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	Excel 2010 Might Be Slower Than Excel 2003 For Power Users Bill Jelen: The pricing for Excel 2010 is about the same as the pricing for Excel 2003. It makes you feel like you are trading one piece of real estate for a similar piece of real estate. But Excel 2010 is MUCH bigger, and can be up to four times slower. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Have your IT service management cake – and eat it too Learn more about the key factors in deciding between a comprehensive or a slimmer selection for your organization. Read More In this Issue Microsoft files petition with Supreme Court to overturn i4i patent ruling Error Reporting Oops: Microsoft, Meter Maids and Malicious Code How Microsoft could save $1 billion in Phone 7 marketing Video Interview - Rand Morimoto on Exchange 2010 Sources to protect you from the zero-day Windows DLL exploit Full-Body X-Ray Scanners Driving Down A Street Near You? Outlawing e-personation May Be a First Amendment Issue How CEBP creates Professional Services Revenue The 13 things you should know before going cloud Microsoft is fending off over 50 patent infringement cases Blackberry Is Going the Way of the Dodo Bird Visit the Microsoft Subnet home page for more Microsoft news WHITE PAPER: NetApp Storage for Windows Environments This paper discusses how consolidating your Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint Server data along with your Windows files using NetApp storage for Windows environments reduces the cost of physical storage as well as ongoing management costs in Windows environments. Read More! Microsoft files petition with Supreme Court to overturn i4i patent ruling Julie Bort: Microsoft said it would escalate its fight against i4i to the Supreme Court and on Friday it did. Read More Error Reporting Oops: Microsoft, Meter Maids and Malicious Code Ms. Smith: Do you think hackers are dumb enough to send malicious code directly to Microsoft via Windows error reporting? Do you think Microsoft is foolish enough to flaunt scantily dressed women at a tech convention while celebrating women in IT? Read More How Microsoft could save $1 billion in Phone 7 marketing Robert Mullins: Tech journalists across Silicon Valley are scanning bar stools looking for a mislaid Microsoft Phone 7 prototype. If Microsoft were smart, it would plant one. Read More Video Interview - Rand Morimoto on Exchange 2010 Rand Morimoto: A few weeks ago I participated in an interview with Microsoft discussing migrations to Exchange 2010. This video covers my comments on Exchange 2010 SP1 feature on archiving and message retention and other features. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade The State of Data Center and Network Infrastructure In an attempt to eliminate risk, increase agility, and rein in costs, many companies are looking to make major network and data center upgrades. A new survey reveals what forward-thinking organizations are doing to ensure a smooth transition to high-performance, next-generation infrastructures. Read now! Sources to protect you from the zero-day Windows DLL exploit Julie Bort: Even though Microsoft is so far refusing to patch the critical Windows DLL vulnerability that has become the source of an ever growing number of new exploits, you can protect your systems now. But it won't be easy. Read More Full-Body X-Ray Scanners Driving Down A Street Near You? Ms. Smith: If you thought full-body airport scanners were intrusive, how do you like the idea of X-ray scans happening while you drive or walk along the sidewalk? Read More Outlawing e-personation May Be a First Amendment Issue Dustin Puryear: California is reportedly attempting to make "e-personation" illegal. E-personation basically means someone impersonates someone else on the Internet. Read More How CEBP creates Professional Services Revenue Joe Schurman: I was in a video recently that will air on CNN, Discovery Channel, Today. The topic was one of my favorites: Communications Enabled Business Processes (CEBP). Read More WEBCAST: Xerox How to Make Sustainability Succeed in Your Business Patricia A. Calkins, Xerox's global vice president of Environment, Health and Safety would tell you she is in a very fortunate professional circumstance. She spends each work day fostering sustainability and sustainable practices, perfecting her goal of finding what she calls, 'smarter ways to green'. Listen Now. The 13 things you should know before going cloud Robert Mullins: There's a lot of hype about cloud computing but not as much clarity into exactly how to adopt cloud computing for your particular environment or security needs. The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is trying to provide that insight. Read More Microsoft is fending off over 50 patent infringement cases Julie Bort: "There are over 50 other patent infringement cases pending against Microsoft, 10 of which are set for trial in fiscal year 2010," states a line in Microsoft's latest annual financial report filed with the SEC on July 30. This is in addition to the roughly $2 billion in damages that Microsoft has reportedly already lost. Read More Blackberry Is Going the Way of the Dodo Bird Dustin Puryear: I was doing my early morning round-up of cool articles, and came across "25 essential BlackBerryTtips and tricks" on techradar.com. Good article! One problem though: BlackBerry seems to be going the way of the dodo bird. Read More Visit the Microsoft Subnet home page for more Microsoft news 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 Read More
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