Microsoft all aboard for app transfer
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Microsoft today said it has purchased Apptimum to prop up its Windows Vista operating system.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Microsoft said in a statement it plans to use Apptimum's Alohabob PC Relocator products to make it a cinch for Windows customers to transfer applications to their new computers.
The Redmond, Wash., software giant also said Apptimum's assets will be a strong complement to the Vista OS later this year.
"Our customers and partners have been asking for a much easier way to transfer their data and applications from old computers to new ones," said Amitabh Srivastava, corporate vice president of Windows Core Operating System Development at Microsoft.