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- The Role of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008
- Hyper-V simplifies Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS migration by enabling virtual machine partitioning and isolation and using page sharing to optimize memory.
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Os migration, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, It Operations, Hardware
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization: Simplifying Large-Scale Windows OS Migrations
- This white paper discusses how Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization enables organizations to streamline and accelerate enterprise-scale Windows XP and Vista migrations, eliminating key pain points and lowering the barriers of time, cost and effort involved. The paper highlights the challenges inherent in these OS migrations, including significant time and cost...
- Tags: Operating System, Softricity SoftGrid, Migration, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Os migration, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, It Operations, Hardware, Software, Storage
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization: Simplifying Large-Scale Windows OS Migrations
- This white paper discusses how Microsoft SoftGrid Application Virtualization enables organizations to streamline and accelerate enterprise-scale Windows XP and Vista migrations, eliminating key pain points and lowering the barriers of time, cost and effort involved. The paper highlights the challenges inherent in these OS migrations, including significant time and cost...
- Tags: Operating System, Softricity SoftGrid, Migration, Application Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Os migration, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, It Operations, Hardware, Software, Storage
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Solving the OS Migration Challenge to Windows Vista and Beyond
- The presenter talks about technologies that can help the migration to Vista and beyond.
- Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Intel Corp., Os migration, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), It Operations, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Webcasts 2006-12-18
- Scriptlogic Solutions & IT Lifecycle Management Suites Comparison
- Altiris Client Management Suite focuses on the key functions within the desktop lifecycle: Deployment, Inventory, Backup and Recovery, Software Delivery, Remote Control, OS imaging, PC Personality and OS Migration and Patch Management. It has proved popular with large enterprises for managing and automating the total lifecycle of desktop computers, and...
- Tags: IT Lifecycle Management, Information Technology, ScriptLogic Corp., Altiris Inc., Desktops, Os migration, Hardware, It Operations
- White papers 2005-02-28
- Getronics Workspace Services and PCs With Intel vPro Technology
- The primary service challenge is that IT service providers cannot necessarily manage, maintain, or update PCs if system power is off or the OS is not working properly. Instead, many typical IT tasks must currently be performed during business hours, when PCs are powered on and available for inventory, software...
- Tags: Security, Intel vPro, PC, Getronics, Operating System, Intel Corp., Os migration, Desktops, Software Upgrade, Operating Systems, It Operations, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans
- the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades
- In all honesty though . . .In all honesty though - I'm not seeing anything that runs in XP but won't run in Vista/7. The only things that had issues where antiviruses and firewalls - but all of those offered upgrades eventually.It's the UI now more than anything elseI've been...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, XP Mode, Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Microsoft 'builds a branch to Java developers" with Teamprise buy
- what I don't get it is...why would anybody using Eclipse would want Visual studio too.Eclipse is not...... the only IDE in existence. And Java is not the only language in existence. Some compagnies uses several technologies. I saw Linux and windows servers running side by side and operating in a...
- Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Programming languages, UNIX, Operating systems, Eclipse, compagny, Java, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Java developer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- WinInstall Desktop Availability Suite 10.0 (Windows)
- WinInstall Desktop Availability Suite includes: Client Reset Templates. WinINSTALL's unique client reset technology allows IT administrators to build workflow templates around common desktop management tasks. Alternative to Imaging. Whether restoring a PC, deploying new hardware, or migrating operating systems, WinINSTALL eliminates the headaches triggered by creating, updating, and tracking images-without...
- Tags: PC, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, Scalable Software, WinInstall Desktop Availability Suite, WinINSTALL, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever
- Worst OS ever! You should read what Dana Blankhorn had to say about your beloved linux! I'll give you a hint, its not good. I can't believe they would release a distro with known harddrive bugs. I'm going to laugh at you when you lose all your data due...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, Ubuntu, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Can open source software stop IT failure?
- I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...
- Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment
- Well DUH!Students, retired folks, IT pros, dabblers, 'nix heads, etc. would ALL find trying to UPGRADE from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS hard. Three words - "can't be done."There, was that hard? Why is this even news?This is newsbecause some people like to keep spreading...
- Tags: Operating systems, clean install, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Migration Wizard
- Discussion threads 2009-10-26
- What Windows7 could mean for Linux
- Success becomes a problemIf Win7 is as trouble-free as advertised, then there will be a mass-migration to it. This will make M$ great money in the short term. But once customers are there, they are less likely to EVER upgrade again! They are "happy" with XP now - save for...
- Tags: SOAP, Content management, Groupware, Collaboration, Azure, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft SharePoint, Windows Communication Foundation, Microsofts, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
- Windows 7's latest fan: Linus Torvalds
- This is great news! This picture is proof positive that Linus T. is ditching linux because it was so bloated and scarey that he is converting to Microsoft Windows 7. If the leader of linux is doing it then we can say it won't be long before the rest...
- Tags: Operating systems, Happy Days, Linus Torvalds, Linus, Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Thoughts"IBM and Canonical, though, are asking if that upgrade path really needs to involve Windows at all."Umm - dare I ask why large industries are allowed to influence education?"Why migrate to Windows, though, when your client machines can run Ubuntu "Because I don't need to deal with any migration headaches...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...
- Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Windows 7: An impressive upgrade
- Windows 7 review:Windows 7 review: 'New' OS is just Vista with small changesPerformance enhancements"We have already determined that W7 won't make your computer run any faster. And if you are upgrading from XP, it might run slightly slower, just as with Vista. ......But it's not really anything new. We hate...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, impressive upgrade, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
- EvriChart: A Linux Success Story
- Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...
- Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Looking beyond Windows 7 and Office; Pondering the alternatives
- Gartner is telling customers to upgrade to Windows 7 and the latest Office, but adds that it may make sense to at least ponder the alternatives and move toward a more operating system neutral stance. In a talk at the Gartner IT Symposium in Orlando, Gartner analyst...
- Tags: Operating System, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice.org, Michael Silver, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
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