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If you purchased, installed, and activated a qualifying Microsoft Office 2007 product between March 5, 2010, and September 30, 2010, you are eligible to download Office 2010 at no additional cost.

Once you’ve purchased and activated Office 2007, you can redeem your Office 2010 upgrade online. You have the choice to download Office 2010 free or purchase a DVD for  fee.

You must request your Office 2010 upgrade no later than October 31, 2010.

Visit the Microsoft website for more information.

Parallels Server 4.0 for Mac Bare Metal Edition is the first Parallels solution that can be installed and used on bare Apple hardware. Simple to install and simple to administer, Parallels Server 4.0 for Mac Bare Metal Edition is a cost-effective, fully supported server virtualization solution that is certified to run on bare Apple Xserve.

With Parallels Server 4.0 for Mac Bare Metal Edition you can…

• Run multiple OS environments on a single server to maximize hardware utilization
• Quickly provision, configure, manage & de-provision virtual server environments
• Reduce the number of physical servers resulting in saved space & power consumption
• Easily snapshot and/or backup all or individual virtual machines to protect data & settings
• Migrate virtual machines between physical servers to distribute workload or respond to pending hardware issues
• Pre-configure virtual machines through templates or use VMs created with Parallels Desktop for Mac, Windows or Linux and Parallels Server for Mac

Visit the Parallels website for more information.

Build an 8Gb/s SAN with ATTO’s Fibre Channel connectivity solution.

• It’s fast – Up to 6400MB/s fast
• It’s flexible – Multiple port configurations and support for Windows, Linux, Mac and VMware
• It’s extraordinary – Proprietary ADS and MultiPAth Director technology

Visit the Atto website for more information.

JPY today announces the launch of the next generation of Archiware’s powerful and award winning PresSTORE data management system. PresSTORE P4 includes a new smart browser interface feature to help guide users through the software, a PresSTORE mobile iPhone App to allow users to monitor PresSTORE servers from anywhere and ‘progressive backup’, a new concept for backing up large data sets.

The smart browser interface also adds flexibility by making it possible for users to login, configure and administer their PresSTORE server from any workstation. User groups can also be granted customised access to Backup and Archive.

PresSTORE P4’s progressive backup concept is a new way to backup even large data sets by using incremental backups to complete the data set automatically. This means that organisations never need to do a full backup again and can end their dependency on the weekend backup window (with 60 hours and about 20 TB limit (with 100MB/s)) as the back up data can be saved automatically whenever production allows. The data can also be restored immediately.

Visit the Archiware website for more information.

ATTO Technology is a leading provider of high-performance storage connectivity solutions and we have leveraged our long history working with Intel, the industryleader in 10 Gigabit Technology, to bring to market the latest in our expansive portfolio of innovative storage connectivity solutions: FastFrame™10GbE Network Adapters.

FastFrame Network Adapters provide the most flexible and scalable connectivity for today’s data center environments. With support for Data Center Bridging (DCB) and native OS iSCSI initiators, FastFrame NICs enable the convergence of your LAN and SAN, while providing a lossless infrastructure for improved system performance.

Visit the Atto website for more information.