One of the main reasons you should attend WPC 2016 is to generate business and partnerships that will help your organization achieve its goals. At least that’s our goal! We know big conferences can be exhausting – we attended Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference last year as well – so we thought we’d share with you our 4 top tips for an effective show experience.
4 Things You Should Do Before Flying To WPC 2016 in Toronto
Jun 24, 2016 9:30:00 AM / by Clio Ionni
Windows 10 Support For Skylake And Other Next Generation Processors
Jun 22, 2016 8:00:00 AM / by Barry Angell
Enterprise customers that plan to continue relying on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 in their systems powered by 6th generation Intel Skylake core processors got a notice from Microsoft earlier this year that support for this configuration will be going away in about 18 months. Furthermore, Microsoft had indicated that older versions of Windows will not support next generation processors, such as Kirby Lake from Intel, Snapdragon 820 from Qualcomm and Bristol Ridge from AMD, according to Ars Technica.
Your Office 365 Migration Needs An IT Migration Tool — And Here Is Why!
Jun 20, 2016 1:36:10 PM / by Barry Angell
If you are about to embark on or just started on an Office 365 migration, you are in good company.
According to Okta, a cloud-based service that tracks organizational logins across multiple different cloud-based technologies, Office 365 was by far the most popular business application, followed by Salesforce, Box, and Google Apps for Business. Moreover, while transitioning to Office 365 is the right move for many enterprises, the migration process can be littered with a variety of stumbling blocks, which we discussed in an earlier blog post.
Dashworks 4.3 - What You Need To Know
Jun 10, 2016 7:30:00 AM / by Barry Angell
When migrating your end users to Office 365 or Windows 10, or whilst delivering any other major IT transformation project, it pays to have the right tools in place to help you get the job done as efficiently as possible.
With so many moving parts to manage in an IT migration, being able to rely on a sophisticated project management tool like Dashworks means you are already ahead of your competitors as it shortens the time your IT team spends on IT upgrades, which makes your business more agile and adaptable to change.
Whether you are an old pro at using Dashworks, have only begun using it recently, or are considering a purchase or evaluation, you should know that the latest version, Dashworks 4.3, has some improvements that IT professionals on a tight deadline are using to stay on top of their projects.
How HPE Uses Dashworks To Deliver Windows 10 Readiness Assessment & Strategy Services
Jun 6, 2016 8:00:00 AM / by Barry Angell
Windows 10 poses one of the greatest challenges for IT organizations when it comes to rethinking how we manage end user IT. It delivers the operating system as Software-as-a-Service to every device and integrates with other Microsoft solutions such as system management, mobile device management and security solutions that all need to be considered in the target end state. Therefore, a transformation like this requires detailed planning and thorough assessment of your IT landscape in addition to the device migrations.
Juriba and BDNA Partner to Deliver Market-Leading Best-in-Class IT Project Management Software for Windows 10 Migration
Jun 3, 2016 12:30:39 PM / by Clio Ionni
LONDON -- (June, 3, 2016) –Juriba today announced its partnership with BDNA® Corporation, the leader in delivering the industry’s most authoritative enterprise IT data. Through this strategic alliance, BDNA’s solutions, including its new Windows 10 Compatibility content pack, will be integrated into Juriba’s Dashworks, a software project management tool for enterprise IT migration projects.
Garbage In, Garbage Out: How Juriba & BDNA Solve The Data Quality Problem In IT Transformation Projects
Jun 1, 2016 1:14:22 PM / by Barry Angell
In many enterprises, the problem of application sprawl or 'shadow IT' as it is becoming known is a serious issue for many IT managers. If IT is unaware of, or has not authorized certain IT-related software purchases, chances are that the resulting applications will not comply with the latest internal IT standards, open up a significant licensing risk and provide a serious ongoing security headache. Without ongoing IT asset management, IT departments often are surprised to find hundreds of apps, of which, maybe just a small proportion have been purchased through them. Even worse, some of the apps may have been bought multiple times (with multiple versions) by different business units or regions.