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October 8, 2009 Deep Freeze for Windows 7

“Is it out yet? Is it out yet? Is it out yet?” That is what I have been asking our Dev and QA teams for the past couple of days. I’ve been driving them crazy… They came through! Deep Freeze Standard and Enterprise v6.61 is now available. Customers with current Maintenance can download it and [...]

October 7, 2009 MacBook Pro unibody is tough

I have some time to kill before I can post an exciting announcement here, so I’ll tell a quick story. My MacBook Pro 17″ unibody withstood some abuse last night very well. Specifically, my 45 pound son stood and then jumped on it. No damage whatsoever was done. However, I have to say: don’t try [...]

September 16, 2009 Unlicensed software has huge cost

The Business Software Alliance settled with 12 Canadian companies who were caught using unlicensed copies of software on their computers. A link to one article about this is here. According to that article, Michael Murphy of BSA Canada said, “These settlements demonstrate that even well-managed organizations need to pay careful attention to software licensing requirements.” [...]

September 3, 2009 Deep Freeze (beta) for Windows 7 available

As discussed on previous posts (Windows 7 RTM and What about Windows 7 support?), we now have a beta version of Deep Freeze available that is compatible with Windows 7. It is available to all customers (who have a current Maintenance agreement) at Faronics Labs. Please check it out and let us know your experiences. [...]

September 2, 2009 The letters D and F and the number 7

Exciting news coming tomorrow, brought to you by the letters D and F and the number 7. Stay tuned.

September 2, 2009 New contributors coming soon

Some of our Product Managers have requested the ability to post on the blog, so expect to hear from a few new voices soon. This is exciting because it should increase the frequency of new posts, add fresh perspectives, and provide you with more information. On a side note, no our Product Management functions are [...]

August 27, 2009 Deep Freeze Mac v4.5 for Snow Leopard now available

Good news, everyone! Deep Freeze Mac v4.5 is now available and is compatible with Snow Leopard. Please make sure you uninstall Deep Freeze from Leopard (or Tiger or Panther) prior to upgrading to Snow Leopard. Once you have everything set up the way you like it, then you can install Deep Freeze Mac v4.5 and [...]

August 20, 2009 What’s up with the beta product(s)?

We have always prided ourselves on being a feedback driven organization, focused on the needs of the market and individual customers. We are attempting to be more transparent with our product planning and development process itself. I hope the existence of this blog demonstrates that. As part of that initiative, we are releasing a new [...]

August 10, 2009 About our License Keys

You have probably noticed that we have implemented License Keys for the first time in DF as of v6.5. They use the same model that we have already tested and used successfully in WS, AE, and PS going back 18 months. From discussions with channel partners and monitoring Technical Support inquiries, we know that DF [...]

June 27, 2009 What about Windows 7 support?

September 3 2009 update: Please see: Deep Freeze (beta) for Windows 7 available. (Note that this answer is similar to, but different than, the What about Snow Leopard support? posting.) We’re asked this question all the time, every time a new OS version is poised for release: will Product X work on the new OS? OFFICIAL [...]

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