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From Windows 7 to Windows 10: A migration guide

For any IT pro who’s been around for more than five years, déjà vu must be setting in. It’s “scramble to get onto a supported desktop operating system (OS)” time, just as it was in early 2014, when Windows XP’s end-of-support loomed.

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Microsoft ratchets up channel incentives

Software giant also releases cloud-ready products under Windows 8

Windows Server 2012 to hit the market in September

Microsoft also announced a new program at WPC so partners can help their customers transition from VMware’s virtual infrastructure to Microsoft cloud

Microsoft releases the shackles from Office 365 partners

Office 365 can be one of the most competitive weapons in the cloud market

SAP HANA opens wide to channel partners

SAP has announced that all versions of HANA will now be available to its partners, as well as the option to provide support and receive migration credits

Microsoft addresses channel concerns over Office 365

Software giant to increase margins for channel partners on first year Office 365 deployments

Windows 8 to be released in late October

Microsoft confirms at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto that its long-awaited OS upgrade will finally be made widely available this fall

Corel acquires Avid’s consumer video business

Avid sells consumer business products and cuts workforce by 20 per cent

Red Hat bets on Open Hybrid Cloud

Linux developer outlined three options for leveraging the cloud

Microsoft unveils $40 Windows 8 upgrade

$10 less than 2009’s cheapest upgrade to Windows 7; analyst calls the deal a ‘fair price’

Red Hat CEO outlines new strategy

The open-source vendor’s top executive sat down for an interview during the Red Hat Summit in Boston this week

Microsoft releases Office 365 for Education

The cloud suite replaces Live@edu, so existing customers need to start planning their migrations

Windows 8 tablets slated for business

TecEd 2012: Windows 8 tablets can be for the enterprise, too, Microsoft says

Microsoft does an about-face on Visual Studio and Open Source

With the new, free Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop, developers will be able to create open source desktop apps for Win 8

Microsoft: Windows 8 is ‘enterprise ready’

At TechEd, Microsoft is trying to make a case for enterprise adoption of Windows 8, which is expected to ship later this year

Microsoft tips how Windows 8 store will promote desktop apps

Listing of Office 2010 in the Windows Store points to external URL

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