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Have Intel and McAfee gone crazy?

August 25th, 2010 No comments

McIntel…?Intel acquires McAfee

Perhaps you heard recent news that Intel bought McAfee.  And perhaps you thought “Hmmm, that’s weird – why would a hardware company buy an antivirus company?”  Admittedly, at first glance I was taken aback by this news but, after some consideration, it makes good sense. 

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Desktop OS Strategy … come on 7!

June 3rd, 2010 No comments

If a discussion of your aging Desktop OS hasn’t started in your organization yet, it should.  If your desktops are running happily on Windows XP, you’d better start considering the upgrade to Windows 7 …  however uncomfortable thoughts of migrating might be.   The reality is this:  Microsoft has announced that the end of Extended Support for XP is April 8, 2014.

That’s just under 4 years away … You might be wondering “what’s the hurry?”

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