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	Microsoft posts record revenue, thumbs nose at Apple Julie Bort: So this won't be the quarter that Apple sells more stuff than Microsoft. Microsoft generated slightly more revenue than Apple, and billions more in profit in another record quarter. 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. 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Learn how. Read Now Microsoft benefits from IT spending growth Robert Mullins: This recession has been going on for more than two years, but within some enterprises, there must be some people saying, "Heck, get out the checkbook. Let's do this," and are spending on new information technology. Read More Certified Lies: Big Brother In Your Browser Ms. Smith: You probably feel safe when you see the padlock on your browser window indicating secure communication with your bank or e-mail account. But if Big Brother is spying on you via your browser you won't even know it. Read More Cloud computing, gap analysis, and limited time trails… Tyson Kopczynski: When I talk to a number of organizations they still want to treat cloud based services as if they operate just like an on-premise solution. Read More Photoshop Templates Divulge More About Windows Phone 7 User Interface Mitchell Ashley: Microsoft is taking bold risks with Windows Phone 7, sporting the new "Metro" user interface that's designed from the ground up. No Windows Mobile 6.5 makeover here. Read More WEBCAST: Nimsoft Reasons to Consider Cloud IT Monitoring Join this Webcast to learn the value of IT monitoring delivered via the cloud. You can monitor and manage all business applications, from the data center to the cloud, including SaaS, hosted, and virtualized environments—all with a single product, architecture, and console. There's even a 30-day free trial download. View Now Thoughts on Protection from Hardware-based Malware Dustin Puryear : Well this is disturbing. Apparently Dell shipped several models of their PowerEdge line of servers with Trojans built into the actual firmware of the server. Read More Facebook tries to boost shaky image as it passes 500 million users Jon Brodkin: Facebook's public image has taken a beating lately from privacy complaints, "abysmal" customer satisfaction ratings, but the site has reached 500 million users worldwide. Read More Nearly 13 Million Have Been Hit With Identity Theft Ms. Smith: Nearly 13 million people have suffered from identity theft so far this year. That's ridiculous! Lax security threatens to hammer a nail in the coffin for privacy. Read More There IS a way to stamp out superstition Sean McCown: In my last post I talked about the magic threshold that gets thrown up whenever someone doesn't know how or doesn't want to troubleshoot an issue. And at the end I suggested that knowledge is really the best way to avoid that type of irrational thinking. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM The Information Agenda Guide for Financial Markets CIOs need relevant information to achieve both short-term and long-term strategic goals. Read this guide to find out how an IBM Information Agenda can help financial institutions address a wide variety of business tasks, as well as unlock the value of their information, by using it in entirely new ways. Read Now Comprehensive Guide on Addressing Exchange Calendaring Issues Rand Morimoto: Missing appointments in Exchange aren't in your imagination and aren't just user error -- there are some quirks, particularly with BlackBerry devices that cause problems. Here's a rundown of them and how to fix them. Read More Microsoft Security Essentials beta out just when it's needed most Robert Mullins: As Microsoft and everyone else running a Windows shop scrambles to thwart a "highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability," the software giant stays on schedule, today releasing a beta version of the next Microsoft Security Essentials anti-malware service. Read More A few little nudges to improve Office 2010 adoption Robert Mullins: Tomorrow, I plan to visit my friendly neighborhood big box retailer, grab a copy of Office 2010 off the shelf, pay for it, go home and install it on my recently purchased laptop that runs only a trial version of Office 2007. If only enterprises had it so easy. Read More Visit the Microsoft Subnet home page for more Microsoft news 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 Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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