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Enterprise Server Solutions - A Quick Guide - 0 views

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    Businesses across the country are searching for various ways to cut costs, while maintaining a robust, reliable and fast network infrastructure. Very often the key to success can be the research that goes into picking the correct data-center server solution brand. There are so many different solutions out there- how does a small business decide on one?
anonymous

Dell authorization for Servers and Storage - 0 views

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    Baynetwork is proud to annouce that it is becoming an authorized reseller of Dell and Force 10 Networks. Dell provides an incredible partner and resource for us by manufacturing the highest quality server and storage hardware. Force 10 Networks makes robust and efficient ethernet routing, switching and security hardware for high performance networks.
John Lundin

Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor - Network World - 0 views

  • how long it will take to get all their XP desktops to Windows 7 before XP support runs out or before application vendors quit producing XP versions of upgrades or new software
    • John Lundin
       
      ....or even after MSFT pulls support of XP (after all the XP mode is XP SP3... and they will have to support that mode while W7 is operational)...
  • Gartner predicts that more than half of the corporate Windows user-base is skipping Vista and aiming at Windows 7
  • it doesn't mean they will avoid the application compatibility issues that gave Vista a black eye
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  • "If you are on XP, Windows 7 isn't going to solve a lot of Vista's migration problems," says Brett Waldman, a research analyst for IDC. "Going from Vista to Windows 7 should be a much easier transition than XP to 7."
  • The predominant migration questions among those coming off XP are "when" and "how."
  • "What we are saying is that by the end of 2012 you should be off XP," says Michael Silver, vice president and research director at Gartner
    • John Lundin
       
      ...that is off XP by 2012... but not necessrily onto W7 at that time.
John Lundin

Page 2 - Why Microsoft Windows 7 XP Mode Is a Major Advancement - 0 views

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  • Some companies still haven't upgraded to Windows Vista (or new hardware, for that matter) due to fear of losing Windows XP
    • John Lundin
       
      ...not for fear of "losing" XP, but for realizing that everything is fine with XP and that you don't have to spend $$ for new OS and even more $$ for new PCs. You are suggesting a solution to a problem that does not exist (although you are pushing hard to convince us!) One of my favorite comments to salesmanship like this is "if this is the answer, then what was the question?"
John Lundin

Why Microsoft Windows 7 XP Mode Is a Major Advancement - 0 views

  • free of charge to Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate users
    • John Lundin
       
      ...so, it is not really "free"... you gotta have a top tier W7 edition... again this hits the budget-minded XP user hard.
  • Even hardware that works with older operating systems and won't work with Windows 7 will work with Windows XP mode. It's a major advancement
    • John Lundin
       
      ...let me see if I have this right... the XP mode will run on hardware that W7 won't run on... then how the hell do you install W7 to get the XP mode?
  • With XP Mode installed, users will never need to worry about the compatibility of their software or accessories again -- everything will work.
    • John Lundin
       
      will work... provided you have a PC with the horsepower to run both W7 and XP mode... so will just leaving XP as your OS.
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  • application released for a Windows operating system over the past decade will work with Windows 7
    • John Lundin
       
      ...but not every PC manufactured in the past decade will be able to run W7... so budget wise, I gotta buy W7 *and* a new PC to run my XP apps. I don't see a need to change (other than to build MSFT's coffers... and that is not one of my business objectives).
John Lundin

Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor - Network World - 0 views

  • Windows 7 will deliver on its promises
    • John Lundin
       
      ...what promises? Rather than test W7 I am quite likely to test Ubuntu or the like... If I gotta change, I might as well move to a platform that will give me both flexibility and support on hardware I already own!... Comments?
John Lundin

Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor - Network World - 0 views

  • Allred is in the process of testing Windows 7, which he says is faster, more stable and seems leaner than Vista.
    • John Lundin
       
      ...but what is the compeling reason to upgrade besides the threat that MSFT will pull support?
  • a Vista migration would have meant upgrading 60% of his hardware, something he was not prepared to do. With Windows 7 and its smaller footprint, the majority of his hardware is already compatible.
John Lundin

Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor - Network World - 0 views

  • Microsoft for its part told XP users last month (MAY) that if they are just starting to test Vista that they should switch to Windows 7.
    • John Lundin
       
      How does this make W7 a better choice than Vista?
  • generally happy.
    • John Lundin
       
      maybe happy, but much poorer because of the need to update all their XP apps and retire all the older PCs that do not have the horsepower....
  • With both Windows 7 (the host operating system) and XP (guest) running on a single machine, users will be forced to maintain and patch two operating systems per desktop.
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  • XP Mode is likely a one- to two-year Band-Aid.
John Lundin

Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor - Network World - 0 views

