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	Corporate IT eager to deploy Windows 7, survey shows IT professionals say they are willing to forego the first service pack for Windows 7 if that means they can get the operating system in their environments faster. Read More WHITE PAPER: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performanc This eBook, compiled by Network World, explores the pressing issues, from dealing with outages and evaluating performance monitoring services, to the impact of virtualization. Get expert tips to optimize your Web apps. Learn More Now In this Issue Microsoft touts 'browser with no name' in Windows Phone 7 Microsoft highlights speed, HTML 5 support in IE9 Google to simplify Exchange to Apps migrations with new tool Commercial tools not on tap for Windows 7 deployments Geek fave Redmond Path improves command line mastery 10 ways Microsoft tried and failed to rule mobile VMware eases migration to Windows 7 Microsoft loses $106 million patent verdict to VirnetX Microsoft, security vendor clash over Virtual PC bug WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! Microsoft touts 'browser with no name' in Windows Phone 7 At the MIX Web developer conference, Windows Phone 7 executives had relatively little to say about the now-unnamed browser on the new mobile operating system. At the same time, the company announced "preview" version of much advanced technology and features in what will eventually be Internet Explorer 9. Read More Microsoft highlights speed, HTML 5 support in IE9 Microsoft previewed its Internet Explorer 9 Web browser to MIX10 attendees and promised to drive standards work on HTML 5. Read More Google to simplify Exchange to Apps migrations with new tool Google has created a free tool to simplify and automate the migration of e-mail, calendar and contacts data from Microsoft Exchange servers to its Google Apps collaboration and communication hosted suite. Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom Top Five Benefits of Video Conferencing From obvious benefits, like reduced travel costs, to a few less apparent advantages, see what Polycom customers, resellers and industry analysts are saying about the power of video conferencing. Read More Commercial tools not on tap for Windows 7 deployments A recent survey of 923 IT professionals showed that 87% of those polled plan to deploy Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 7. Yet the same survey conducted in January 2010 also revealed that close the three-fourths plan to make the move manually, using free tools such as the ones provided by Microsoft. Seven tips to manage and migrate Windows 7 Read More Geek fave Redmond Path improves command line mastery I found Redmond Path while looking at a lot of tool installs on multiple systems with varying drive layouts. I knew with the certainty of a seasoned geek that surely someone had written a better way to edit the Windows path than the one Microsoft provides. Redmond Labs has, and it's free. Read More 10 ways Microsoft tried and failed to rule mobile Take a tour through Microsoft's forgettable, regrettable mobile OS history. Read More WEBCAST: Actuate Discover BIRT. Understand how BIRT simplifies and speeds to market the development of rich information applications. In this presentation, a technical expert behind BIRT will demonstrate a customer-facing application in action with Flash, Ajax, and JavaScript interactivity. Click Here! VMware eases migration to Windows 7 VMware has upgraded its ThinApp application virtualization software to enable migration of applications from older versions of Windows to Windows 7. Read More Microsoft loses $106 million patent verdict to VirnetX A court in Texas has ordered Microsoft to pay communications software maker VirnetX $105.75 million after a jury found it guilty of willful infringement of two patents belonging to the company. Read More Microsoft, security vendor clash over Virtual PC bug A bug in Microsoft's software gives hackers a way to exploit virtual Windows machines which would be attack-proof if they were running on real hardware, a researcher said today. Read More
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