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Business Urged to Begin Testing of Windows 7, Eliminate XP by 2012
Businesses should plan and test Microsoft Windows 7 this year and look to eliminate Windows XP by the end of 2012. Those recommendations come in a new report from Gartner, which says now is the time for organizations to be planning and making decisions about when to begin migration to Windows 7, set target dates…
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Novell Offers PlateSpin Solutions for Microsoft Windows and Linux
Novell announced update versions of three of its PlateSpin Workload Management products, Migrate, Protect and Forge. The key upgrade to these latest versions is support for both Microsoft’s Windows operating system (OS) and the open source Linux OS. These virtualization management solutions, which the company said would be available later in the month, offer live…
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IBM Adds Storage, Server Solutions To Express Lineup
Storage and servers have been good to IBM, with a large helping hand from Big Blue’s channel, and the company intends to continue that momentum with two new solutions configured for the channel. Shipping on June 15, the DS3500 Express doubles the capacity and performance of any previous storage product in the DS3000 family and…
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HP Enterprise Services Business to Cut 9,000 Jobs
HP (NYSE:HPQ) will cut 9,000 jobs in its HP Enterprise Services Business division, the company has announced, as the result of a data center consolidation to move its infrastructure onto its own Converged Infrastructure product lines. The workforce reduction, which comes two years after HP announced its acquisition of IT services firm EDS, will consolidate…
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Google Dumps Internal Use of Microsoft Windows, Report Says
Google is reportedly phasing out internal company use of Microsoft Windows due to security concerns, according to a report in the Financial Times. The report cites unnamed Google employees who told the FT that new employees are given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or else PCs running Linux. Employees say that the directive…
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Microsoft Launches Twitter Tool: Project Emporia
Microsoft announced the alpha preview of a social-networking initiative, Project Emporia, being developed through its FUSE Labs. The application gives users the ability to browse information on Twitter most relevant to their needs, and refine their experience through a “like/dislike” recommender system. Since its inception in October 2009, FUSE Labs has pursued the development of…
