framework.
InstallShield 2012 - the popular Windows installation development tool - is here and introduces a whole host of new features and updates. Use the new suite installation capabilities to bundle multiple products into one installation, installation streaming to speed up installer downloads and take advantage of major updates to InstallShield Collaboration to improve installation development across decentralised teams.
Plus until 31 October 2011, save 20% on upgrades - even from older end-of-life versions. For promotional upgrade pricing, please contact us.
Find out more about InstallShield 2012.
Embarcadero® RAD Studio XE2 allows developers a faster way to create high performing applications in 32 and 64 bit for Windows, Mac, mobile, .NET, PHP and the Web.Developers can now build 100% CPU and GPU native, high performing, visually engaging applications for Windows, Mac and iOS new FireMonkey™ platform.
VMware vSphere 5 is a powerful server virtualisation platform with enterprise-level functionality. vSphere 5 supports virtual machines up to 4x more powerful that previous versions - with up to 1TB of RAM and 32 vCPUs, plus it introduces three new flagship features - Auto-Deploy, Profile-Driven Storage and Storage DRS.
vSphere 5 is shipping now - find out more.
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help makes documentation and help authoring simple. 2011 v2 further extends Doc-To-Help with new and improved web-based output, enhanced SharePoint support, better multi-language support along with much more.
Find out more about Doc-To-Help 2011 V2.
Grey Matter has launched a new resource called ISV Know How, which contains information on all the ways Grey Matter can help ISVs and SIs be successful and make more profit on the Microsoft platform.
Visit the site today.
CA ARCserve r16 is now available and provides comprehensive backup and data replication capabilities. New features in this release include support for cloud based storage, improved data encryption, enhanced tape management and much more.
Find out more about CA ARCserve Backup, CA ARCserve D2D, CA ARCserve High Availability or CA ARCserve Replication.
ABBYY FineReader features powerful OCR technology that can turn scanned documents and images into editable, searchable files. New in version 11 is improved performance, support for eBook creation, enhanced image editing, new language support and much more.
Find out more about ABBYY FineReader 11.
Intel® Fortran Studio XE 2011 is the latest tool suite from Intel and includes the latest versions of Intel (Visual) Fortran Composer XE (this also includes the Intel Math Kernel Library), Intel VTune Amplifier XE and Intel Inspector XE, together at significant savings from buying the tools separately.
Ipswitch WhatsUp Event Log Management Suite provides archiving, viewing, reporting, monitoring and alerting for Windows Event Log and Syslog files. Version 10 extends the event logging capabilities with support for W3C/IIS logs, FIPS 140-2 encryption, new compliance-centric reports and much more.
Find out more about the Ipswitch WhatsUp Log Management Suite.
Septembers issue of HardCopy is now available on http://www.softwareknowhow.info.
This issues articles include Licensing in a modern world, Health check, Office 365 and Online learning and in this issues competition you could be in with a chance of winning a copy of SAP Crystal Reports 2011.
Enter the competition today or read the full issue.
VMware Workstation makes it easy to create virtual machines for testing and development on Windows and Linux host operating systems. New features in version 8 include a new user interface, improved hardware support with up to 64GB RAM per VM plus the ability to connect to virtual machines running on vSphere, vCenter and other installations of VMware Workstation.
VMware Fusion 4 provides Windows virtualisation capabilities for your Mac - now with Mac OS X Lion support.
Find out more about VMware Workstation 8 and VMware Fusion 4.
VMware View enables the delivery of virtual desktops to users, complete with operating system, applications and data. It helps to improve desktop management, patch management and enhance security.
VMware View 5 includes a wide range of new features including View Personas - a way for user personalisation to persist between sessions (Premier only), basic 3D graphics support without additional client-side hardware, PCoIP optimisation controls, a View client for Android and more.
Find out more about VMware View 5.
Mindjet have launched MindManager 2012 Professional. Be one of the first to experience this exciting new product by calling Grey Matter on 01364 654100 today.
Grey Matter has just launched its new look office 365 product page on their website. To view this and to find out more about Office 365 please visit www.greymatter.com/office365
New Visual Studio 2010 page launched on Grey Matter website.
Grey Matter has just launched its new look Visual Studio 2010 product page on their website. To view this and to find out more about Visual Studio 2010 and supporting products please visit www.greymatter.com/visualstudio
Please be advised that AVG 8.5 will no longer be supported as of 31st December, 2011. AVG will stop providing updates for your current security software. Therefore we advise you to migrate to AVG 2012 in order to stay fully protected.
