Prowess Announces SmartMigrate, Free Windows 7 Migration Solution

October 5, 2010

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SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Prowess, a leader in IT management solutions and services, today announced the release of SmartMigrate – a free, wizard-based solution that reduces the cost and complexity of migration from Windows XP to Windows 7. Currently in beta but available for trial use, SmartMigrate offers simplicity and compatibility for users to maintain productivity by preserving existing applications, files and folders in their native environment.

The wizard-driven interface of SmartMigrate simplifies the otherwise complex migration process, walking users through 6 straightforward steps to migrate an existing Windows XP environment into a virtual machine running on Windows 7. SmartMigrate enables customers to move immediately to Windows 7 and make the most of their technology investments at no risk. Most importantly, planned updates will allow SmartMigrate to create virtual machines compatible with numerous target platforms including Windows Virtual PC, VMware Workstation and Player, Parallels Workstation, and Oracle VM VirtualBox– a capability only available with the SmartMigrate solution.

“Our unique approach to Windows 7 migration simplifies a sophisticated IT process, alleviating the time, cost and hassle associated with upgrading operating systems,” said Aaron Suzuki, CEO of Prowess. “Windows 7 is the next step for most computer users, so the only hesitancy to upgrade is the pain and cost associated with the migration process. SmartMigrate makes migration fast, easy, and affordable, providing a simple solution that won’t impact productivity.”

SmartMigrate offers a number of unique benefits:

Retain your complete existing environment indefinitely in a virtual machine.
Fully automated, easy to use wizard performs a seamless migration.
Multiple virtualization formats give you flexibility to output migrated systems in your platform of choice.

Prowess is offering licenses of SmartMigrate free for personal use. For businesses, a version of SmartMigrate is also built into SmartDeploy Enterprise for organizations seeking economical and reliable deployment of all versions of Windows including Windows 7. Prowess SmartDeploy Enterprise is hardware-independent Windows deployment software that reduces the cost, time, complexity, and IT level of effort required to perform OS deployment.

About Prowess

Prowess is a leader in IT management solutions and services, offering a unique approach to deployment and virtualization solutions with its award-winning SmartDeploy Enterprise suite. Prowess is a private company headquartered in Seattle, Washington. For more information, visit www.prowesscorp.com. Follow SmartDeploy on Twitter @SmartDeploy.