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	Essential guide to Windows 7 management Microsoft's latest operating system offers several benefits to IT managers who can overcome management challenges. Here's a collection of recent stories to help you deploy, manage, secure and virtualize Windows 7 in your environment. Read More VIRTUAL EVENT: IBM NWW Making the Planet Smarter Hear from technology leaders, clients and business partners on today's enterprise data management challenges and how leveraging IBM's data management portfolio can deliver better business outcomes, at lower cost, while providing capabilities that scale across enterprise applications, databases and platforms. Register Today! In this Issue Slew of critical updates from Microsoft In defense of Microsoft Bing boings but Google grows Microsoft warns of SSL/TLS vulnerabilities Celebrating President's Day: Test your knowledge of 10 tech CEOs Judge dismisses Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage suit Microsoft to shut off free versions of Windows 7 soon Microsoft e-health research taps Xbox, mobile phones Microsoft unveils child-friendly version of IE8 WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Rapid Replication for Virtual Servers What's the connection between virtualization and acceleration? It's deeper than you might think. See how these two hot technologies complement each other to consolidate servers, enhance DR and simplify the IT infrastructure. Learn more. Slew of critical updates from Microsoft Microsoft delivered a record-tying 13 security bulletins for February, a virtual avalanche of updates after a relatively quiet January that saw only one security bulletin on Patch Tuesday, and one released out-of-band mid-month to address a zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer. Read More In defense of Microsoft I know, I know. You hate Microsoft for its bloated, buggy software, its slowness to innovate, and its government-certified, monopolistic bullying. I won't argue with any of those points, or those made last week in the NY Times by former Microsoft VP Dick Brass, who called his former employer "a clumsy, uncompetitive innovator." Read More Bing boings but Google grows According to comScore, during the course of the year Microsoft Sites grew from 8.3% to 10.7% share of all search queries with nearly all of that growth coming in the second half of 2009 subsequent to Bing's introduction. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. Microsoft warns of SSL/TLS vulnerabilities First of all, this isn't just another Microsoft security flaw. Microsoft has filed this with ICASI as a general security vulnerability affecting multiple implementations of TLS and SSL. Moreover, Microsoft has noted it affects every currently supported version of Microsoft operating systems from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2. Read More Celebrating President's Day: Test your knowledge of 10 tech CEOs We know all about former U.S. chief executives such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, but what about CEOs of today's technology companies, such as Cisco, Google and Microsoft? Read More Judge dismisses Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage suit A judge dismissed a lawsuit that was filed against Microsoft over its much-criticized Windows Genuine Advantage program in 2006. Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks A Practical Guide to Web 2.0 Security This guide to Web 2.0 security is based on analysis of network traffic in over 200 organizations collected over 6 months in 2009. It details how to deploy an effective firewall to handle applications like Skype and Sametime that are capable of transferring files or apps like WebEx that enable desktop sharing. Click here. Microsoft to shut off free versions of Windows 7 soon On March 1, users of the free, release candidate versions of Windows 7 will experience bi-hourly shut downs, Microsoft says. These shut downs will continue until June 1. On June 1, the RC version has officially expired. Microsoft will replace the wallpaper with a background that says the copy of Windows is not genuine. After June 1,those who haven't upgraded to a purchased copy of Windows 7, which... Read More Microsoft e-health research taps Xbox, mobile phones Microsoft is researching how gadgets like the company's Xbox game machine, surface computers and accelerometers in mobile phones could be used to improve health care. Read More Microsoft unveils child-friendly version of IE8 Nearly two-thirds (64%) of under 18s have been contacted online by a stranger, says Microsoft. Read More
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