Tag: migration

  • Windows 7 Migration Tool Provider Launches Channel Program

    Chris Talbot

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    What’s the state of Windows 7 deployment? More than a year after the release of Microsoft’s most recent Windows operating system, only 31 percent of  businesses have made the transition to Windows 7. But that’s about to change.  Forrester is expecting that figure to shoot up to 83 percent in the next year, pointing to… Read more

  • Google Launches Improved Migration Tools for Microsoft Exchange, Outlook

    Nathan Eddy

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    Search engine giant Google added updated versions of their data migration tools for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, which are available to Google Apps for Business and Education customers. The company noted this year alone, customers have migrated over 3.5 billion emails to Google Apps, along with over 100 million calendar events and 25 million contacts.… Read more

  • IBM Touts Customer Wins From Oracle/Sun and HP

    Jessica Davis

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    IBM says that nearly 400 IT customers have moved their critical business workloads to IBM servers and storage systems, off of Oracle/Sun and HP during the third quarter alone in what IBM says is a record high since the company began tracking such migrations four years ago. IBM has been offering premiums to channel partners… Read more

  • Windows 7 Migration Success Seven Steps to Help

    Windows 7 Migration Success Seven Steps to Help

    Ericka Chickowski

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    Windows 7 Migration Success Seven Steps to Help Parameters for SuccessSeventy-one percent of those companies implementing some or all of these best practices were able to complete their migrations within a year, compared with 52 percent of companies who did not adhere to the steps. No Title Parameters for SuccessCompanies who leveraged these best practices… Read more

  • CommVault Simpana 9 Launch Recognizes Growth of Virtualization

    Jessica Davis

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    Commvault’s Simpana 9 data management software “bridges the physical storage world and the rapidly emerging virtual one” by adding four major new functions including generation three deduplication extended to the source level, support for Xen virtualization platforms, simplified migration tools, and better protection of snap backups. The result is Simpana 9, which Commvault is launching… Read more

  • IBM Targets HP, Oracle with Competitive Migration, Deferred Payments

    Jessica Davis

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    IBM is turning up the heat on Oracle/Sun and HP, with a new financing program with special terms for customers who trade their Oracle/Sun and HP equipment to migrate to selected IBM equipment. IBM says it is offering attractive lease terms and no payments until 2011 for credit-qualified U.S. customers that trade in Oracle/Sun and… Read more