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White Papers
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So, You’re Responsible for Managing Laptops
If your organization is like most, you're buying mobile computers to allow for remote and mobile workers -- meaning corporate computing is no longer confined to the LAN. Most likely, the tools you have to manage them aren't keeping up with your responsibilities.
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Protecting Data on Laptops: Why Encryption Isn't Enough
Missing laptops and mobile devices continue to be the number one cause of data breaches. Research indicates that over 60% of data breaches are caused by careless employees or insider theft. This white paper provides a case for endpoint security that remains effective regardless of end-user reliability.
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Compliance. Protection. Recovery. A Layered Approach to Laptop Security
This paper discusses the problems IT departments face with laptop theft, mobile data protection, IT asset tracking, and regulatory compliance such as Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and California Senate Bill 1386.
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EMA Impact Brief: Absolute Software Expands Lifecycle Management
Absolute Software has announced it has completed its acquisition of the LANrev systems management platform. Absolute plans to integrate LANrev’s popular Mac and PC lifecycle configuration management technology with its flagship security and asset management suite, Computrace.
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Endpoint Security: Data Protection for IT, Freedom for Laptop Users
While laptop and tablet computers offers organizations increased productivity, flexible work schedules and greater work/life balance, lost or stolen laptop computers cause nearly 50% of public data breaches. Organizations must balance the enhanced productivity of mobile computing with the requirement to protect sensitive information from data breach.
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Case Studies
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Success Story: Grant Thornton LLP
Grant Thornton needed to simplify IT asset management and reduce computer drift across 49 offices. Find out how they increased asset visibility to 100%, and reduced costs by recovering and wiping data from laptops before end-of-lease.
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Allina Hospitals Increases Auditing Accuracy by Over 65 Percent
With an electronic health record system spanning 11 hospitals, Allina required a way to protect 2,700 laptops. Using Computrace, Allina has improved tracking from 30% to over 95% of computers outside facilities, and has averted several possible data breaches.
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Bensalem Saves $53,000 Per Year With Power Management
Bensalem Township School District is a K-12 district of 9 schools in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Committed to providing a first class education for the “whole child”, the school’s technology team has innovated the learning experience with “technology infused instruction”. The use of technology has made learning more engaging and interactive. But with the increase of technology usage comes the increase in energy cost.
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Chicago Public Schools Manages 10,000 Macs and Reduces Support Calls by 70 Percent
Located in metro Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is the education institution for more than 400,000 K-12 students in the region. For the IT administration team, managing more than 10,000 Apple computers presents a major challenge shared with other large organizations. The selection of lifecycle management solutions capable of truly managing Macs was limited.
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Dysart School District Keeps Track of Laptop Learning
Dysart Unified School District (DUSD) is Arizona’s fastest-growing school district. Despite the district’s extremely rapid expansion, it remains focused on its mission of “Increasing in Excellence” – or, preparing students for life in the new century. Recognizing that technology will play a major role in the livelihood of its K-12 students, the district is moving aggressively toward making laptop computers an everyday learning tool for its 23,100 students.
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Webcasts
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Computer Lifecycle Management
Gartner Analyst Terry Cosgrove looks at how Computer Lifecycle Management helps enterprises run at peak cost efficiency. Also, find out how Bensalem Township School District lowers the power usage of its computers, saving over $50,000 annually.
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Critical Steps for Securing and Tracking School Laptops
Alice Owen, Executive Director of Technology for Irving Independent School District, discusses how she effectively secures and tracks her district's 12,000 computers.
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Grappling Growth: How IT Can Thrive in a Fast-Growing Organization
IT Managers in growing healthcare organizations know there is a particularly strong need to be agile and proactive in meeting the needs of the operating environment. Watch this webcast as Michael Scarpelli, Technical Support Manager for La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology relates how he successfully frees up 30 IT support hours a week.
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Hardware on the Go: How to Manage and Secure a Mobile Fleet
In this day and age, businesses are increasingly mobile. Protecting your company against unauthorized software use and loss or theft of a mobile device is crucial in a digital world. Learn how Richard Evans, IT Manager for building contractor SpawGlass accounts for 100% of his mobile hardware fleet.
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How One School District Doubled its Laptop Return Rate
Leonard Niebo, Director of IT for Brick Township Public Schools, leads a discussion on overcoming the roadblocks of a manual auditing process, specialized computing needs and incidents of loss and theft.
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Survey Results
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IT Managers Report on State of Data Security
A Research Concepts survey of 185 IT professionals finds that, although computer and data security are high priorities for organizations, they are surprisingly unprepared to prevent data breaches and computer theft.
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Product Literature
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Secure Mobility with Absolute Software
Absolute Software allows you to centrally manage computers and mobile devices via any internet connection. In this product overview, learn how you can maintain an inventory of optimally running devices, identify computers that go missing and take action when they do.
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Research Reports
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The Human Factor in Laptop Encryption
This Ponemon Institute research report examines the behavior of non-IT employees when it comes to encryption policy. It shows that many employees may not be taking the most basic precautions to protect their company laptop.
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Forrester Report: Managing the Security and Risk Challenges of Personal Devices in the Workplace
Security professionals are wondering how to best deal with the oncoming tide of personal mobile devices finding their way into the workplace. Download this research report to learn some key areas of consideration before moving ahead with a mobile implementations strategy.
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Gartner CEO Advisory: Seize the iPad Opportunity Now
The Apple iPad and associated ecosystem are likely to disrupt existing technology usage profiles and business models. CEOs should take a moment to ensure that the potential opportunity is being seriously evaluated inside their enterprises.
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Reviews
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Shutting Down the Threat of Lost Data
Our editors tested Computrace Data Protection, a service that could save institutions money and face. (eWEEK Review)
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Stop Crime in its Tracks
Absolute Software`s Computrace Data Protection gives corporations one last chance to wipe out important data stored on misplaced or stolen laptops. (eWEEK Review)
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Tools
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ROI Calculator
With this calculator, you can simply input a few details about your computer inventory to quickly generate an assessment on how much you can expect to save by implementing power management software.
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Product Demos
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How Computrace Tracks and Secures Laptops
View this flash demo to see Absolute in action. No matter where computers are connected, you can monitor installed software/hardware, track location using GPS and WiFi and take action if a device is lost or stolen.
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Absolute Manage
In this 10-minute demo, see how Absolute Manage can help you centrally manage both Mac and PCs with software license, security, configuration, imaging, inventory and power management capabilities.
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Absolute Manage: Mobile Device Management
Whether you support a mixture of PCs and Apple devices or you deal with a dedicated Mac environment, odds are your greatest challenge is managing and securing the iPads and iPhones in your organization. But managing your mobile Apple devices just got easier. Download this product demo to learn more.
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How Persistence Works
Computrace products provide you with a constant connection to all of the computers in your deployment. Learn the basics of how solutions from Absolute Software can self-heal and how Computrace helps support our persistent software.
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Articles
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IDC Report: The Need for Proactive Mobile Device Management
IDC Analyst Stephen Drake answers a few key industry questions regarding the impact of mobile device management (MDM) on IT organizations, how they should approach managing their now employee-liable devices, and common mistakes made when choosing a tool to secure these IT assets.
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