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Avoid the cost overruns and skills shortages that will affect many Windows 7 migration plans. This practical paper from leading analyst Gartner explains how.

Discover how visionary business leaders are using Windows 7 migration strategies to build a virtualized desktop architecture that will deliver long-term strategic business advantage.

IT professionals around the world are exploring application and desktop virtualization not only to accelerate their migrations but as a superior means to delivering computing services to their business users. This paper is an evaluation of companies’ migration plans of their current operating systems

Think of virtualisation as a strategy rather than a technology. When considering the benefits, don’t look just at the hardware and energy cost savings, but consider business uptime particularly as downtime is virtually eliminated. With these types of benefits, most companies find it easy to justify the cost.