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Splitting image:Aladdin Systems' ShrinkWrap lets Macusers make exact byte-for-byte copies of their hard-drives, CD-ROMsor floppies. ShrinkWrap is ideal if you're looking to clone Macconfigurations throughout your office--it even places the icons inthe right place. A drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to createan exact disk image of an original source disk or CD-ROM fortransmission over the Internet, giving you an effective way to sendand receive data as images. It also makes it possible for userswithout a CD-ROM to run the "CD" directly off theirdesktop and includes StuffIt compression to minimize a file'ssize. Great for backups and archiving, ShrinkWrap requires Mac OS7.1.1 or higher. It's free for a 30-day trial ($29.95 afterthat) athttp://www.aladdinsys.com/shrinkwrapor by calling (800) 850-3388.

PC manager:MyITware is designed to help optimize PCresources and reduce the total cost of ownership for organizationswith a minimum of 25 PCs. To reduce the cost of your company'sPCs, you need to enact certain usage policies, such as acceptablesoftware applications, Web access and so on. MyITware conducts aninventory to show what's installed on all systems, and a usageauditing feature lets you monitor how the applications are used.This can eliminate costly technical support issues, reduce yourliability for unlicensed software usage, and even save you themoney you pay for support for unused programs. This is anaffordable, Windows-based computer management option at $29 perclient. Visithttp://www.myitcorp.comor call(888) 694-8927.