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	Microsoft launches Kin "social" phone Microsoft Subnet blog: Microsoft today previewed its new phone family, Kin, complete with two models. The Kin, designed by Microsoft and built by Sharp, is aimed at social networking. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Is Microsoft's cloud strategy really that special? Operations Manager 2007 R2 Implementation and Administration Best Practices Operations Manager 2007 R2 Design and Planning Best Practices Understanding Firewall Requirements for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 IE8 has blocked over 560 million malware sites: how many were legit? Bigger is better when it comes to mailboxes, Microsoft says Understanding How System Center Operations Manager Works Case studies support Microsoft's cloud strategy From Microsoft Subnet WHITE PAPER: NetApp Top 5 Hyper-V Best Practices Read this whitepaper to get advice on everything from making sure you configure enough network connections, especially in iSCSI, to specifying the specific initiator groups and the correct LUN type when provisioning the NetApp LUN for use with Hyper-V. Learn More! Is Microsoft's cloud strategy really that special? Robert Mullins: Microsoft executives continue to evangelize their cloud strategy laid out by CEO Steve Ballmer but it sounds much the same as all cloud strategies. Read More Operations Manager 2007 R2 Implementation and Administration Best Practices Rand Morimoto: I've got a nice long list of best practices for Implementing and Administratering OpsMgr 2007 R2 to share with you. Read More Operations Manager 2007 R2 Design and Planning Best Practices Rand Morimoto: I've got a nice long list of best practices for designing and planning your OpsMgr 2007 R2 rollout to share with you. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Improve Productivity by Optimizing your SSL VPN Are you getting all you can from your SSL VPN? Read this whitepaper to find out Learn More Understanding Firewall Requirements for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Rand Morimoto: I'm frequently asked what firewall ports need to be opened and what protocols are communicated between servers in a System Center Operations Manager environment. Read More IE8 has blocked over 560 million malware sites: how many were legit? Microsoft Subnet blog: Since its launch, Internet Explorer 8 has blocked access to over 560 million sites that it determined were serving malware, or about 3 million blocks per day. Some of those were duped into serving malware laced ads. Read More Bigger is better when it comes to mailboxes, Microsoft says Microsoft Subnet blog: The key to happy e-mail end users, according to Microsoft, is more local storage, which the software giant says it is able to offer with Exchange Server 2010. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. Understanding How System Center Operations Manager Works Rand Morimoto: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is a sophisticated monitoring system that effectively allows for large-scale management of mission-critical servers. Read More Case studies support Microsoft's cloud strategy Robert Mullins: As the May 12 general availability date for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 approaches, Microsoft executives are out drumming up interest with user case studies. 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. Follow Microsoft Subnet on Twitter @microsoftsubnet. Plus, 15 copies of Microsoft System Center Enterprise Suite Unleashed up for grabs. Read More
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