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August 13, 2019

Image: Microsoft pitches free help for Windows 7-to-Windows 10 upgraders

Microsoft pitches free help for Windows 7-to-Windows 10 upgraders

With its FastTrack assistance program, the company will work with customers migrating from Windows 7, either Enterprise or Professional, or Windows 8.1 Enterprise or Professional, to Windows 10 Enterprise. Read more ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

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Leaving Windows 7? Here are some non-Windows options.

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Woody Leonhard: It’s Patch Tuesday – make sure Windows Auto Update is off

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Jonny Evans: 7 Microsoft Word productivity tips for iPad users

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Woody Leonhard: Is Windows pushing you to upgrade? Don’t be bullied.

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At the AMD Epyc 2 launch, I saw the future of the PC

White Paper: Dell Technologies and Intel®

Maximize Your Storage Capacity with the Dell EMC Unity 550F All-Flash Array

Taking into account time and budgetary constraints, most organizations can’t afford to make mistakes about where and how they allocate resources for storage. This means storage solutions must be sourced and operate efficiently, as well as eliminate the top two challenges many IT leaders cite as hindrances to their infrastructure: aging equipment and inadequate storage capacity. Download this white paper from Dell EMC and Intel® to learn more. Read more ▶

Image: Leaving Windows 7? Here are some non-Windows options.

Leaving Windows 7? Here are some non-Windows options.

If you’re not feeling too comfortable about Windows 10 as Windows 7 comes to the end of its days, there are alternatives. Read more ▶

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Train to become an ethical hacker for only $39

The 2019 Ethical Hacker Master Class Bundle features 10 courses on how to combat security threats, and it even includes prep material for CompTIA certifications. Read more ▶

Image: Woody Leonhard: It’s Patch Tuesday – make sure Windows Auto Update is off

Woody Leonhard: It’s Patch Tuesday – make sure Windows Auto Update is off

Traditionally, August finds Microsoft in a mid-summer lull, with lots of folks on vacation and more than the usual chances of surprising screw-ups from second-string staff. It’s an excellent month to sit on the sidelines and see what problems appear with the latest round of Windows and Office patches. Read more ▶

 
 
Image: Jonny Evans: 7 Microsoft Word productivity tips for iPad users

Jonny Evans: 7 Microsoft Word productivity tips for iPad users

Here's a short collection of useful tasks you can get done using Word on an iPad.... Read more ▶

Image: Woody Leonhard: Is Windows pushing you to upgrade? Don’t be bullied.

Woody Leonhard: Is Windows pushing you to upgrade? Don’t be bullied.

Many people running Win10 version 1803 — the most common version of Win10 — are seeing dire notices that they need to upgrade to 'the next version of Windows,' by which Microsoft means 1903. Hogwash. You have options. Here’s what you can do. Read more ▶

Image: At the AMD Epyc 2 launch, I saw the future of the PC

At the AMD Epyc 2 launch, I saw the future of the PC

The Epyc/Ryzen-powered Microsoft Virtual PC solution demo was the first time I saw the Microsoft Virtual PC functioning – and it was awesome. Cloud-based virtual PC instances are the future of the PC, and apparently, it’s coming faster than most of us think. Read more ▶

White Paper: Dell Technologies and Intel®

Workload Placement Separates the Winners from the Loser in IT

The most evolved IT leaders understand that moving their firm’s entire IT infrastructure to the public cloud deprives them of the ability to customize their strategy and adapt to the accelerated rate of business change. These organizations — advanced in terms of people, process, and technology — operate “IT as a business” and are much more likely to use a hybrid infrastructure approach to support their need for flexibility. Download this white paper from Dell EMC, Intel® and Microsoft to learn more. Read more ▶

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