Office, SharePoint 2010 to launch May 12; The EU and the Browser

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	Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 will launch May 12 Microsoft Subnet blog: Microsoft announced today the official release date of its next versions of Office and SharePoint: May 12. Office 2010 will be available to businesses on that day, but consumers will have to wait until an unspecified date in June before they can purchase their versions. Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware 5 Tips for Getting the Best Web App Performance 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 The EU and the Browser Bracing for a cybersecurity Pearl Harbor Microsoft: Get your cloud here Indiana University: Tops at "Customer" Engagement Microsoft gets I-O Data to sign Linux patent-protection license Microsoft launches new tools for its "U-Prove" I.D. project Formotus - A Company Going Places with Forms The Lucky Number 7 Is Microsoft redeeming itself on security issues? From Microsoft Subnet WEBCAST: HyTrust 8 Tips for Virtualization Under Control Examine 8 tips that will show you how to virtualize more critical workloads with confidence. From security planning and policy management to automation and access controls, get expert advice on how to build a more secure virtual infrastructure to accelerate the virtualization of business-critical applications. Learn More! The EU and the Browser Kerrie Meyler: To address the EU's concerns about Microsoft's bundling Internet Explorer in Windows, Microsoft is providing a "browser ballot". Microsoft no longer has 90+% of market share, was the ballot really necessary? Read More Bracing for a cybersecurity Pearl Harbor Robert Mullins: Cybersecurity experts say not enough is being done to prevent massive attacks and lament that the only thing that will prompt any action is the cyber equivalent of Pearl Harbor. Read More Microsoft: Get your cloud here Microsoft Subnet blog: Microsoft is making it quite clear that it wants in on the cloud, and the future the software giant envisions for cloud computing has everyone from developer to executive to consumer tapping into the cloud for services or even hosting their own. Read More E-BOOK: Sybase 5 Key Mobile Management Must-Dos Discover the five steps you can take to realize comprehensive management of your mobile environment. This IDG Playbook will guide your strategy for managing and securing your booming mobile environment, regardless of the variety of hardware and operating systems. Read More Now Indiana University: Tops at "Customer" Engagement Susan Hanley : For the next month or so, my youngest child is in that wonderful and challenging period of life where he gets to make his first independent life decision: where should I go to college? The most engaging by far has been Indiana University. They definitely "win" for the most clever use of technology. Read More Microsoft gets I-O Data to sign Linux patent-protection license Microsoft Subnet blog: Microsoft is on a roll with its Linux patent-protection scheme. On Thursday it announced that it has struck an agreement with Japanese company I-O Data in which I-O Data will pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum and Microsoft won't sue it or its customers. Read More Microsoft launches new tools for its "U-Prove" I.D. project Robert Mullins: Among the announcements Microsoft made at RSA was the release of an SDK for its U-Prove identity management technology which Microsoft expects to be adopted by e-commerce or e-government Web sites. Read More WEBCAST: St. Bernard Get the Instruments You Need to Become an IT Security Hero This online demo shows how you can quickly bullet-proof your internet security with the new iPrism 6.4 web filter, and you'll be entered to win one of the hottest music video games! Learn more Formotus - A Company Going Places with Forms Alpa Agarwal : At the 2010 Mobile World Congress, Samsung recognized Formotus as one of its Premium Solution Partners while Formotus demonstrated its mobile business forms running on Windows Phones as well as Android. Read More The Lucky Number 7 Kerrie Meyler: "Maybe we'll get lucky with this number seven." It was a throw-away comment from Steve Ballmer at the end of Microsoft's standing-room-only press conference in Barcelona for the official unveiling of Windows Phone 7 Series. Windows Mobile (7?) is dead, long live Windows Phone 7. Read More Is Microsoft redeeming itself on security issues? Robert Mullins: When Christian Christiansen, an IDC IT security analyst, was briefed by people at Microsoft before the company launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative eight years ago, he was frank: "I told them 'You know it's going to take you 10 years to even start to change widespread customer opinion about how bad you are." 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 daily source for Microsoft news, blogs, discussion items, security alerts, giveaways and more. Read More
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