Please call 01364 654100 for more details.
Paessler PRTG 9 allows you to optimise your network bandwidth and avoid system downtime, letting you find problems and resolve them before they escalate.
The new features in PRTG 9 include:New sensor types, A new Enterprise Console, Support for IPv6, New wizard for manually adding sensors and much more.
Paessler are holding 2 webinars following this launch to demonstrate the new features now available. These webinar are Thursday 6th October at 9.30am and Wednesday 12th October and 9.30am. Register for these webinars today.
Lync for Mac is a new product from Microsoft that works with Microsoft Lync Server and Lync Online to provide IM, presence, conferencing and voice capabilities for Mac users.
Lync for Mac is included in Office for Mac Standard 2011, which can be purchased through Microsoft Volume Licensing, and it is also available separately.
Find out more about Lync for Mac.
Dundas Dashboard is an enterprise-ready business intelligence platform for easily creating rich, interactive dashboards. Dundas Dashboard 3 introduces mobile platform support with native viewer applications for all major smartphones, new data visualisations, new analytical capabilities with easy-to-use formulas and much more.
Find out more about Dundas Dashboard 3.
Microsoft have launched a range of new offers on some of their most exciting products, these include:
Save up to 40% on Forefront Online Protection for ExchangeSaving up to 50% on the first annual payment on Office Professional Plus 2010 licencesMicrosoft Visual Studio 2010 Volume Licensing MSDN Attach Promotion Windows 7 Up-to-Date Open Value Subscription Promotion
For full details on these offers please click here.
Enter our Intel competition today and you could win 1 of 5 copies of Intel Fortran Studio AND receive 5% discount on Intel Software until 30th December 2011.Click here to enter today.
SmartBear ALMComplete is an application lifecycle management (ALM) tool to help manage all the components of the software development lifecycle. ALMComplete 2011 introduces powerful new capabilities including a new test management module for complete control over manual and automated testing assets, a new release management module for defining sprints, iterations and builds, new reporting and dashboarding capabilities and much more.
Find out more about ALMComplete 2011.
Netop Remote Control provides remote control of computers with broad platform support, a comprehensive feature set and advanced security capabilities. Netop Remote Control 10.5 introduces Guest and Host support for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, enhanced blank screen functionality on Windows 7 and Vista, support for binding to a specific network interface, and much more.
Find out more about Netop Remote Control.
Nero, the easy-to-use CD/DVD burning software suite with video editing and backup capabilities has just been updated to version 11. Nero 11 features a new media browser, enhanced video editing, easier ripping of non-copy protected DVDs, new continuous system backup capabilities and much more.
Find out more about Nero 11.
WinZip makes it easy to compress and decompress ZIP, RAR, LHA and other archive file types. WinZip 15.5 introduces performance and user interface improvements, an enhanced WinZip Desktop Gadget for quick zipping and more.
WinZip Mac Edition extends the functionality of WinZip to Macs. WinZip Mac Edition 1.5 introduces a range of new features including support for more compression types, an enhanced user interface and the ability to burn compressed files to CD/DVD.
Find out more about WinZip 15.5 or WinZip Mac Edition 1.5.
Version 2012 of the Altova product range is now available and introduces a range of new features including HTML5 and CSS3 support in XMLSpy and StyleVision, JDBC database driver support, support for Model Driven Architecture in UModel, new streaming input capabilities in MapForce, along with much more.
Version 2012 is a free upgrade for current customers with a valid Support and Maintenance Package.
Find out more about what's new in Altova 2012.
Grey Matter are proud to be a Paessler Platinum Partner. This status and our experience enables us to provide in-depth product and licensing information on Paessler network monitoring products.
Click here to view the Paessler products available from Grey Matter.
NetAdvantage for SharePoint is a new product from Infragistics that features a range of web parts for Microsoft SharePoint 2010, including a data chart, gauge, map, version timeline and content rotator.
Find out more about Infragistics NetAdvantage for SharePoint.
SmartDraw makes it easy to create professional-quality graphics including flowcharts, organisation charts, mind maps, project charts and more. New features in SmartDraw 2012 include improved project management capabilities with enhanced project charts, hubs - a new way to collect and organise documents and information, improved timelines and much more.
