A series of conversion steps that allow an organization to evolve smoothly to newer hardware and software in order to keep pace with changing technology.
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-24
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-21
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- Blog posts 2009-10-21
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- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- It's Official: Avaya Acquires Nortel Enterprise
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- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
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- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- TechRepublic's CIO Jury: Split on deploying Windows 7
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- Live Webcast: Best Practices for Windows 7 Migration
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- Discussion threads 2009-05-14
- Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?
- Hybrid cloud or half-hearted kludge?Application specific local caching servers make a lot of sense.But, it might be nice to have a generic way of doing it like Gears for the client. How about a sort of Gears for servers, so that you can automatically download an application to a local...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
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- Blog posts 2009-04-30
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- Blog posts 2009-04-16
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