Microsoft faces reality with open source outreach

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	Microsoft faces reality with open source outreach Making another stop on its "We Love Open Source" tour, Microsoft's Sandy Gupta told attendees at an open source conference in San Francisco that the company will, for the first time, support interoperability of its software with the non-commercial version of Linux -- interoperability had previously been limited to commercial Linux -- and specifically that Microsoft's virtualization platform is now able to run CentOS, an open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, "as a first-class citizen." Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation NEW Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer FREE 30-day trialware Bring your largest and most mission-critical server operations to a new level of efficiency and reliability. Diskeeper 2011 EnterpriseServer provides uncompromising peak performance continuously and without requiring downtime or further management. Learn more. In this Issue Microsoft's cloud licensing changes: What you need to know San Francisco migrates to hosted Exchange Tech leaders to 2011 grads: Go to the bathroom, don't be a jerk and take risks Windows 7's malware infection rate climbs, XP's falls The coming mobile battle between Android and Windows Phone 7 Citrix will stream Windows apps to Chrome OS laptops Bing uses Facebook social data to strike at Google Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious Microsoft to expand AppFabric toolset Microsoft regearing .Net for easy concurrency Microsoft, SAP team to ease cloud deployments WEBCAST: Brocade Communications Inc. Ethernet Fabric for the Cloud Webcast Discover how your company can optimize its investments in virtualization and cloud technologies. A new webcast reveals why IDC analysts believe a fabric-based network infrastructures are the cornerstone of a more efficient, cost-effective data center network. Learn more! Microsoft's cloud licensing changes: What you need to know Microsoft will soon let customers use their current licenses to move workloads to the cloud. Here's how it works. Read More San Francisco migrates to hosted Exchange The city and county of San Francisco have started a transition to using Microsoft's hosted e-mail service, choosing the software giant's service over Google and Lotus Notes. Read More Tech leaders to 2011 grads: Go to the bathroom, don't be a jerk and take risks New graduates from Duke University, Michigan State University and the University of California might be feeling pretty smart these days, but that doesn't mean the Class of 2011 couldn't still learn a few things from some of the technology industry's most accomplished leaders: Cisco's John Chambers, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. 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Read More Citrix will stream Windows apps to Chrome OS laptops Can desktop virtualization make Chrome OS a full replacement for Windows? Read More WEBCAST: Limelight Networks The Next Phase of Cloud What is the next phase of the cloud revolution? Cloud's native services orientation can open up a world of options for infrastructure, software and other strategic considerations—like your network. This webcast will also cover how organizations can take advantage of cloud's robust storage capacity and how to manage that storage. Learn More! Bing uses Facebook social data to strike at Google In another shot at their common rival Google, Microsoft and Facebook are teaming up again to make Bing's search engine more social. Read More Microsoft: One in 14 downloads is malicious The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. Read More Microsoft to expand AppFabric toolset The company plans to offer the ability to build multi-tier applications directly from an AppFabric console. Read More Microsoft regearing .Net for easy concurrency Two new features being developed for the .Net framework will make greater use of multicore processors. Read More Microsoft, SAP team to ease cloud deployments The two companies will bridge Microsoft .Net and Azure with SAP's NetWeaver Gateway. Read More
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