Migration
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Five steps firms should make before Win 7 move

News Businesses should look at five key issues to prep themselves for "nearly inevitable" migration to Microsoft's upcoming OS, Gartner advises.

Friday, October 16 2009 06:43 PM

Tags: Windows 7, IT training, Software, Operating System, Michael Silver, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, software company

Windows 7 catalyzing desktop virtualization

News Falling cost of deploying virtual desktops, coupled with enterprise migration to Windows 7 is fueling interest in desktop virtualization, says VMware exec.

Tuesday, November 24 2009 07:23 PM

Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Desktop, Storage, Microsoft Windows 7, VMware Inc., Server, server virtualization, Microsoft Windows, desktop

Philippine govt dumps IBM, heads to Oracle-HP

News Country's pension agency ditches IBM and starts migration to system running Oracle database and HP servers, ending months of tensed relationship with Big Blue.

Thursday, October 15 2009 05:23 PM

Tags: Database management, Databases, Service level management, Local Government, Database, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., CTO, Service level management, Databases

Clustering enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2 improve migration time

Techguide An enhancement to Windows Server 2008 R2 is clustered shared volumes. Rick Vanover provides an overview of this important change.

Monday, July 20 2009 07:29 PM

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Server platforms, Migration, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Storage, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, clustering, Rick Vanover, Server

SAP and IBM offer joint cloud migration

News The two companies demonstrated a new tool at CeBIT 2009, based on IBM's Power 6 systems that offers live migration via cloud computing.

Friday, March 06 2009 12:54 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, IBM Corp., SAP AG, Migration, European Union, Europe, Cloud computing, Environment, Server, CeBit

.Mac migration to MobileMe hits roadblocks

News The .Mac service remains inaccessible hours after the scheduled migration of the service to the new .Me destination.

Friday, July 11 2008 08:00 AM

Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, Data services, Web sites, Mobile platforms, Apple Inc., Migration, Apple Macintosh, San Francisco, photograph

AMD, Red Hat demo cross-platform live migration

News The companies have posted a video online showing how they can move virtual machines between Intel and AMD platforms without requiring systems to be shut down.

Monday, November 10 2008 09:34 AM

Tags: Processors, Virtualization, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Migration, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Machine, Video, Server, data center

Google Apps bug: You've got (my) mail

News Brown University students and a few other Google Apps customers found other peoples' e-mail in their in-box due to glitch in migrating from old e-mail to Gmail.

Monday, September 21 2009 03:43 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Director Of Information Technology, Tool, Support Services, e-mail, spokesman, Google Apps, Google Gmail, Web 2.0

Microsoft releases Hyper-V Server R2

News Latest iteration of Microsoft's free hypervisor, which now includes functionality for the live migration of servers, is now available for download.

Wednesday, September 02 2009 09:45 AM

Tags: Servers, Business applications, Virtualization, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Hypervisor, Server, processor, team, Servers

Migrating DHCP from Windows 2000 Server/Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

Techguide With a little bit of work, it's not hard to migrate DHCP services from Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. Here's how.

Sunday, December 06 2009 01:59 PM

Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Server 2003, Database, Scott Lowe, DHCP, DHCP Server, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server

Analyst: Wait before rushing into LTE

News Operators should wait for kinks in the technology and business case to be ironed out, before embarking on full-scale upgrades to 4G standard, long term evolution, says Ovum.

Friday, October 23 2009 02:43 PM

Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Network infrastructure, Verizon Communications Inc., Ovum, Operator, revenue, network, mobile, HSPA, 4G

Tough road leading to next-gen networks

Insight perspective Migrating to next-generation networks is extremely complex, and telecom operators must be mindful of certain pitfalls, says industry player.

Friday, August 28 2009 12:42 PM

Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, Protocols and platforms, ATM, Operator, IP, Broadband, Service, SLA, Consulting, outsource

Making the business case for Windows 7

Techguide Selling the idea of migrating from Windows XP, and reasons to upgrade from Windows Vista for IT professionals

Monday, November 02 2009 12:33 PM

Tags: IT Management, Asset/resource/knowledge management, Security, Operating System, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, application compatibility, Microsoft Windows XP

S'pore firm not gaga over Google Apps

News Google launches marketing campaign to drive adoption of office suite, but one Singapore company has concerns over security and lack of formatting capabilities.

Friday, October 30 2009 05:19 PM

Tags: Cloud computing, Google Inc., Cloud, DSC, Microsoft Corp., CEO, software, Cloud computing, Wong, e-mail