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	Human error gave spammers keys to Microsoft systems Microsoft blamed human error after two computers on its network were hacked and then misused by spammers to promote questionable online pharmaceutical websites. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Unified Windows Storage Consolidation This report documents the results of ESG Lab hands-on testing of a NetApp Unified Storage Architecture deployed in a VMware virtual server environment with a goal of simplifying, protecting, and consolidating physical servers hosting Microsoft applications. Read More! In this Issue Survey: Costs of Office Communications Server too great for some organizations How Microsoft is wasting the Windows Phone 7 marketing moment Microsoft, Google make amends over IE8 zero-day flaw Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns Bing getting social with Facebook Microsoft aims at Salesforce.com with CRM offer Windows Phone 7 to have limited Mac sync capability Microsoft official defends complex software licensing efforts Office updates fix vulnerabilities in Word, Excel Microsoft tool now roots out Zeus malware WHITE PAPER: NetApp Get Storage Efficiency and Data Protection This paper will show how NetApp storage efficiency and data protection features allow for a higher level of protection without compromise on risk or cost. Read now! Survey: Costs of Office Communications Server too great for some organizations Microsoft's Office Communications Server (OCS) is perceived as too expensive to deploy and too complicated to manage, and many businesses lack the in-house expertise to handle it, according to a survey. Read More How Microsoft is wasting the Windows Phone 7 marketing moment Microsoft's initial ads for Windows Phone contrast sharply with Apple's, and the contrast shows why Apple is such a marketing powerhouse and Microsoft...well, isn't. Read More Microsoft, Google make amends over IE8 zero-day flaw Last month, a little dustup occurred between rivals Microsoft and Google over a years-old security flaw in Internet Explorer that a Google researcher had been pushing Microsoft to fix. But the companies have seemed to make amends, with Microsoft fixing the bug this week in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, and even publicly thanking Google researchers three separate times for reporting flaws. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Consolidate and Virtualize Your Windows Environment Joint NetApp-VMware whitepaper on Windows consolidation. This whitepaper explores the reasons for consolidating Windows environments and the benefits of doing so with a joint NetApp-VMware solution. Read More! Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns Microsoft has seen a dramatic drop in the number of computers infected with Waledac, a piece of malicious software affiliated with a botnet that was once responsible for a massive amount of spam. Read More Bing getting social with Facebook Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg joined Microsoft to announce new features to the Bing search engine that add a "social" twist to Bing search results. Read More Microsoft aims at Salesforce.com with CRM offer Microsoft is hoping to lure business away from Salesforce.com with a new offer that allows customers to buy Dynamics CRM Online seats for $34 per user per month for the first year of service, a roughly 25% drop from the current $44 monthly charge. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetApp Consolidate and Virtualize Your Windows Environment Joint NetApp-VMware whitepaper on Windows consolidation. This whitepaper explores the reasons for consolidating Windows environments and the benefits of doing so with a joint NetApp-VMware solution. Read More! Windows Phone 7 to have limited Mac sync capability Microsoft promises a public beta version by the end of the year. Read More Microsoft official defends complex software licensing efforts Programs are based on customer demand, but a 'hybrid world' with cloud computing and virtualization is challenging to manage, exec says. Read More Office updates fix vulnerabilities in Word, Excel Microsoft rolled out a trio of updates on Tuesday that fix security vulnerabilities in its last two Office productivity suites. Read More Microsoft tool now roots out Zeus malware Two weeks after law enforcement broke up one of the criminal gangs behind the Zeus malware, Microsoft has taken steps to make it harder for criminals to install the software on PCs. Read More
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