With an understanding of what is still running on Windows Server 2003, what needs to migrate when, and where to migrate to, you can make a plan and begin server migration. But arriving at this state may require some additional analysis and assistance. Luckily, there...
If you’re migrating your Windows 2003 server, you should be following the four major steps to a server migration: discover, assess, target, and migrate. After a thorough discovery process using a variety of automated tools such as The Microsoft Assessment and Planning...
When migrating your Windows Server 2003 to something more current, you must identify a migration destination for each application and workload. After you’ve gone through the assess phase of the migration process, you should have a catalog of everything that needs to...
If you’re still running Windows Server 2003, now is the time to get started on the migration process. Migrating a server takes between 200-300 days to complete, and since the deadline for end of support for Windows Server 2003 is July 2015, delaying the migration...
Securing your organization’s sensitive data is a vital part of information policy for any entity, no matter how large or how small. Passwords are not what they used to be—in fact, they were never all that secure in the first place. Even with strong password...
While the big data breaches are the ones that make the news, data protection is also personal protection. Your life can be turned upside down with one simple breach that allows malware, spyware, and viruses into your computer to wreak havoc. Your photos, your...
It’s a wild, wild web out there, and we’re learning just how wild it can be every day with news of data security breaches from places where we should feel secure, like partners in Apple Pay, Apple’s new payment technology, Google’s Gmail, and more....
It’s not all that long ago that the buzz about the Internet of Things and a content streaming refrigerator stole the show at the 2014 CES, and the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona was abuzz with a bandwagon full of smart watches that manufacturers sincerely...
If you’re still using Windows Server 2003, you probably know that support for it is being totally phased out next year, and that the time to upgrade is coming up very soon. Although your Windows 2003 server will still operate after the support end date, the real...
We have more and more options for moving parts of our lives online, including—but definitely not limited to—social media, banking, shopping, reading or watching the news, and, of course, working. It’s a huge convenience to be able to take care of so many things...
