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	Should you even bother looking at Windows Phone 7? Windows Phone 7 is shaping up as the most innovative mobile UI since, well, since the iPhone introduction three years ago. Read More REPORT: Riverbed Gartner: Magic Quadrant Report Riverbed positioned in Leaders quadrant of 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers. In this report, Gartner helps organizations interested in WAN Optimization Controller capabilities truly understand their options. Read now! In this Issue Microsoft up for its share of Pwnies at Blackhat conference Adobe joins Microsoft's patch-reporting program Video previews Microsoft's Office 2011 plans IE8 stops one billionth malware download Microsoft Hohm outs home energy hogs Nearly half of Microsoft's 2010 security patches have known problems Microsoft Office licensing now a bit easier for Citrix users Avaya stares down Microsoft, Cisco Google Apps project delays highlight cloud security concerns Free Sophos tool blocks Windows shortcut attacks Are you as tired of lazy vendors as I am? 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 Microsoft up for its share of Pwnies at Blackhat conference If you're a technology company trying to maintain a reputation for security, you don't necessarily want to receive a Pwnie Award at the annual Blackhat security conference in Las Vegas. While some legitimately honor enterprising security experts who uncovered vulnerabilities, or important research, others are ignominious, such as the award for "Lamest Vendor Response" and "Most Epic Fail." Read More Adobe joins Microsoft's patch-reporting program Adobe and Microsoft are now working together to give security companies a direct line into their bug-fixing efforts. Read More Video previews Microsoft's Office 2011 plans Microsoft has started rolling out more details about Office 2011, the upcoming upgrade of its productivity suite. On Wednesday, the company posted a brief video on its Mac Mojo blog showing off a few of the suite's new features. Read More WEBCAST: Dell Companies spend 30% more on software licenses than needed. Poor visibility into remote assets, an inability to ensure the security of PCs, and failing to deliver satisfactory service to end users on a consistent and cost-effective basis are a few of the challenges that IT executives face as they struggle to manage software across their organizations. Learn more now! IE8 stops one billionth malware download Internet Explorer 8's Smartscreen Filter, used to secure users from dodgy websites, has stopped its one billionth malware download, Microsoft has proudly announced. Read More Microsoft Hohm outs home energy hogs Microsoft's Hohm energy monitoring service can now detail energy use by appliance. Read More Nearly half of Microsoft's 2010 security patches have known problems Last month's fix of a broken Windows Server patch got me thinking -- just how often does Microsoft release a patch that it knows has problems? The answer: nearly half the time. How often are those problems so severe they fry your system? That's less clear, but it seems as if the answer is, "not all that often." Read More WEBCAST: Riverbed Successful IT Consolidation Consolidating branch offices can be an efficient strategy, but you must know when it makes sense to consolidate all or part of the branch office. This podcast covers the rules of thumb for successful IT consolidation and explains the top 3 challenges for IT. Learn more! Microsoft Office licensing now a bit easier for Citrix users Microsoft Office, Visio and Project are all device licensed applications. This means that a device holds the license, not the user. So every device that uses one of these products has to hold a license for the product. That can make for an expensive proposition for companies who allow their users to access these applications via Citrix or Microsoft Application Virtualization. Read More Avaya stares down Microsoft, Cisco After years of hanging around the top of the IP telephony market, the company is poised to take over unified communications, but Cisco and Microsoft stand in the way. Read More Google Apps project delays highlight cloud security concerns Google led a coup against Microsoft to win the contract with the city of Los Angeles to provide messaging and productivity software for roughly 30,000 city employees. Nine months later, though, implementation is behind schedule as Google and the city of Los Angeles address security concerns with the cloud-based services. Read More Free Sophos tool blocks Windows shortcut attacks The security firm Sophos has released a tool that it claims will block any attacks trying to exploit the critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows' shortcut files. Read More Are you as tired of lazy vendors as I am? Dealing with vendors can be maddening to say the least. One of the reasons is because whenever you find a problem with their DB code they're very reluctant to change it. And to a degree I understand that because they've got regression testing to do to make sure it doesn't break anything else, but very seldom do vendors bother updating their DB code at all.  Read More
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