Microsoft's cloud strategy: A question of 'feature parity'

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	Microsoft's cloud strategy: A question of 'feature parity' Microsoft's hosted Exchange and SharePoint will achieve most of the desired feature parity with traditional versions of the software but Office Web Apps is another story. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps Virtualization & Cloud Blindspots? Having VM triage and optimization issues? Exploring private/hybrid clouds? How can you assure service quality and performance reliability? AccelOps integrated monitoring delivers end-to-end visibility, proactive control, reduced MTTR and service intelligence. See Yankee Group's webcast/paper "Managing the Shift to Enterprise Private/Hybrid Clouds" In this Issue Intel's success signals a 'refresh' for tech industry VMware halves price of starter virtualization kit Microsoft snares Dell and eBay with Azure Oracle gearing up for more purchases Xiotech announces new array, management software Dell proposes settlement in SEC investigation Offshore R&D spending grows, recession or not WHITE PAPER: IBM Data Driven Marketing This report examines how Organizations are using data to impact marketing performance and marketing effectiveness It highlights best practices from 272 organizations to identify how Best-in-Class organizations use data to achieve superior performance. Learn More Intel's success signals a 'refresh' for tech industry When Intel Corp. posted its best quarter ever this past week, industry watchers noted that the good news extends beyond the chip maker and touches on the high-tech industry and possibly the U.S. economy. Read More VMware halves price of starter virtualization kit VMware has cut in half the price of a virtualization software package geared toward small and midsize businesses, and changed the way it prices management products to let customers avoid unnecessary charges. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Is your WAN designed with your applications in mind? WAN sourcing has been based on the cost of bandwith and availability. The focus is increasing on sourcing WAN solutions that can meet business needs for application performance. Read about Gartner's structured methodology to design a WAN that both performs well and is cost effective. Read Now Microsoft snares Dell and eBay with Azure Dell, eBay, HP and Fujitsu have become the first big names to buy into Microsoft's Azure in its new appliance form, Microsoft has announced at the start of its Worldwide Partner Conference. Read More Oracle gearing up for more purchases Ever-acquisitive Oracle apparently has no immediate plans to stop buying up companies, as indicated by a US$3.25 billion debt issue it made this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Infrastructures for Innovation Nearly nine out of ten senior IT and business executives say that data, voice and network services can be leveraged to drive innovation, facilitating remote access to critical applications and speeding up customer service. They can generate immediate cost savings by eliminating the cost of maintaining separate voice lines. Read more! Xiotech announces new array, management software Xiotech has announced new storage analysis software, along with two new versions of its enterprise-class storage array and storage management software aimed at virtual desktop environments with its ability to expand on the fly. Read More Dell proposes settlement in SEC investigation Computer maker Dell has proposed a settlement in a long-term investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission into the company's accounting and financial reporting practices, the company said Friday. Read More Offshore R&D spending grows, recession or not Engineering research and development spending increased overall during the recession, but more of this spending is moving offshore, according to a new study by Booz & Co. Read More
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