  • "If you are on XP, Windows 7 isn't going to solve a lot of Vista's migration problems," says Brett Waldman, a research analyst for IDC. "Going from Vista to Windows 7 should be a much easier transition than XP to 7."
    • John Lundin
       
      ...W7 is not the solution for XP migration path... it is almost like MSFT is bifurcating back to the old w98 // NT days... Why can't MSFT extend XP rather than repackage Vista??
  • The predominant migration questions among those coming off XP are "when" and "how."
  • "What we are saying is that by the end of 2012 you should be off XP," says Michael Silver, vice president and research director at Gartner.
    • John Lundin
       
      ...off XP, but onto what??
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    If you are on XP, Windows 7 isn't going to solve a lot of Vista's migration problems," says Brett Waldman, a research analyst for IDC. "Going from Vista to Windows 7 should be a much easier transition than XP to 7.
anonymous

Upgrading your Network Hardware Infrastructure « The IT Hardware Corner - 0 views

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    Just like you want to learn about a date's likes and dislikes to see if there is potential for long term compatibility, you also need to carefully plan the integration of new and updated network hardware into your older structures.
anonymous

Top 5 Business Tools to Help Make Life Sane - 0 views

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    Here is a quick list of 5 useful business tools to help outmaneuver your competition and avoid a headache in the process.
anonymous

What would you do with 100 times the bandwidth? - 0 views

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    what would you do with 20, or 100, times the bandwidth you currently have? This may become a possibility very soon, so I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of future applications that could exist with a much bigger pipe. Feel free to chirp in with your own ideas!
John Lundin

Corner Office - Meetings, Version 2.0, at Microsoft - Question - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • Jim Collins’s book “Built to Last.”
    • John Lundin
       
      I wonder which of MSFT's OSes "born to last" would apply to??
John Lundin

Microsoft's software pipeline set to burst - Network World - 0 views

  • results could either be a perfect storm for Microsoft with major product releases carefully planned to coincide with an important milestone in the IT buyer's upgrade cycle, or a roar that falls on nearly deaf ears and severely deflated corporate wallets
    • John Lundin
       
      ...or some architecturally designed combination of new and old. At some point increasing numbers of less sophisticated organizations will opt for a non-MSFT solution that better utilizes the organizational resources.
John Lundin

Microsoft's software pipeline set to burst - Network World - 0 views

  • [Microsoft] is being brutally honest
    • John Lundin
       
      ...well, *more* honest maybe... but not 'brutally' honest.
  • going to have to carefully plan out the upgrade because we don't have any budget to get another machine
anonymous

Cisco Hardware to power 4G WiMax Networks - 0 views

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    Finally something to really get 4G WiMax going- the addition of Cisco as a partner to build the network hardware. Get ready for full-fledged cell phone video conferencing.
John Lundin

Windows 7: Say Goodbye to XP Downgrades - Microsoft - 0 views

  • More often than not in business deployments, one of the first things done with a new PC is to downgrade from Windows Vista to the more popular Windows XP
    • John Lundin
       
      ...and this doesn't send a message about the platform component of architecture to MSFT?
  • running XP as a primary operating system opens a system up to security ills
    • John Lundin
       
      ...and these would be....?
  • A word of warning: Anyone looking to run Windows 7 XP Mode should make sure that their CPU supports virtualization
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  • the systems available today feature CPUs that support AMD-V or Intel VT virtualization
    • John Lundin
       
      ...so buy a new license and buy a new computer... this is getting kinda expensive compared to 'keep my old machine and run my app'...
  • Windows 7 XP Mode, Microsoft is clearly on the right path to reduce the need for Vista or XP on new systems. With some bug fixes and polishing, XP Mode can be a viable alternative to virtualized versions of XP on other platforms
    • John Lundin
       
      ...this is beginning to sound like the Intel Itanium processor (remember the x86 virtual mode?)... only on the OS side. This repackage of Vista with is only compelling if there are critical appls that operate under the 'new & improved' platform... so far all I see is the "new"...
John Lundin

Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista - PC World - 0 views

  • One of the major complaints about Windows Vista was the fact that it was consistently slower than Windows XP. If Windows 7 doesn’t significantly improve that situation, it may fail to convince people to move away from Windows XP
    • John Lundin
       
      I remain unconvinced... You keep an OS that performs and is reliable and runs your apps...
John Lundin

Planning to Use Windows 7's XP Mode? Better Check Your Processor - The Channel Wire - I... - 0 views

  • only be a problem for customers that need to use XP Mode to run legacy applications
    • John Lundin
       
      Why is there this great push to run XP apps in W7 XPmode when all apps run fine in XP... Just say "no" to W7 and Vista til there is some important app that won't run in XP !
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