Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Choosing network friendly Windows Phone 7 devices; Can you get your shop under control?

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Which Windows Phone 7 devices should you let on your network?
Robert Mullins: Microsoft tries to make some sense of the myriad applications that clutter users home screens by grouping apps into "hubs" for the phone, entertainment and social media applications but also one dedicated Microsoft Office Mobile. Read More


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Choose the Best Path to Microsoft Windows 7
Intel recently completed a beta deployment and began a company-wide migration from Microsoft Windows XP to Windows 7 on Intel® Core™ vPro™ processor-based PCs. Our experiences can be helpful as you formulate your own plan. And with the right hardware, including Intel Core vPro processor-based PCs, you can get the most out of the new OS. Click to continue

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Improve Your Risk Profile
Gateway Health Plan realized the need to make major changes in its storage environment to support business growth and customer demands. The primary objective was to improve the reliability of its production database environment to support customers during disasters. Read now!

Can you get your shop under control?
Sean McCown: If you're like me you've got a set of scripts that you take from job to job. The dream is that you'll whip out your script library at the first sign of trouble and save the day.  Of course, it rarely works out that way. Read More

Video: Take a look at Windows Phone 7 handsets
Julie Bort: Windows Phone 7 smartphones look great and integrate with Exchange and Xbox. Will that be enough to make people want them? Read More

Police State of Wiretapping the Web: Who Do THEY Want to Watch?
Ms. Smith: To celebrate National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, wouldn't it be nice if our government stopped pushing wiretapping to increase our security and privacy vulnerabilities? Read More

Windows 7 migration for the little guy
Robert Mullins: Free tool eases upgrade hassles, but only for small deployments. Read More


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How Efficient is your Storage Environment?
Store the maximum amount of data for the lowest possible cost, without compromising performance. The key is selecting a platform that supports thin provisioning, data deduplication and virtualization. Dramatically lower your capacity requirements and costs. Read More!

Opera to Microsoft's IE: 'We're still here.'
Robert Mullins: Each month when the media report on browser market share numbers from Net Applications, Opera Software doesn't make the cut. But it has nearly doubled its market share in less than three years. Read More

Microsoft refuses to reveal cloud e-mail customer numbers
Jon Brodkin: Microsoft claims 40 million cloud customers, but few have actually adopted Exchange Online. Read More

Sprint CEO mum on plans for Phone 7 devices
Robert Mullins: Dan Hesse pushes Android app "packages" at CTIA conference but refused to answer questions. Read More

Utilize SQL Server down to the core…
Brian Egler: I am often asked about the Microsoft SQL Server "per processor" licensing. SQL Server uses your multi-cores as separate processors. Read More


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Storage-Purchasing Today: Forget About Capacity
Most organizations are still buying storage based on outmoded ways of thinking. Find out why it's time to modernize your approach and the key criteria you need to consider before making your next IT investment. Read now!

OpsMgr 2007 R2 Cumulative Update 3 ships
Kerrie Meyler: Microsoft released CU3 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 this week. It's rather large - 1.2 GB, and it requires a critical step-by-step order to install. Read More

Troubleshooting database problems
Sean McCown: I had an interesting talk with a dev today about how to troubleshoot SQL issues. We had a case where all of a sudden the DB suddenly slowed to a crawl. Read More

Microsoft acquires .NET vendor AVIcode
Jon Brodkin: Microsoft has just announced that it acquired AVIcode, a private company whose technology monitors performance of .NET applications.  Read More

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