Windows 7 If organizations are ready to deploy Windows 7 now, they should continue with their migration plans. You shouldn’t put your project on hold and wait because if you are among those who deploy Windows 8 early, it is very likely you will make modifications to Windows 8 to operate and look like Windows […]
read more »Initially, I was of the opinion that organizations still running Windows XP wouldn’t or at least shouldn’t, skip Windows 7 and go directly to Windows 8. But as time has elapsed and migration numbers have not moved significantly I’m beginning to think that many organizations simply won’t have the option to buy Windows 7 by […]
read more »Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve had some interesting discussions around the possible effects Windows 8 will have on IT departments. One common theme discussed is the idea that consumers will accelerate ITs need to support Windows 8. So what does this mean for an organization’s migration needs? I think this goes beyond deployment […]
read more »Gartner recently released a report saying that 42% of computers globally will run Windows 7 by the end of 2011. That is a considerable expectation shift from past reports that indicated great masses migrating in 2009 and then again 2010. While any claim of less than 50% is more reasonable than past claims, there are […]
read more »Everyone loves a good Ah-ha! moment – especially in IT. For the University of Georgia (UGA), theirs came in 2009 as they were involved in significant upgrades across the school’s user base. Making campus-wide system upgrades can create significant challenges for the IT staff at any education institution. The ever-growing number of computers in school […]
read more »Reports of Windows 8 early release to partners this week got me thinking about all of the goings on with Windows presently. We’re as eager as anyone to get our hands on a new OS. It sounds like there might be a “preview” at WPC in July, which I would interpret as a demo, with beta to follow […]
read more »Happy New Year! A quick post to let you know that SmartDeploy Enterprise release 1910 is available for download. There is some very good information in the deploycentral.com forums about the release. This was a big project and the dev team is very excited (and I expect a bit relieved) to have this complete and […]
read more »As a technology company we generally stay on top of software releases and we use most every Windows desktop and server OS that is released. We ran Vista throughout our organization. It was fine. We all have 7 now. Some of our people ran it during beta. It is better. We don’t celebrate or anticipate […]
read more »When evaluating software vendors at some point you probably ask yourself, your team, or perhaps your management asks you, “Why should we go with a product from an independent software vendor when we have mainstream options?” You might even have a history or a relationship with another vendor and have to justify a change. And […]
read more »I’ve hinted a few times here and there to customers, partners, and journalists about SmartMigrate. It’s something our software team has been thinking about, talking about, and working on for a long time in order to help people deal with Windows XP to Windows 7 migration. We’re really excited about it. And finally, we’re ready […]
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