Windows 7 Support End Date For Various Versions

Do you know that till when is Microsoft going to give support for Windows 7 ? If your answer is no then continue reading. The first question that pops up in our mind is why do we need support ? From time to time any software needs update and patches to overcome any new bug or rectification of existing services. The most common of them is the security update patches that Microsoft releases for Windows. These patches are important as they close down any loop holes that might make your system easy targets for hackers and software viruses.

So whenever a patch is avaliable just install it and keep your Windows 7 updated. The following table gives the exact dates of the support avaliable for various versions of Windows 7:

Products Released	General Availability Date	Mainstream Support End Date	Extended Support End Date	Service Pack Support End Date
Windows 7 Enterprise	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Enterprise N	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Home Basic	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Home Premium	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Professional	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Professional N	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Service Pack 1	22 Feb 2011	Review Note	Review Note	Review Note
Windows 7 Starter	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Starter N	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Ultimate	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013
Windows 7 Ultimate N	22 Oct 2009	13 Jan 2015	14 Jan 2020	9 Apr 2013

Review Note : Support ends 24 months after the next service pack releases or at the end of the product's support lifecycle, whichever comes first. For more information, please see the service pack policy at http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/#ServicePackSupport .

Cloud Computing in 2012 - What Corporations think

As cloud computing is growing more day by day lets see what has the big corporations have to say about it in 2012. Below are series of videos of various corporations where they discuss Cloud Computing.


Below is the CSC's Chief Innovation Officer, Lem Lasher, discusses what the future holds for cloud computing in the near future.








Below is CSC's Siki Giunta - Vice President of Cloud Computing and Software Services- Among Women Worth Watching in 2012.




Below is the video of IEEE Fellow, Stuart Lipoff, discusses the trend of cloud-based applications at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. According to Lipoff, these services, such as the iCloud, are able to take complex processing situations that aren't practical to do in a small, inexpensive device and battery and store the information in the cloud. Lipoff notes how the device is then used as a terminal to get access to the information and coordinate things that would have been otherwise impossible. Lipoff descries new applications such as pattern recognition and various forms of artificial intelligence, such as facial recognition, as being some of these applications shown at CES.




Below is the video of IBM where it discusses the Cloud Computing and its effectiveness