Userful Multiplier is a great product that enables you to turn 1  PC into 10 workstations! Each workstation allows a user to have their own workspace and applications. The product can be used to provide Linux desktops:

• to admin or secretarial staff
• call centre agents

or, with the use of Userful Desktop it can provide a secure, locked down desktop to users in:

In today's economic environment many companies are being forced to look again at their infrastructure costs, and ask where can we save money, without loosing functionality and features? In some ways, the downturn is good for business, as we are forced to review our current cost structures and find ways of doing more but at the same time spend less!

 Why pay for expensive Hosting services when Google offers free email hosting?

Besides Gmail, Google offers custom email hosting. This is when Google host emails for your own domain. You are bound to save money from hosting for free with Google. The Google Apps - Standard Edition Package offers incredible features.

The ability for an SME to provide Virtual Private Network (VPN) access to its staff, allows for significant productivity  gains. So what is a Virtual Private Network (VPN)?

With the pressure to cut costs and survive the current economic downturn companies are looking at ways for reducing costs without giving up any of the resources and supplies they need to function.  In some respects the downturn is good as it is forcing companies to become more efficient. Whereas in the past, expensive, old technology, solutions were put in place and never looked at again as new technology emerged, companies are now being forced to re-assess their infrastructure to look at more efficient ways of operating.

During these hard economic times, companies all over the world are looking at ways of cutting costs to survive the lean months ahead. One of the glaringly obvious areas for cost cutting is licensing costs, but the dilemma faced by many is that the services and applications covered by these licenses  are necessary for the running of their business. In searching for a solution many CIOs are now seriously starting to look at open source solutions.

Today I attended the Novell and Microsoft Interoperability presentation at Summer Place in Johannesburg. Although there was nothing really new for me here, since we been using virtualisation for  over two years already, it was interesting to see a Microsoft representative talking about Linux.