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	Microsoft CALs and External Connector Licenses, Part I Cynthia Farren: At least once a month I run into a seasoned IT professional who will finally admit that they've never quite figured out how to license CALs. If you don't understand CALs, chances are you are overpaying for your Microsoft software. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More In this Issue Raven Cloud: Process Diagrams without the PROCESS An Angel's View of Enterprise Trends What Do Angels Look For? Microsoft works to keep Windows 7 momentum strong System Center 2011 will support Citrix XenServer hypervisor And then there was Sybase Why do I refuse to buy anything from Apple, because they are evil! - Part Two Welcome to Watch Your Assets! Top Microsoft news and blogs on Microsoft Subnet WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Troubleshooting Application Problems This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here! Raven Cloud: Process Diagrams without the PROCESS Ron Barrett: In IT, we often find that we need to become "all things to all people."This often means we need to learn job functions that are not necessarily within our job scope. Read More An Angel's View of Enterprise Trends Alpa Agarwal: Having heard that last quarter was A good quarter for VC's, I asked Jeff Clavier, an angel investor I've known for a few years, for his thoughts on the latest enterprise trends. Read More What Do Angels Look For? Alpa Agarwal: What makes a startup appealing to an angel investor? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Microsoft works to keep Windows 7 momentum strong Robert Mullins: Windows 7, by all accounts, has been a hit for Microsoft, making "Vista ... a thing of the past," according to one analyst. Still, the company wants to keep up the momentum, as well as build sales in the enterprise market, and so it is having a sale. Read More System Center 2011 will support Citrix XenServer hypervisor Microsoft Subnet blog: Microsoft today announced that it is adding Citrix XenServer to the list of hypervisors its management tool, System Center, will support. This support will be available in the next version of System Center, due in 2011. Read More And then there was Sybase Kerrie Meyler: Wednesday May 12 SAP announced it has signed an agreement to buy database software maker Sybase for $5.8 billion. This acquisition is expected to diversify SAP's product line, expanding its business intelligence and CRM in particular as related to mobile devices. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More Why do I refuse to buy anything from Apple, because they are evil! - Part Two Tyson Kopczynski: It seems that I'm not the only person that thinks Apple should get the shaft. Since posting my rant about not buying Apple products there have been some very interesting developments. Read More Welcome to Watch Your Assets! Cynthia Farren: Welcome to "Watch Your Assets", Network World's blog dedicated to understanding Microsoft licensing. Read More Top Microsoft news and blogs on Microsoft Subnet The Microsoft Subnet community features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. Subscribe to our bloggers via RSS http://www.networkworld.com/community/blogs/microsoft/feed or follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/microsoftsubnet Read More
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