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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

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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Windows 7 is dead, but 25% of large businesses in Canada are still running it on desktops, says IDC survey

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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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Sage reshapes its channel businesses

The head of Sage Software says its channel partners could be among the big beneficiaries of a restructuring effort to create business units linked to customer segments.

Welcome back, KTI Kanatek Technologies

At first glance KTI Kanatek Technologies of Ottawa looks like a company that was nowhere and then skyrocketed to 47th place in the CDN Top 100 Solution Provider rankings

The hunt for higher margins

It’s not exactly headline news that product margins have dropped significantly over the past few years, which is why smart VARs are re-evaluating their business models and trying to sell more high-margin products.

SAP adds Cisco to partnerships

Companies plan to develop business solutions around SOA and Cisco’s SONA network. An industry analyst says the strategy offers partner opportunities, but warned other vendors are buying up niche software makers fast

Managed services grow up

They received a bad rap in the early years from channel partners, but are finally starting to mature.

Speak to me

Microsoft is investing heavily in voice recognition, which could be a big opportunities for partners who are prepared

Symantec gets into SAAS market

Symantec Corp. is inching its way to being a software-as-a-service (SAAS) provider with the introduction of Symantec Protection Network, which is a SAAS platform that is intended to deliver security and availability to small and mid-sized businesses.

GroundWork Open Source

GroundWork offers one of the few open source managed service offerings. Its Monitor Open Source allows providers to offer monitoring as a service to their customers.

N-able Technologies

N-able provides managed service automation software and business transformation services, with more than 1,000 MSP partners around the world servicing 30,000 customers.

IT labels and categorizations

The industry has a need to put companies in a pot and call them something. If they do not fit in any of the usual categories they create one for them


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