Tag: migration

  • Open Cloud Manifesto Ensures Migration, Not Identity Management

    Lawrence Walsh

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    The controversial “Open Cloud Manifesto” is intended to ensure users of Web-based applications such as those offered by Salesforce.com, IBM and Microsoft have the ability to port their data to new providers should they choose to switch services. However, the limitation of cloud services is the lack of secure inter-cloud communications and data exchange between… Read more

  • Microsoft Rolls Out Six Vista Migration Tools

    Microsoft Rolls Out Six Vista Migration Tools

    Joe Wilcox

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    Microsoft announced Feb. 20 new tools for easing Windows Vista deployments. The tools come about two-and-a-half months after Microsoft released the new operating system to businesses. The tools—immediately available—let businesses assess hardware and software compatibility with Vista, better manage product licensing activation, and virtualize older Windows versions during Vista testing, deployment and transition processes. The… Read more

  • Microsoft Crashes IBM Lotus Party with Migration Tools

    Microsoft Crashes IBM Lotus Party with Migration Tools

    Darryl K. Taft

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    Knocking on the door of its competition at the opening of their annual user event, Microsoft announced new tools to help IBM Lotus Notes/Domino users migrate to the Microsoft fold. At the kickoff of IBM’s annual Lotusphere conference in Orlando, Fla., Microsoft announced a series of tools to help Lotus Notes/Domino customers take advantage of… Read more

  • Itanium Consortium Looks to Ease SPARC/Solaris Migration

    Itanium Consortium Looks to Ease SPARC/Solaris Migration

    Jeffrey Burt

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    The consortium of vendors working to increase the reach of Intel’s Itanium architecture is kicking off a program aimed at enticing software vendors to migrate their SPARC/Solaris applications over to Itanium. The ISV Platform Expansion Program, introduced Sept. 25 by the year-old Itanium Solutions Alliance, will take advantage of Transitive’s QuickTransit technology, which enables applications… Read more

  • Vista RC1 Tests Show That the Migration Path May Be Rocky

    Vista RC1 Tests Show That the Migration Path May Be Rocky

    Jason Brooks

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    We’ve seen a bevy of Vista builds lately, and each has made some improvement over the other. But, now that the day of reckoning for Vista is drawing near, eWEEK Labs wanted to put the operating system to a real-world test—that is, what will it be like to upgrade a Windows XP machine to Vista?… Read more

  • Versora Updates Windows-to-Linux Migration Tool

    Versora Updates Windows-to-Linux Migration Tool

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    Desktop migration specialist Versora on Aug. 8 released an updated version of its Progression Desktop software, a tool that helps users to transfer files and settings from their Windows system to a Linux system. The most significant new features in the update, according to the company, are the addition of “full support” for Microsoft Office… Read more