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Microsoft Windows XP To Be Retired In 2008

Spotlight on the Customer: City of Douglasville

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VMWare

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Windows XP To Be Retired In 2008

Windows XP will not be available on new computers after January 31, 2008. Microsoft Windows XP is being retired and replaced with Windows Vista.

Microsoft has confirmed that after January 31, 2008 large PC makers, such as Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba, will no longer be able to buy XP licenses for the software for new computers. All computers will come with a version of Vista preloaded.

Click here for complete article on BBC News.

Spotlight on the Customer

James Grizzle, IT Director for the City of Douglasville and Officer Orlando McKinley, a Douglasville police officer, pose with his patrol car equipped with mobile data (onboard IBM Thinkpad R52). Cpak integrating the wireless system with their existing network infrastructure.

“Cpak’s expertise in the customization of our police department mobile PC units allowed the PC units to start up faster.” - J. Grizzle

Focused Solution: VMWare

Cpak is proud to announce their partnership with VMWare.

Virtualization is an abstraction layer that allows multiple virtual machines, with heterogeneous operating systems to run in isolation, side-by-side on the same physical machine. By decoupling the physical hardware from the operating system, virtualization allows you to:

· Run multiple virtual machines with heterogeneous operating systems at the same time on the same physical machine.

· Create fully configured isolated virtual machines with it's own set of virtual hardware to run an operating system and applications.

· Rapidly save, copy and provision virtual machines that can be moved from one physical server to another for workload consolidation and zero downtime maintenance.

VMware solutions simplify IT so companies can leverage their storage, network, and computing resources to control costs and respond faster.

Click here for full details.