Old technology is always a problem to our organizations when we consider different aspects such as cost, security and efficiency. Windows XP is one of such technologies and is widely used, but it has many security issues. Despite this Microsoft has announced that it will soon stop supporting this OS. It is therefore important to migrate to other operating systems that are better and more secure. The most important thing for organizations is protection of their digital data. There are several drawbacks of using windows 7 which includes some applications fail to run in this OS. In addition, some of the softwares that comes with other windows OS were not included in windows seven while on the other hand windows 8.1 have additional features (Rathbone, 2010).
The upgrade from desktop with the following specification, processor core 2 and a memory of 2 GB RAM, will increase the speed of the computers therefore increasing their efficiency. Not only will the computers become efficient but they will also be an improvement in the speed in which the employees serve the customers as fancy things are easy to work and associate with.
[...] This allows only one node to go down at a time during the upgrade. The procedure for deploying is as follows, first update Java EE application with the new assets. Then disable the automatic synchronization for nodes that are part of clusters running the application. For each node, start all the servers, synchronize the node and start all the servers, wait for expansion of the application and move to the next node (Speed, 2010). This process minimizes the downtime and to the end users it appears as if nothing had happened. [...]
[...] (2010). IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 .1: The upgrader's guide : upgrade your system and embrace the exciting new features of the Lotus Notes and Domino platform. Birmingham, UK: PACKT Pub. Speed, T. (2010). IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5 .1: The upgrader's guide : upgrade your system and embrace the exciting new features of the Lotus Notes and Domino platform. Birmingham, UK: PACKT Pub. [...]
[...] All these allow the user to interact using their emails in an easy way. It is more secure as it provides mail administrators with Exchange ActiveSync policies which is another level of security. The desktops that will replace the old desktops are Dell OptiPlex 9010 small form factor, which are 12 inches deep by 11 inches tall by 5 inches thick. These fits easily beside the monitor flip on the monitor's side or even serve as its stand. It has 10 USB ports four in front and six at the back with USB It also has dual display ports connectors, VGA outputs, a gigabit Ethernet port, and a serial port. [...]
[...] Despite this Microsoft has announced that it will soon stop supporting this OS. It is therefore important to migrate to other operating systems that are better and more secure. The most important thing for organizations is protection of their digital data. There are several drawbacks of using windows 7 which includes some applications fail to run in this OS. In addition, some of the softwares that comes with other windows OS were not included in windows seven while on the other hand windows 8.1 have additional features (Rathbone, 2010) . [...]
[...] It requires minimum installation and you won't need to reinstall the applications. For the new computers custom install will be used to upgrade to windows 8.1 as there is no data that is already stored in them. For the computers using windows XP there is no way of upgrading to windows We will therefore have to custom install it and the data that they have will be backed up in other computers. To test whether applications are compatible with windows we will use virtualization. [...]
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