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  • Security: A Reason for Windows 7 Adoption

    October’s Patch Tuesday—or as some in security circles have come to call “Terrible Tuesday”—contained fixes for more than 34 vulnerabilities, including one for Windows 7. Issuing a patch for an operating system that was still more than a week away from general availability would have been a black eye in the days of Windows 98,…

  • IBM Trots Out Raft of Midmarket Offerings

    In its continued quest to gain relevance among midmarket customers, IBM this week took the wraps off a handful of new solutions aimed at companies with between 100 and 1,000 employees. The offerings, which span across Big Blue’s software portfolio, have been tested to ensure they are simple for midsize companies to install and manage,…

  • Computer Makers Bet Big On Windows 7

    With Windows 7’s release now official, thoughts in the industry now look toward the hardware world. Manufacturers of the computer components and systems that will run the OS are placing big bets on Windows 7’s potential impact on the sale of new computer systems. “I think everybody is ready and waiting,” Margaret Lewis, director of…

  • Microsoft Ushers in Windows 7 Era

    Kylie, the precocious 5-year-old from the television commercials, took center stage at the Microsoft Windows 7 launch event to inaugurate the new operating system. Her declaration, “I’m a Windows 7 PC.” The diminutive Kylie struck the cord that Microsoft wanted for the Windows 7 launch event: simplicity. While the launch event focused mostly on the…

  • Windows 7: The End of an Era

    Nearly 20 years have passed since I first laid eyes on Windows. It was 1990 in the student computer lab at Suffolk University; a room full of bright white Gateway desktops running Windows 3.0. Compared to the GUI-driven Macs I used in high school years earlier, the early version of Windows was kludgy and lacked…

  • OnForce: Prices Stabilizing, Installation Work Orders Climb

    Online IT services marketplace OnForce says that price stabilization and a rise in installation work in the most recent quarter could indicate positive changes in the economy. The change comes after price erosion punctuated previous quarters. “We’ve started to see pricing stabilize for the second quarter in a row,” says Maria Battaglia, senior vice president…

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