So now that Windows 7 has hit the market and starting to make its way into business networks, whats the judgement? Mostly, a definite improvement over previous versions of Windows. However, there are some caveats and facts that your should be aware of. First, is the real cost to upgrade. Most...
RevITup VirtualGreen™ Office – Part Two
Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop and XenServerIn order to be able to create a virtualized environment where multiple "severs" can run within a single physical box, you need to have software that sits underneath the sever operating system. Citrix and VMware are the two industry standards for Windows-based virtualization. Citrix has...
Going Green Means Saving Green: RevITup VirtualGreen Office™ – Part One
Part One - RevITup VirtualGreen Office™ Why go Virtual? Why choose the Launch Pad's VirtualGreen Office™? As our previous posts on virtualization covered, there are three main points to going green. Green is not some marketing term used to sell a product, and its not some hot trend or fad that...
10 Simple Reasons to Upgrade Your Business to Server 2008
Every few years Microsoft graces us with an upgrade for their server operating system. When this happens our clients want to understand if and why it is necessary to upgrade existing servers and if they should purchase the OS for new servers. In the beginning, our response is usually a...
Windows 7: Legacy Applications – Here We Go Again (part 4 of 7 part series)
In IT the term "legacy" crops up every once in a while. Once used to loosely define applications that ran on mainframes, as/400's, etc; legacy applications now have a new definition. Legacy applications, in terms of Windows programs, are any application that will not run in Windows 7 native. Windows 7...