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Assessments for Windows 7 Migration and Desktop Virtualization
Mar 14, 2012 - Do you have a Windows 7 migration coming up? Perhaps you want to reduce costs, improve security and manageability over the long-term, and as the IT Director you want to shift resources into activities that grow the business P&L. [read more]
Welcoming Windows 8
Feb 29, 2012 - Windows 8 Metro release candidate is available: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/iso. Virtualbox is an excellent type 2 hypervisor, and here is a "how to" for Windows 8 preview setup: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/virtuall [read more]
SFDATA Turns the PC Into a Device
Feb 9, 2012 - Desktop virtualization gives you the cost saves you need to invest in other arenas of IT. Why buy an army of PCs? Instead, take that expense and build a custom application that captures your core process thereby creating intellectu [read more]
Deciding Which Machines to Virtualize
Jan 31, 2012 - Perhaps you've read news postings about how the concept of Green, Yellow, Red categorization for individual desktops helps guide us to determine if that particular PC is suitable for virtualization.
But how do you go about determin [read more]
Categorizing Machines for Virtualization
Jan 24, 2012 - As Windows 7 mandatory migration deadline approaches, all organizations should take this opportunity to explore desktop virtualization. From a high-level categorization perspective, machines can be divided into Green (ready for virt [read more]
Desktop Virtualization Is Not Server Virtualization
Jan 16, 2012 - Desktop virtualization is NOT server virtualization. The beauty of servers is that they are role based, and generally predictable in their behavior. Because they are "fixed" in behavior, it's relatively straightforward for us to bench [read more]
New Relevance for Desktop Virtualization
Jan 9, 2012 - This kicks off the first of a weekly series all about desktop virtualization. The deadline for Windows XP retirement is 8 April 2014. There are cost implications to do the necessary assessments required to properly execute a migr [read more]
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