Migrating files from PCs getting easier

Chicago, IL, Jun. 14 (UPI) -- Transferring software applications and files from old PCs to new ones is getting easier, because developers both in the United States and Europe are debuting new software and services to move content from one hard drive to another, experts told United Press International.

Up to now, most of the transfer of data and content has been done manually, at a cost that has been increasing by 30 percent per year, and at a time when companies are attempting to rein in IT costs, said Simon Yates, senior analyst at Forrester Research in Boston, a consulting firm. By Gene Koprowski