Users pressure Microsoft to fix Outlook The Email Standards Project -- a group dedicated to improving Web standards support and accessibility in e-mail -- has started a grassroots Twitter campaign asking Microsoft to improve the way Outlook 2010 will render HTML-based e-mail. Many IT pros say they are moving to the cloud in 24 months One-third of 1,200 organizations (33%) plan to convert their application environments away from a traditional, client-server model to one based on virtualization and cloud computing over the next two years, according to a new study commissioned by Microsoft. MS Security Essentials delivers basic protection Microsoft has released a limited beta version of Microsoft Security Essentials, a free antivirus application for users of Windows XP, Vista, or 7. The new app, which will replace Windows Live OneCare, aims to cover the basic security needs of home users, and its easy-to-use interface appears to be taking the right approach to the task. Nortel finished. What does that mean for Microsoft? As Nortel deconstructs, Microsoft Subnet blogger Alex Lewis thinks it's unlikely much will come of the Nortel-Microsoft unified communications partnership in the future. Is Microsoft's 'Morro' malware in disguise? Goodbye Windows Defender, hello Windows Security Essentials. The new antivirus and antimalware package that Microsoft's been working on for the past year is ready for its semi-official unveiling. How far will Microsoft go with cloud? As the Enterprise 2.0 conference unfolds in Boston this week, the whole software industry will be observing Microsoft's shift to online services, as it responds to the cloud computing model championed by competitors like Salesforce.com, Google and start-up social software vendors. Is SharePoint set to become the de facto enterprise social media platform? SharePoint is well positioned as a corporate enterprise 2.0 platform. It's in virtually every business, large and small -- even if it's not in use -- because Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) comes free with every Windows Server 2003 and 2008 license, writes Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley. June Giveaways Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training from Global Knowledge to two lucky readers and 15 copies each of books on IPv6 security, the Cisco Secure Firewall Services Module, and Active Directory Domain Services 2008. Deadline for entries June 30. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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