Microsoft vs. Google over privacy; A mellower Steve Ballmer starts 12th year as CEO

	A mellower Steve Ballmer starts 12th year as CEO | LG exec admits WP7 sales weak
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	Microsoft Again Uses Privacy in Battle with Google Ms. Smith: Microsoft seems ready to battle Google by competing on privacy, but not ready enough to protect your privacy from government surveillance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Alcatel-Lucent The New Paradigm of Enterprise Communications Discover how to increase employee engagement and productivity across your enterprise, even in a tough economy. This Alcatel-Lucent paper, featuring research from Gartner, shows how implementation of context-aware technology can ensure collaborative communications and build competitive advantage. Read now! In this Issue A mellower Steve Ballmer starts 12th year as CEO LG exec admits WP7 sales weak SQL Server 2008 R2 – Master Data Services Dear Entrepreneurs: Is Russia The Next China? Facebook Photos: Opt-Out or Tag You're It Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard Software Spend Less on Web Filtering and Win View an online demo that shows how you can enforce your AUP and protect your company with iPrism Web Filter, and you'll not only be eligible to receive a free year of web filtering, but you'll also receive a free TCO analysis report and be entered to win an Apple iPad. Learn More A mellower Steve Ballmer starts 12th year as CEO Robert Mullins: Microsoft chief now runs a different company than it was in 2000 and he's a changed man, too. Has he changed enough? Read More LG exec admits WP7 sales weak Robert Mullins: For the first time, a handset manufacturer offering Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 has publicly acknowledged that sales of devices running the new OS have fallen short of expectations. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Crunching Data Warehousing Workloads Cheaper Than Ever IBM's Balanced Warehouse solutions address diverse DW price points and requirements, ranging from high-end enterprise DWs down to smaller, function-limited DWs and departmental data marts. Balanced Warehouses build on and extend the Balanced Configuration Unit (BCU) DW appliance solutions that IBM had introduced almost two years prior. Read now! SQL Server 2008 R2 – Master Data Services Brian Egler: Use Master Data Services to store your single source of truth when building a data warehouse. Read More Dear Entrepreneurs: Is Russia The Next China? Dustin Puryear: Sometimes I wonder if we're a tad hyper-focused on China. It's difficult, if not impossible, to go a single day without reading an article about China, either as the up-and-coming industrial nation or as the future cure to all of our economic ills. Read More WEBCAST: Cisco Mobile Powerplay: Secure, High Performance, Unified The mobile revolution is here—and here to stay. iPhone, iPad, Droid--employees bring their mobile devices into the workplace, and they want access to personal and professional information. This brings a new set of concerns for IT and the business: IT needs to ensure that the corporate network and the access remains secure. Register Now Facebook Photos: Opt-Out or Tag You're It Ms. Smith: One month after Facebook launched its facial recognition feature, non-users may still not be aware that Facebook's photo tagging could be broadcasting their faces. Read More Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs This newsletter features content from Microsoft Subnet, a community that features industry-expert bloggers, giveaways and all the top news of interest to network professionals. Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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