Maybe other companies do this less visibly, but in the last two months Kaseya, which produces technology used by managed services providers, has published a detailed calendar of product release dates on its website.  The company noted it has taken this step to enable customers to plan. Among the releases scheduled for 2011 are the following: Mobile Device Management, January 4;  Online Backup, Enterprise Monitoring, and IT Service Billing, January 11;  Directory Services, January 18;  Policy Management, January, 25. Considering that I often find myself confused about products that have been announced and those that have actually become available, I wish more companies would do this.
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