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Stop Falling Prey to the Security Breach Hype-Cycle
There’s a clear pattern each time an IT security breach hits the news. The breach happens, and the tweets, blogs, emails, and phone calls start arriving from antivirus and security vendors. It’s almost as if they were waiting, like they’re delighted that it happened....
State Matters
Why a Stateful Re-Install of Legacy Applications on Modern Servers is Always the Best, First Step Install scripts are missing, developers are gone, application owners have left, and new owners don’t understand their applications. If you don’t discover and inherit the...
Running Applications in Windows Containers
The Unintended Performance Consequences The option of running legacy Windows Server applications in Windows Containers on WS2016 or on the new WS2019 has garnered lots of hype. Containers and containerization seem to be the “software du jour.” Before you permanently...
Move Forward!
How to Take Back Control of Legacy Windows Server Applications Not sure why control was lost? It could be because: operational outsourcing became a trend in the Great Recession of 2008;turnover of IT staff is high, and many original developers and owners of legacy...
Making Legacy Legendary
Automating the Stateful Re-Install of Legacy Windows Server Apps on a Modern Server The advantages of a stateful re-install How do you move forward with re-installing legacy Windows Server applications on new servers? Quite likely, install scripts are missing,...
If Operational Agility is Critical for Business Success…
Why does it feel like Vogons are running outsourced IT operations? Science Fiction has been at the forefront in the development of new technology. The genre has directly influenced technology via movies such as “The Minority Report” and “iRobot” and the works of...
Welcome to 2019!
An Exciting Year for Windows Server Technology There’s something exciting about a new year, a new beginning. Everything gets refreshed. New plans, new budgets, new projects. For a while, we all stop procrastinating and we embrace possibilities and the future. The year...
Containers Are Not a Windows Server Migration Panacea
Why Containerization Alone Won’t Solve the Problem of Running Legacy Applications on Modern Windows Servers When it comes to moving workloads to a cloud-hosted VM or to new datacenter servers, companies are being sold that containerization is a panacea. It isn’t. At...
The Lingering Impact of the 2008 Recession on Tech Modernization – a Way Forward
For the last several months, I’ve been trying to understand why so many large organizations continue to run on technology stacks that are more than a decade old. Everyone will know by now that Extended Support for WS2008 will come to an end on Jan. 14, 2020. Common...
January 14, 2020: The End of Extended Support for WS2008. What to Do About it?
As a heads up to those running older Windows Servers, Extended Support for WS2008 will come to an end in approximately one year (Jan. 14, 2020). So, what should you be doing about it now? At the minimum… …You should start planning for the date, get budget together,...