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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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From Windows 7 to Windows 10: A migration guide

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Say hello to Microsoft’s new Chromium-based browser

Microsoft officially launched its new Edge Chromium browser across both Windows and macOS operating systems this week and is available for download now.

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Insight Partners to acquire data protection company Veeam

Insight Partners, a New York investment firm, today cemented its agreement to acquire Veeam, a Switzerland-based cloud…

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Time running out for support on these Microsoft products

The start of the new year is a time when system administrators need to think about applications reaching end of life. Admins should know by now that support for Windows 7 ends Jan. 14, as well as some versions of Windows 10.

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The virtualization vendor has a new focus on the SMB and is looking for new partners to tackle the opportunity

A “big data” solution needs Canadian partners

A protection and availability storage platform vendor has entered Canada and has plans for growth

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A little tweaking can turn the cloud into a more powerful and personalized place

Microsoft slates Windows 8 beta for late February 2012

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SAP faces cloud strategy questions with SuccessFactors buy

In interviews, SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott and SuccessFactors CEO Lars Dalgaard discuss next steps

Office 365 ‘momentum’ announcement met with some skepticism

Some analysts were left wanting more details about Office 365 sales and adoption

Windows 8 will be an upgrade failure, IDC predicts

Windows 8 isn’t even in beta yet, but IDC is already predicting that very few PC owners will upgrade from Windows 7 to it

Building infrastructure for a hybrid cloud environment

A slew of announcements out of HP’s Vienna conference could mean new approaches to cloud business models

IBM buys C

The move improves IBM’s government IT strategy and heightens its rivalry with Oracle and SAP

Adobe Photoshop Touch for Android

Photoshop Touch brings finger-friendly image manipulation and core Photoshop tools to Android tablets

Synnex attempts to Solv the cloud and renewals

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CA drops regional channel programs for global approach

The vendor says the new program will help partners transition to solution-based selling

Adobe’s decision to ditch mobile Flash: What you need to know

Flash will still live on the desktop and, fret not, mobile Flash will still be patched

Windows XP loses record share as decline quickens

But 10 per cent of enterprises still using creaky OS have no plans to move to Windows 7

Vendor has US$115M in free software for MSPs

Ottawa’s N-able expanded its freemium program recently in a push to help its managed service provider partners grow their customer bases

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