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Customer needs to perform upgrade or uninstall of Doubletake Availability, Move, or RecoverNow version 5.2 or later without being prompted for a reboot. **Solution** Version 5.2 or later of Doubletake uses mini-filter drivers and so does not require a reboot when upgrading or uninstalling.  In order to ensure that a reboot is not prompted during the upgrade or uninstall process, however, you must stop all Doubletake services and kill any Doubletake processes running under any user on the server. If any consoles are open or if the Doubletake.exe process is still running, a reboot may be required or a false positive message stating a reboot is required may appear.  Once all Doubletake services and executables are stopped, there will be no reboot required for Doubletake. Note: Doubletake does require certain C++ components and .NET 3.5.1 components for version 5.2 and later.  If these are not present then an upgrade my require them to be installed and those...

With the entry of Google+, there is a new social network to share your updates and pictures. However, going to each social network's website and updating status is a pain. A simpler way is to use the Circles feature on Google+. First, go to www.facebook.com/mobile, login to your account and on the right side of the page you will see an option to 'upload via email' . Underneath the text, you will see your account specific email address - copy it. Next, Open Google+ and go to Circles. Click on add a new Circle and call it 'Facebook Update'. Click on add a new person and paste yourFacebook account specific email address and save it with any name. Now, whenever you update your status in Google+, simply add this circle in your list and it will automatically post the same status to your Facebook wall as well.

Private cloud to deliver up to 50% saving to India Inc, create 1 lakh additional jobs by 2015 EMC Corporation and Zinnov Management Consulting, in a study on private cloud landscape in India estimated that the total cloud market in India, currently at $400 million, will reach a market value of $ 4.5 billion by 2015. Of this private cloud adoption will dominate and account for $3.5 billion in revenues, growing at over 60%. The study also estimates that the segment will create 1 lakh jobs by 2015 from 10,000 today The study was commissioned by EMC and executed by Zinnov Management Consulting. Its findings are based on a comprehensive survey of over 100 CIOs & IT decision makers in India across industry verticals conducted during January 2011 to May 2011. With the overall environment of cloud adoption fast evolving in India, cloud computing will account for a significant share in the total IT spend of enterprises. Total cloud spend as a percentage of the total IT spend is expect...

Earlier many sources reported that Mac OS X Lion will be Released on July 14.Before this reports, Apple has seeded the golden master version of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion to developers.The final version of Mac OS X Lion will be available as a download exclusively through the Mac App Store. It will cost $29.99 USD. You should note that a server version of OS X Lion will be available separately via the Mac App Store. It will cost $49.99. Well, It is not confirmed that the new MacBook Air will be released on 14th July. According to the sources of 9to5mac, this release date of Mac OS X Lion can be pushed back at anytime due to any last minute bugs.