Find out more about SmartDraw 2012.
ABBYY picked up another award at the 2011Document Manager Awards held recently at the Hotel Russell in Bloomsbury. ABBYY was nominated and won the Mobile Technology Project of the Year.
Find out more about the ABBYY product range today.
Adobe is offering up to 20% off to customers who upgrade to Creative Suite 5.5 from an eligible CS2, CS3, or CS4 Suite. Adobe customers who own qualifying individual CS products are also eligible to receive up to 20% off the upgrade to the latest version.
The offer is valid on boxed and licensing products. Not valid for subscription products, educational versions, or for upgrades from an eligible point product to a CS5.5 suite. Please contact Grey Matter for full details and pricing.
If you have a copy of Paessler PRTG and your maintenance expired before April 2009 then you are entitled to purchase a new license of Paessler PRTG with a 25% saving. This offer is available until the 15th January 2012.
AppCode, from JetBrains, is an Objective-C IDE for writing applications for Macs, iPhones and iPads. The feature-packed IDE provides code navigation and code completion, on-the-fly code analysis with quick-fix suggestions, code refactorings, project-wide usages search plus much more.
Find out more about AppCode.
ComponentOne Ultimate is the ultimate toolset for .NET developers, bundling most ComponentOne products into one cost-effective bundle. This comprehensive package includes all ComponentOne .NET control suites, OLAP controls, Doc-To-Help Enterprise, Studio for SharePoint, DemoWorks, XapOptimizer and IntelliSpell.
ComponentOne Ultimate replaces ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Ultimate and adds additional products, but retains the same low price!
Find out more about ComponentOne Ultimate.
GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business provides high-performance antivirus, antispyware, anti-rootkit capabilities, and more, in a single agent with low system resource usage. Version 5.0 offers the same powerful protection along with a range of new features including an enhanced management console, an incompatible software removal tool, Windows Firewall auto-configuration and more.
Find out more about GFI Vipre Antivirus Business 5.
Sophos are retiring a number of the safeguard products and NAC Advanced.These retirements will affect the following:
Buy or upgrade to C++Builder XE2, Delphi XE2 or RAD Studio XE2 and you can get these additional tools, for FREE, until Dec 30 2011:
This offer is running until 30 December 2011. Find out more.
WinZip makes it easy to compress and decompress ZIP, RAR, LHA and other archive file types. WinZip 16 has been released and has a range of new features that make it easy to send files up to 2GB via email, upload and post files to Facebook, zip and write files to Blu-ray Disc and more.
Find out more about what's new in WinZip 16.
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Until the 30th of December 2011 you can upgrade from any ComponentOne product to ComponentOne Ultimate at the renewal price. Get tools such as Studio for WinForms, DemoWorks, Studio for SharePoint and .NET Designer Edition and OLAP for LightSwitch and more all for the renewal price. This offer cannot be combined with Volume Discounts or other offers, customers need to provide a valid serial number of their existing ComponentOne product.
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Infragistic's 2011 Vol 2 release of their NetAdvantage controls is now available and includes a new product, NetAdvantage Reporting, for powerful reporting capabilities using Visual Studio. Additionally there are a range of updates to the existing product suites including a new hierarchical grid in NetAdvantage for jQuery, a new map control in the data visualisation suites, enhanced Excel export capabilities across the product range, updates to the Windows Phone and LightSwitch product suites and much more.
Find out more about what's new in Infragistic's products.
Acronis Snap Deploy provides a comprehensive deployment solution using disk imaging technology. Snap Deploy 4, just released, is easier to use with a new wizard-driven interface and features improved platform support, new post-deployment customisation capabilities for Windows machines and much more.
Find out more about Acronis Snap Deploy 4 and, if you need to deploy to dissimilar hardware, the Acronis Universal Deploy add-on.
In conjunction with the upcoming Q4 release of Veeam Backup & Replication v6, new pricing from Veeam will go into effect from the 1st February 2012. Don't wait - buy now and save up to 15%! If you would like to purchase Veeam Backup & Replication, buy additional sockets or would like to renew maintenance, you can do so until 1st February 2012 at current pricing!
Call Grey Matter today for a quote.
Until the 30th December 2011 Infragistics customers can take advantage of 2 great offers on NetAdvantage.
Upgrade to NetAdvantage Ultimate from a current NetAdvantage subscription. or Upgrade to a new NetAdvantage Ultimate licence from an expired subscription.
