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New automated server configuration management software promises to lessen your staff’s workload in the data center while boosting server security, configuration consistency and availability. Network ...

Dubai, UAE - June 08, 2009 - EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC), the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held ...