10 Simple Reasons to Upgrade Your Business to Server 2008

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Every few years Microsoft graces us with an upgrade for their server operating system.  When this happens our clients want to understand if and why it is necessary to upgrade existing servers and if they should purchase the OS for new servers.  In the beginning, our response is usually a wait until the first Service
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10 Good Reasons to Move to Windows 7 – (part 5 of 7 part series)

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Microsoft  has learned some hard lessons from Vista and promises that Windows 7 will address the myriad of reasons users have given for lingering with Windows XP.  Knowing that some may still be reluctant to make the move from XP, here is a list of ten of the top reasons to move to Windows 7. 1. Virtual XP Mode:
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Windows 7: Legacy Applications – Here We Go Again (part 4 of 7 part series)

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In IT the term “legacy” crops up every once in a while.  Once used to loosely define applications that ran on mainframes, as/400’s, etc; legacy applications now have a new definition. Legacy applications, in terms of Windows programs, are any application that will not run in Windows 7 native. Windows 7 now includes a novel workaround
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Windows 7: Your Business & 7 Reasons to Upgrade – (part 3 of 7 part series)

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Our advice to most of our business clients regarding Vista upgrades was to sit tight. XP was a mature and stable product. Vista, in most cases, required hardware upgrades, had compatibility issues and took longer to deploy mutliple units in a network environment.  The last is no small matter when businesses are looking to cut technology costs
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