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	Azure review: Looks juicy but not yet fully cooked Tom Henderson: Our review of Windows Azure was an intense experience. We'd waited and waited, and waited to review Azure after it was announced. We eventually decided that cloud and Azure were really different things. Read More WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! In this Issue First look at Windows Azure How We Tested Windows Azure EFF: Microsoft abusing DMCA to eradicate competing Xbox 360 accessories Is Windows 8 an Enterprise Play? Microsoft's Zen Lesson: Windows 8 Hardware Squeezes Nokia's Real Value to Microsoft is Outside of the Phones How important are unit tests? HP, Microsoft Team Up Against Oracle Microsoft, Skype deal gets U.S. clearance Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations Build outs, consolidations and acquisitions are large-scale projects that can be very disruptive and require careful planning and implementation to maintain operations. This white paper examines the process and what's required to meet IT goals and objectives and maintain business continuity. Read now! First look at Windows Azure There's "the cloud" and then there's Windows Azure. Read More How We Tested Windows Azure We controlled our Microsoft-supplied Azure account from our laptops (MacBook Pros, sometimes running Window 7 VMs) and through our NOC resources (numerous Dell, Tyan, and HP servers; 10GB Extreme Switch, Compellent SAN, 100mbp/s connection hosted at nFrame.com). Read More EFF: Microsoft abusing DMCA to eradicate competing Xbox 360 accessories Ms. Smith: The EFF told a federal court that Microsoft is misusing copyright law by weilding DMCA as a weapon to eliminate gaming accessory competitors and to police Xbox 360 users' behavior. Read More WHITE PAPER: AirMagnet, Aruba Networks, Cisco, Enterasys Networks, HP, and Motorola The 2011 Wi-Fi "Cheat Sheet" Achieving Ethernet parity with Wi-Fi is no small task. Learn how leading vendors are building tool and tweaking architectures to: • Add capacity to APs • Avoid traffic bottlenecks • Identify and eradicate interference and its sources • Enable converged management and policy setting across Wi-Fi and wired environments Read now! Is Windows 8 an Enterprise Play? Andy Patrizio: Some of you may be just beginning your Windows 7 migration from Windows XP. If so, that might have been your first mistake. Read More Microsoft's Zen Lesson: Windows 8 Hardware Squeezes Tom Henderson: Occasionally, Microsoft learns lessons deeply-- and more deeply than they'll let on. I think you'll see proof of this in Windows 8, as Microsoft starts to slim down its hardware compatibility list. Read More Nokia's Real Value to Microsoft is Outside of the Phones Andy Patrizio: The rumored Microsoft/Nokia merger has been, for now, debunked. But if Microsoft wants anything from Nokia, it should be the Finnish firm's non-wireless products. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Video Collaboration: Lights, Camera, User Adoption Video deployment has been slow. Today, barriers are dissolving. Price points are dropping. CIOs are more engaged in driving the business forward with process and technology. Learn More How important are unit tests? Sean McCown: A lot of the unit testing that gets done doesn't get done right. Now, what I mean by that isn't that devs don't know how to test their own functionality. Read More HP, Microsoft Team Up Against Oracle Hewlett-Packard carried its feud with Oracle to the floor of its user group conference this month by clearly encouraging migrations from Oracle to Microsoft software on HP hardware. Read More Microsoft, Skype deal gets U.S. clearance Microsoft has received clearance from U.S. antitrust regulators for its proposed purchase of Internet telephony company Skype. Read More Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs This newsletter features posts from the Microsoft Subnet community of industry expert bloggers. We've got a set of Microsoft certification classes and two Polycom systems to give away. Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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