We’ve been keeping track of the latest scores on our bakeoffs in competition with other products, especially USMT. Here are the latest scores. Number of head-to-head comparisons: 3 Number of design wins for Migrate7: 3 Number of design wins for other products: 0 We are humbled by our winning these tests as IT professionals really…
In case you missed it, Microsoft SCCM R2 is now getting some deeper reviews. IT News Australia has a well-done review. Among other things, they said: “…there is a steep learning curve for entry-level users. SCCM has its complexities – first-time installs shouldn’t expect to have it up and running from scratch in a few…
As we briefly stated yesterday, Tranxition’s Migrate7 8.6 will include application support for migrating iTunes 11 user media and application settings. The IT manager has control of which types of content is captured and included in the migration. Migrate7 iTunes support also and importantly includes support for iOS devices, including Apple iPad, iPhone, and iCloud…
Tranxition is pleased to announce Migrate7 version 8.6 for Windows 8.1. First customer ship is planned for December 2nd, 2013. This version includes support for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 in both 32-bit and 64 bit-versions. Migration Paths The following new migration paths are supported: XP to Windows 8.1…
USMT (User State Migration Tool) is a tool offered at “no charge” by Microsoft for Windows PC migration. The tool was developed as a result of large enterprise customers asking vendors and also Microsoft about the time, disruption, and expense involved in migrating Windows users. It’s free… like a puppy. The real work starts when…
Congratulations to the team. In my opinion, this is the strongest version of Migrate7 ever produced. We’ll also be releasing Windows 8.1 support soon after Windows 8.1 is released. Here is the press release. -The editor Tranxition™ Corporation, today announced the release of Migrate7 version 8.5. This latest version supports: Windows 8 and all modern Windows…
If you are a healthcare provider and your firm has squeezed as much useful life out of Windows XP as it can, your IT department might soon be scrambling as news of the impending suspension of XP patches and updates approaches eight months from now in April 2014. Healthcare providers face a $1.5M fine for…
It’s no secret that migration tools, specialized applications for enabling system refresh and Windows deployment, are critical to the success of a rollout. With that in mind, I found this report in Microsoft Certified Professional to be concerning: ” There were 29 percent of respondents that said they had lost data using Microsoft’s tools [USMT]…
From Microsoft Certified Professional http://mcponline.com “64 percent of enterprises (more than 5,000 employees) had not moved off Windows XP, although most (50 percent) had Windows XP migrations that were “in process.” About half of midsize companies (1,000 to 5,000 employees) still had not moved off Windows XP, but the majority (43 percent) had such efforts…
We saw this recent article in CRN about VARs backpedalling on Windows 8. This has to be making some teeth grind at night in reseller land. Greg Starr, a senior executive at I.T. Works, a Houston-based solution provider, typically spends his day talking business strategy with clients and vendors. But on a recent afternoon, with…