Google's Loss in China is Microsoft's Gain; Why Hyper-V scares VMware

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	Google's Loss in China is Microsoft's Gain Mitchell Ashley: So Google has retaliated against China's government attacks on Google's intellectual property and human rights activists e-mail accounts. Ballmer is saying that Microsoft will stay and obey Chinese laws. There's an old saying; "don't get in front of someone trying to commit suicide" and I would say that's exactly what we have in this case. Read More SPONSOR: Dell The Right Way to Cut Desktop Budgets Postponing new desktop and laptops for employees can quickly reduce the IT budget, but extending the life of these devices has consequences. Learn the best way to postpone client refreshes, centralize asset management, eliminate overspend on software and get the most out of your existing clients. View Now! In this Issue Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V R2 Virtualization SMB 2.1 and Multithreaded Robocopy ServerCore in Windows 2008 R2 SMB 2.0: Addressing the Basics FreeNAS: Open Source Network Attached Storage Microsoft bug triggers international incident Cisco Unity Support for Exchange 2010 DirectAccess in Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 A letter from Japan Need the AdventureWorks sample? Codeplex.com ...not so quick... Adesso WKB-4000BB: Bluetooth Keyboard From Microsoft Subnet SPONSOR: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V R2 Virtualization Rand Morimoto: In just over a year, Microsoft went from having basically no real enterprise-class server virtualization technology to one that is at par with VMware and even has VMware scared and running. Read More SMB 2.1 and Multithreaded Robocopy Glenn Weadock: The latest and greatest version of Microsoft's Server Message Block protocol for file sharing in Windows networks is 2.1, which ships with Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. Read More ServerCore in Windows 2008 R2 Glenn Weadock: Microsoft released ServerCore with Windows Server 2008 as a GUI-less version of the Windows Server operating system, and while many of us fiddled with ServerCore, it really didn't take off for installation in the enterprise. Read More SMB 2.0: Addressing the Basics Glenn Weadock: The Server Message Block (SMB) file sharing protocol has been around since the dawn of time (anybody remember Windows for Workgroups?) With Microsoft's latest operating systems we have finally moved to SMB 2.0. Wow… 15 years to update a file sharing protocol. Read More SPONSOR: HP Need to Backup 10TB+ per Night? Data deduplication based on grid technology has significant advantages over alternate methods. This video explains how enterprises can; backup 17TB per hour from a single VTL, eliminate human error through advanced automation, increase capacity as needed; save floor space with a smaller footprint, and lower energy costs, Learn more. FreeNAS: Open Source Network Attached Storage Ron Barrett: Have a server laying around that is not quite old enough to trash but not quite new enough to use as a production machine? Are you dying to move from direct attached storage into something more flexible and robust? Why not turn that old server into networked attached storage. Read More Microsoft bug triggers international incident The Microsoft Subnet blog: A Microsoft software vulnerability is being implicated in the cyberattacks that triggered Google's recent high-profile comments about possibly pulling out of China altogether. McAfee is saying that hackers used a zero-day bug in Internet Explorer to target Google, Adobe and other companies. Read More Cisco Unity Support for Exchange 2010 Alex Lewis: Cisco is now working aggressively to validate a new MAPI version and make other necessary changes in Unity so that it can support Exchange 2010. Read More DirectAccess in Windows 7 / Windows 2008 R2 Rand Morimoto: In a few years, DirectAccess will be the standard way remote users will access their network, just like Outlook Anywhere (what used to be called RPC over HTTPS) allowed email users to synchronize their Exchange email without having to VPN to their network. Read More SPONSOR: Force10 Data Center Optimization Strategies Enhance the efficiency of your data center by improving power and cooling. Learn the strategies you can use to refine power efficiency, thereby boosting your TCO and lowering your budget. Read More A letter from Japan Brian Egler: I am a big advocate of distance learning and last week I was teaching a class from a remote location in North Carolina while my students were distributed across the USA at their homes and offices. This week I am doing the distance myself and am teaching a class in Japan. Read More Need the AdventureWorks sample? Codeplex.com ...not so quick... Brian Egler: I am a big fan of Books Online. Originally developed by Sybase, it was, and still is, ahead of its time in terms of online help systems. Not only syntax reference for SQL Server but also code samples and examples are provided throughout. A new version is available every couple months so Microsoft dedicates significant resources to make sure it is up to date and accurate. Read More Adesso WKB-4000BB: Bluetooth Keyboard Ron Barrett : Back in Sept I wrote about the Adesso WKB-30000 wireless keyboard. A few weeks ago Adesso asked if I would like to get a closer look at another small form factor keyboard, that uses Bluetooth technology, the Adesso WKB-4000BB. Read More From Microsoft Subnet This is Network World's Microsoft Subnet news alert in which we focus on the top items from Microsoft Subnet, your source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Read More
	New look We've revamped our newsletters so that they're cleaner, easier to read and lighter on the HTML formatting. What do you think? Let us know - and thanks for reading! - Jeff Caruso, Executive Online Editor Today from the Subnet communities New giveaways! Win a year's worth of 24/7 video training from ClipTraining. Win books on WS2008 R2, Cisco WAAS and the CCIE. Deadline Jan. 31. Plus: On Cisco Subnet: Cisco buys Rohati Systems; On Microsoft Subnet: Charting out prices for Office 2010; On Google Subnet: Google plans free white spaces database. SLIDESHOWS Gotta start somewhere What were the first products from today's biggest tech companies? Take the quiz. 2010's 25 geekiest 25th anniversaries Our fourth annual compilation of the current year's most notable technology-related 25th anniversaries. MOST-READ STORIES Reports: iPhone 4G rumors heat up Verizon Wireless slashes rates for unlimited voice 40/100G Ethernet transceiver market to reach half billion IE8 limits SSL VPN options for Cisco ASA users Microsoft's Ballmer: We're staying in China Facebook unleashes lawyers on Web 2.0 Suicide Machine New BlackBerrys on the horizon Google's stance on China shatters security inhibitions Csico ASA takes on botnets EFF to public: Urge the FCC to close net neutrality 'loophole'
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