Conditions apply, please contact Grey Matter for a quote.
Telerik's .NET user interface controls have just been updated with the 2011 Q3 release. New features include multi-touch support and a Metro-styled tile control in WinForms, a range of new controls including RadBarcode and RadCalculator in the WPF and Silverlight suites, a new social media sharing control in ASP.NET AJAX and much more.
ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2011 v3 is now available and introduces a range of updates to the .NET control suite including new HTML 5 controls in the ASP.NET suite, 4 new Windows Phone 7 controls, new WPF and Silverlight controls and the inclusion of ComponentOne Reports for .NET Designer Edition into Studio for WinForms.
Also included in Studio Enterprise, Ultimate and available separately, is ComponentOne Studio for Entity Framework - a new suite for improving data binding for ADO.NET Entity Framework and RIA Services.
Find out more about ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2011 v3.
Upgrade to InstallShield and save up to 40% - now extended through to Dec 30 2011!
You can take advantage of this upgrade offer even if you have a version normally excluded from upgrade pricing. Offer limited to 5 upgrades per customer.
To reward you for your custom AVG have the following promotions:
Click here for more details.Offer ends 31st December 2011.
The Winter issue of HardCopy is now available on www.softwareknowhow.info.
This issue’s articles include Windows Azure, Better by design, Storage management, Reinventing Windows and in this issue’s competition you could be in with a chance of winning a copy of MindManager 2012 Professional.
NovaBACKUP provides powerful low-cost backup capabilities for workstations, servers and virtual machines. NovaBACKUP 12.5 introduces new features for BE Virtual, Business Essentials, Professional and Server including support for the latest technologies, 10x faster backup of VMware virtual machines, improved scalability and performance, plus more.
Find out more about NovaStor NovaBACKUP.
Upgrade any ABBYY FineReader version to ABBYY FineReader 11 and get PDF Transformer 3.0 for free between 28 Nov 2011 and 16 Dec 2011. Simply buy the FineReader 11 upgrade and attach the free PDF Transformer item to your order. Contact us for more information.
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This status and our experience enables us to provide in-depth product and licensing information on Adobe products.
Through to December 30th 2011 you can save up to £50 on ComponentOne Ultimate new user licences with platinum support and £35 on ComponentOne Ultimate new user licences with standard support.
Find out more about ComponentOne Ultimate - plus don't forget you can save up to 35% by upgrading to ComponentOne Ultimate if you already have a ComponentOne product, until December 30th 2011.
Sophos Endpoint 10 has just been released and is available in two brand new products - Sophos Endpoint Protection and Sophos Protection Suite. This release brings a new patch assessment add-on for identifying machines missing critical patches, a web filter add-on for filtering 14 inappropriate site categories and an encryption add-on for full disk encryption on both PCs and Macs.
There are a variety of editions to fit your budget, contact us to find out more about Sophos products.
Enter the Mindjet HardCopy competition today to be in with the chance of winning a FULL licence of MindManager 2012 for Windows.Click here to enter.
Adobe has just announced a new upgrading policy for the next version of Creative Suite. From the new release you will only be able to upgrade from CS5 and CS5.5. You will no longer be able to upgrade from earlier versions and will be required to pay full price when upgrading.
To ensure you are eligible to upgrade to the new version you can take advantage of the current upgrade offer running.
Until the 30th December 2011 you can get 20% off upgrades, this allows you to upgrade from CS2, CS3 or CS4 suites or eligible individual suite products to CS5.5.
Visit the NEW Intel Parallel Universe Online webiste today.Website Includes:
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Camtasia for Mac features powerful screen recording capabilities for your Mac. New in version 2 is a redesigned interface, new annotations, Cursor FX, enhanced capture quality and more.
Camtasia Relay helps automatically capture and produce presentations for schools, universities and businesses. Version 4 introduces webcam support, a new global caption editor and YouTube support.
Find out more about Camtasia for Mac 2 and Camtasia Relay 4.
IntelliJ IDEA is a popular, powerful IDE for Java. Version 11, just released, introduces many enhancements and new features including a streamlined user interface, enhanced development for Android, support for the Play framework, Groovy 2.0 beta support, a new CoffeeScript editor and other new features.
Find out more about IntelliJ IDEA 11.
Veeam Backup & Replication 6 provides backup and replication capabilities for your virtual environments. This release debuts support for Microsoft Hyper-V along with faster replication speeds, numerous performance optimisations, new quick migration functionality and more.
