The road you follow to select a vendor can be full of twists and turns. If you make the right decisions, you will be on your way to a profitable vendor relationship. Make a wrong turn, and you could be headed down the road to ruin.
With Windows 7, Microsoft is trying not to make the same mistakes it did with Windows Vista. That much is clear.
Microsoft has published a list of programs which will not work or have reduced functionality after the installation of Vista SP1.
Companies planning on waiting for Vista's successor may face software support issues and a rushed migration, analyst firm Gartner has warned.
Apple Mac users have a good reason to feel more secure than their PC-using cousins: compared to malicious software created for Windows systems, malware writers have left OS X in relative peace.
What does Defence CIO Greg Farr have to do to get a 21-gun salute? What does Russell Crowe and lobbying have in common? And can NSW be the next Silicon Valley? All these questions are answered in this week's instalment of Patch Monday.
The internet has been awash with rumours about Windows 7, with a pre-beta release being handed out to attendees at the Professional Developers Conference in the US this week. But how many Windows 7 versions will there be?
What's easier to manage 200 Mac OS X systems without antivirus or 200 Windows systems running a leading antivirus package?
Sony has once again been outed for putting its customers at risk from attack by creating software that could help criminals hide malware on a PC.
The only people who won't eventually move to Windows Vista are the Linux and Mac enthusiasts.
We look at the virtual machine software market's three principal players: Microsoft, VMware and Xen.
We set the specs and the price and had a look at what Australia's PC vendors could come up with in terms of performance.
In this case study, we look at how a software choice went awry, leading to an expensive headache instead of a much-wanted solution.
Check out this photo gallery for the first official screenshots of Microsoft's successor to Vista, Windows 7. The software giant debuted Windows 7 to the world at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in the United States this week.
When you're in charge of buying 2,000 desktops should you go for an assortment of vendors, or stick to just one? City of Melbourne's desktop services manager, Ashe Potter, says using a single supplier is cheaper, easier and less hassle to manage.
The president of Linux Australia said on Monday that Microsoft has left out many "interesting" developments in Vista -- such as a new file system, which creates an important opportunity for open source vendors.
The launch of Windows Vista will create a huge opportunity for Linux vendors to take a larger share of the corporate desktop market, according to the president of Linux Australia.
In this case study, we look at how a software choice went awry, leading to an expensive headache instead of a much-wanted solution.
The R2 update for Windows Server 2003 was mostly about bug-fixes plus the odd feature tweak, but that's not the case with Windows Server 2008 R2.
If you're shopping at the premium end of the business desktop market, you'll be hard-pressed to do better than the Dell OptiPlex 960.
By being very easy to configure and manage, the 3CX Phone System for Windows scores well on functionality and is compatible with most SIP handsets, gateways and services. However scalability could be an issue for larger organisations.
Windows Server 2008 is easier to install and manage than previous versions, and has many new and improved features that should encourage organisations to upgrade.
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