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Tag » Planning

Green shoots of recovery?
April 2010


A recent survey by Gartner, Inc indicates that many business leaders are now planning for growth rather than looking to reduce costs.

In the survey, 42% of business leaders answered that they were concentrating on growing revenue rather than cutting costs, with 29% viewing growth as their key goal. More…


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Has the time come for IPv6?
March 2010


For years, Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) has been looming, basically waiting for adoption.  It’s tested, proven, and in some places in production (e.g. US Department of Defense).  The biggest benefits being its larger address space, built in security, Quality of Service, and more efficient data transmission.

We are now approaching the time where decisions need to be made, IPv4 address space is slated to run out in 2010 or 2011, so how should you approach IPv6 adoption? More…


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Will Windows 7 convince us to upgrade?
November 2009


The next generation of Windows arrived with us last month and looking at the decision to stay put or upgrade to 7; I think whether or not you went to Vista, that 7 is a good place to be. Start planning and get all you apps tested and remediated, then roll it out. It’s going to be easier to support, so you’ll end up with a supportable platform for the foreseeable future. More…


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