We have been having some great success with a product called IBM Tivoli Endpoint Manager (TEM). IBM TEM’s power management module for desktop and laptop fleets has been a real talking point around companies today. Based on PC usage analysis and actual electricity costs, companies have found savings ranging from $30 – $50 per endpoint per year.

Even in our environment at Computer Merchants with 40 desktops, we have achieved savings of $50 per endpoint per year which equates to $2,000 in energy savings in a year.

On top of these cost savings, IBM TEM also provides further function to enhance the management of your desktop and laptop fleet:

• 
  asset discovery,
• hardware inventory,
• Windows and third party patching,
• software distribution,
• software license tracking,
• anti-virus control and
• security and compliance.

IBM TEM’s power management module is extremely flexible and has the ability to be customised to suit any environment. Using tools like Wake-on-LAN, hibernation, standby and the ability to safely shut down programs, the module can be finetuned to take advantage of power management without impacting the users or the production.

With the ability to pull up-to-date reports of your power usage and costs broken down to a per machine basis, you are able to accurately monitor and enforce the right power policies onto the machines all from a single console.

With electricity costs on the rise, the savings to your business will only increase. If this sounds like an issue that you are interested in, talk to your Computer Merchants account manager (or fill in the form below) to find out how IBM TEM could help you.

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If you’d like to stop spam forever, call us on 1800 777 111 and ask about how we can help you with your Netbox Blue solution.

Are you as secure as you think?

The IBM Internet Security Systems Unified Threat Management appliance is both easy to manage and update. It provides you with:

• All in One Protection
• Performance Based Protection
• Virtual Patch Protection
• IBM ISS X Force Security Intelligence
• Intuitive Reporting
• Streamlined Compliance

MX0804 Bundle

• Appliance (MX0804-U)
• 1 year maintenance (MX0804-PROVENTIA-MX0-MAINT)
• Elearning module (TR-MFS4HR-EL)
• Up to 50 users
• Standard Web Price: $3786.00 + GST

April Special – $2,786.00 + GST

Firewall – Intrusion Prevention – Antivirus – Anti Spam – Web Filtering

Contact us today to learn how IBM ISS can assist

Call us on 1800 777 111 or email us directly.

Netbox Blue allows businesses to protect their network from external and internal threats

• This includes eradicating spam and blocking potential viruses.
• Your staff will be happier – no longer will they receive numerous emails from unwanted sources.
• Netbox Blue virtualises hardware which leads to a reduction in costs.
• Visit ThinkInsideTheNetbox to learn more about Netbox Blue and what sort of companies have taken advantage of this product.
• Contact us on 1800 777 111 if you have any further enquiries.

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If you’d like to stop spam forever, call us on 1800 777 111 and ask about how we can help you with your Netbox Blue solution.

Netbox Blue allows businesses to protect their network from external and internal threats

• This includes eradicating spam and blocking potential viruses.
• Your staff will be happier - no longer will they receive numerous emails from unwanted sources.
• Netbox Blue virtualises hardware which leads to a reduction in costs.
• Visit ThinkInsideTheNetbox to learn more about Netbox Blue and what sort of companies have taken advantage of this product.
• Contact us on 1800 777 111 if you have any further enquiries.

NetBox Blue has partnered with IBM to deliver its unique security and productivity software solution on IBM hardware-Blue On Blue. The IBM platform provides NetBox Blue customers with the assurance that they are running best in class servers with global support from IBM. NetBox Blue’s software is IBM Server Proven and went through extensive testing to achieve this accreditation.

NetBox Blue and IBM are delighted to offer you:

• A free executive briefing focused on internet security and productivity best
  practice, with real-world examples.
• Free software integration receive a fully tested, plug and play IBM platform
  running NetBox Blue software.
• First month’s free software updates and telephone support.

Here are some of the key business reasons to consider a NetBox Blue solution:

• Total security management: no more viruses and full protection from all external threats (including spam).
• Full control over what users are doing on the network:
  • Internet browsing reports and controls
  • Email send/receive reports and controls
  • File download reports and controls
• Network control:
  • Traffic shaping
  • Quota management
• User or group policy control of web browsing usage, etc.
• Businesses equally need to ensure that policies are implemented to minimise legal liabilities and abuse of the corporate resources and that these are maintained 24 x 7.

Security is an important element of your IT infrastructure. Being secure doesn’t need to be a costly exercise. Lessons can be learned from market best practice and implemented within your organization.

Computer Merchants had a time when some people were receiving 200 unwanted emails every morning. Valuable time was being spent wading through them to find the emails that were relevant. In one case we had accidentally deleted an email from a customer. Does this sound familiar?

We found a solution which fixed this problem overnight. Now when our staff come to work in the morning and check their emails only the wanted ones appear. Email has become a trusted and reliable method of communication again.

Our solution came from a Brisbane based company called NetBox Blue

They have developed software which runs on IBM xSeries servers and monitors incoming and outgoing email.

NetBox Blue have studied spam email and developed a solution to block the unwanted content. The product from NetBox Blue is not limited to blocking spam email either. Its other functions include:

• virus checking,
• internet security,
• monitoring network and internet usage, and
• email hosting.

The solution is very easy to install and manage. NetBox Blue arrived at our office at 5pm one evening, and by 6:30pm it had been implemented and we had been trained on how to monitor it. If we get stuck we have access to NetBox Blue’s 24×7 technical support.

Computer Merchants have gained greatly by the installation of NetBox Blue’s product

Our staff are happier that they no longer waste their time on unwanted emails. We have also gained a great tool to monitor and manage our network and have increased our network security.

If you are having the same pains that we were with your email, then let us put you in touch with NetBox Blue. The value that we get out of the product makes us more than happy to recommend it to anybody.