Find out more about Veeam Backup & Replication 6.
PhpStorm is a feature-rich IDE for working with PHP along with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. New features in v3 include UML support, a duplicate code detector, new code formatting options, enhanced XSLT support and more.
Find out more about PhpStorm 3.
Register on the new Intel Parallel Universe Online website and be in with the chance of winning a Palmer Sport race day.Click here to register.(Track day on 29th March 2012).
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is an enterprise-ready distribution of Linux for servers, desktops and mainframes. The latest update, v6.2, provides new identity management capabilities, improved performance, enhancements to improve management of system resources and more.
Find out more about Red Hat Enterprise Linux and the latest features.
Microsoft Deployment Planning Services allows you to use your Software Assurance benefits to help plan your software deployment – at no additional cost to you!
Find out more about how you can take advantage of this on Grey Matter’s new Deployment Planning Services showcase page.
ReSharper is an add-in for Visual Studio that helps to improve your coding productivity with code analysis, code assistance, refactorings and more. The latest update comes with a range of new features including performance and bug fixes, easier settings management, Async CTP support and a new SDK for ReSharper plugin development.
Find out more about ReSharper.
Upgrade to the XE2 release from ANY version of Delphi, C++Builder or RAD Studio, now extended through to January 31st 2012. From February 1st 2012, only users of the 2009 version or later will qualify for upgrade pricing.
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Visit the Paessler stand at this event to find out more about their easy-to-use network monitoring solution.
Cisco Live offers an unparalleled combination of education and training on the latest technologies and trends. Cisco Live is taking place at the ICC London ExCel between the 30th January and the 3rd February 2012.
Visit the Cisco Live website to register.
Through to March 15th 2012 you can save 20% on upgrading your CS2, CS3 or CS4 suites or eligible individual suite products to CS5.5.
Starting in January 2012 Microsoft UK will be delivering 6 weeks of FREE* assistance to UK based companies who want to build applications on the Windows Azure Platform. Or… think they might want to build applications. Or even think they do not … but would like to be certain.
Each week will be themed around a different aspect of adopting the cloud – // Design / Build / Test / Market / Sell. Which means we be covering areas as diverse as “Why should I bother?” to “How do I setup my development environment?” to “How do I make it scale?”. All provided by subject matter experts from Microsoft and our partners.
To find out more and register please visit http://sixweeksofazure.wordpress.com/
*The training webinars and materials will be provided without charge, but participants will require a Windows Azure account to participate in some exercises. Use of the Windows Azure services may incur charges.
Create great looking 2D and 3D WPF applications with nearly 30 controls, layouts, panels and more. Take advantage of unique controls to slash development time and choose from over a dozen WPF layouts for your application.
Find out more about Xceed Blendables for WPF.
Through to 28 March 2012, if you buy or upgrade C++Builder XE2, Delphi XE2, RAD Studio XE2 or RadPHP XE2, you can get an additional qualifying Embarcadero product of an equal or lesser value completely free!
Find out more about this promotion by visiting our Embarcadero webshop.
Take advantage of these new promotions from Sophos:
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AdminStudio 11 has just been released and contains a range of updates including System Center Configuration Manager 2012 support, App-V application suitability testing, software tagging and more.
AdminStudio's powerful software repackager can create MSI or virtual packages to deploy to desktops with a 99% success rate. AdminStudio is the only virtual packaging solution for multiple virtualisation technologies - Microsoft App-V, VMware ThinApp & Citrix XenApp.
Find out more about AdminStudio.
ComponentOne Doc-To-Help makes it easy to author, edit and publish documentation and help content. The latest release introduces a new mobile-friendly HTML 5 output format, right-to-left support, integration with Microsoft Office 365 and more.
Find out more about Doc-To-Help 2012 V1.
HardCopy* issue 55 is due out soon.
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*Established in 1999, HardCopy Magazine is independently written by Grey Matter for IT professionals featuring interviews, reviews and news from the world of IT.
Effective March 1, 2012 Symantec will be removing Symantec™ ServiceDesk from Altiris™ IT Management Suite (ITMS).
For further information please click here.
Enhancements include VMware 5 support and a rewritten Mobile Web GUI.
Find out more about Paessler PRTG.
Bing Maps has released New GO imagery of London. View images of the Olympic Park here.