Stories about: AssetMetrix

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Microsoft greasing Windows 7 skids with early release of desktop tools 15 September, 2009 08:54

With the hope of sparking Windows 7 upgrades, Microsoft is planning an early release of its suite of desktop deployment tools.
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Microsoft beta lets old Windows apps run on Vista 16 January, 2009 06:00

Microsoft has released the first public beta of a tool that solves one of the chief complaints businesses have with Windows Vista: that older Windows applications aren't compatible with the new OS.
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Microsoft updates desktop management tools 07 October, 2008 13:01

Microsoft has released the next version of its desktop management toolset for IT that includes updates to its application virtualization and asset management tools.
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Vista may still have its day -- just like XP (eventually) did 26 August, 2008 08:25

Twenty-one months after its initial release, what do we know about Windows Vista? That home users hate it, businesses are uninstalling it and — according to Gartner — it's proof that the 23-year-old Windows line is "collapsing" under its own weight.
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Desktop virtualization: Vista's secret weapon? 06 June, 2008 07:07

As Microsoft continues to recommend that business customers not pass over Vista in favor of the forthcoming Windows 7, the company has been working quietly to improve its software for desktop virtualization, which could in the future alleviate obstacles like application compatibility that have plagued Vista adoption.
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Microsoft slates new desktop virtualization for next year 26 May, 2008 08:17

Microsoft Friday said it will update its popular Desktop Optimization Pack with additional virtualization software now that its acquisition of Kidaro has been finalized.
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Microsoft updates desktop management tools 03 April, 2008 08:56

Microsoft has released the next version of its desktop management toolset for IT with updates for resetting admin passwords and collecting crash data.
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TECH ED - Tools aim to ease Vista deployment pains 06 June, 2007 14:32

Microsoft has released tools to help companies deploy Windows Vista, acknowledging that there are deployment and application-compatibility pains enterprise IT managers face when updating business desktops to the new OS.
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Microsoft: No Software Assurance, no app virtualization 06 June, 2007 08:18

Microsoft on Tuesday reaffirmed that its applications virtualization technology will be available only as part of a bundle of desktop-management tools and only to users with Software Assurance contracts.
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Microsoft rolls acquisitions into desktop suite 18 October, 2006 09:40

Microsoft has rolled offerings from several acquisitions into one product that will be available in January to volume-license customers who purchased its Software Assurance maintenance program.
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Microsoft snags asset management firm 27 April, 2006 08:04

Microsoft on Wednesday said it has bought a small Canadian asset management company to help improve the asset tracking capabilities in its System Center family of management applications.