Windows 7 Migration Woes
The folks over at VMware have released some survey data that sheds some light on the more prevalent downsides of Windows XP to 7 migrations. The number of companies that have not migrated yet is not surprising, nor is that what caught my eye. What is interesting is that the level of grief experienced by staff that only used free migration tools is much higher than those who made use of specialized tools that were purchased to help them along. The blog states “…Companies that purchased new tools to help with the migration experienced over 50% fewer...
read moreCleaning up
When you are thinking about your Windows migration project, you may have identified some dependencies, along with a bunch of nice-to-haves that you would like to have in place as well. This may include a migration to System Center 2012, or a cleanup and upgrade of your AD environment etc. Along with cleaning up your application portfolio through a rationalization effort, these projects will provide you some great benefits now, and in the long term. By rolling out effective tools and using them to their full potential, you will reduce the time you spend on...
read moreFuturestate IT Launches AppRx 3.0 at MMS 2013 with a New Application Rationalization and Migration Dashboard
Toronto, Canada, April 03, 2013-Futurestate IT today announced the launch of SaaS based AppRX 3.0 dashboard with at glance reports and alerts for application migration, rationalization and portfolio management. “Businesses on the whole have neglected their application portfolios since Y2K which has lead to application bloat and inflated IT operational cost.” said Alex Topitsch, CEO Futurestate IT. He continued to explain that “AppRx 3.0 provides critical application intelligence that allows enterprises to tackle application bloat and significantly...
read moreEveryone knows Windows XP support ends in a year. So what?
Next week you will see a ton of articles and blogs about the demise of Windows XP in April of 2014. As you are already well aware, there is only 1 year left of support for that operating system, and you are probably doing something about it in your organization already. There is no reason to continue to tell you the ramifications, either. Since you know you are going to need to do something or have most likely started, you are probably looking for ways to make the transition to your new platform(s) easier. One of the ways to simplify your migration is to...
read morePick an OS and get moving!
There have been a lot of articles over the past month or so discussing the whole Windows 8 vs. Windows 7 migration as well as mentioning the fact that a migration to XP from Windows 7 is not as trivial as people think. One of the reasons for the difficulty in this migration is that most people skipped Vista altogether. The OS was considered to be a large technical change from XP and it did not offer a compelling reason to move to it. The amount of effort that vendors had to put into making their apps work on Vista was significant, and it became apparent...
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