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	Microsoft: Buy Windows 7 today, keep same PC for Windows 8 upgrade Any computer running Windows 7 will be upgradable to Windows 8, Microsoft said today while pledging to keep hardware requirements level or even lower when the next version of Windows comes out. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Remote Support for PCs, Macs, Tablets and Smartphones Provide instant, on-demand remote support with LogMeIn Rescue. Without pre-installed software, quickly connect to PCs, Macs and smartphones anywhere in the world. Get in, solve the problem, and be done in a flash. Plus, Rescue's SaaS-based platform means free upgrades and zero maintenance. Try Rescue free, today. In this Issue Microsoft NAC and MDM: Your Future in Control Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 5 – IT Challenge 24-hour Competition is Complete! Did Harvard Researchers Breach Students' Privacy? Get SMART: Make sure you have quantifiable objectives for your SharePoint solution! Windows Phone 7 Isn't Halting Microsoft's Smartphone Slide People, Process, and Technology Microsoft to issue four patches for Windows and Office They ARE Listening: Law Enforcement Wiretapping Jumps 34% Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 1 - Setup Day Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 2 – Opening Ceremony!!! Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 3 – Competition Begins!!! Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 4 – Midway Thru the IT Challenge… Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs WHITE PAPER: IBM Distributed Virtualization Management from Big Iron Many enterprises started virtualization efforts to reap the benefits of consolidating their distributed infrastructure. This consolidation, however, has not ended datacenter infrastructure heterogeneity since enterprises seem intent on acquiring different virtualization platforms as well as heterogeneous hardware platforms. Read Now Microsoft NAC and MDM: Your Future in Control Tom Henderson: Mobile device proliferation means joining NAC with MDM-- you need to control the proliferation of smart devices. It's not going to be easy. Read More Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 5 – IT Challenge 24-hour Competition is Complete! Rand Morimoto: The 2011 IT Challenge competition started nine months ago, through challenging qualifying rounds, to the final competition. The top 6 finalists had to build a complete network in 24-hours. Read More Did Harvard Researchers Breach Students' Privacy? Ms. Smith: When Harvard researchers aggregated Facebook data and supposedly anonymized it, then no one should have been able to identify those users. That was not the case, however, a "privacy meltdown" ensued. Read More Get SMART: Make sure you have quantifiable objectives for your SharePoint solution! Susan Hanley: It's important to make sure that you have meaningful and realistic objectives for your SharePoint solution. If you want business decision makers to pay attention, your objectives need a measurable target. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC The Mandate for Converged Infrastructure Management Converged infrastructure is changing the way data centers roll out infrastructure resources and providing a clear and achievable path to cloud computing environments. Effective management of infrastructure is a key capability that can significantly impact the degree of success for data centers going the converged route. Read more Windows Phone 7 Isn't Halting Microsoft's Smartphone Slide Andy Patrizio: The release of Windows Phone 7 hasn't diminished the downward spiral for Microsoft in the smartphone market, according to figures released by comScore. Read More People, Process, and Technology Kerrie Meyler: One of the concepts of ITSM (Information Technology Service Management) is the triangle of people, process, and technology. It's not just the tool (the technology), but it is the process of implementing it, and the people involved. Read More Microsoft to issue four patches for Windows and Office Jon Brodkin: Microsoft next week will release three patches to fix security holes in all recent versions of Windows desktop and server software and a fourth patch to fix a problem in Office. Read More They ARE Listening: Law Enforcement Wiretapping Jumps 34% Ms. Smith: They are listening. They are intercepting more phone calls, text messages, and computer transmissions than ever. In fact, 96% of all authorized wiretaps in 2010 were for "portable devices." Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Best Practices: KVM Smart Card Authentication Systems Selecting a smart card-enabled KVM system? Choose one that supports PKI authentication to multiple servers from a single location and makes the necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. This White Paper examines best practices when evaluating a Smart Card solution. Learn More Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 1 - Setup Day Rand Morimoto: I just arrived into New York City for the Microsoft Imagine Cup worldwide competition finals in my 6th year as the IT Challenge competition head judge! This year's competition started with over 100,000 students from over 83 countries. Read More Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 2 – Opening Ceremony!!! Rand Morimoto: We officially kicked off the Imagine Cup 2011 competition here in New York today with the Opening Ceremony keynote by Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer. (Video) Read More Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 3 – Competition Begins!!! Rand Morimoto: Today is COMPETITION Day here in New York City. All of the competitors met at 8am this morning and won't stop for the next 24 hours. Read More Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 4 – Midway Thru the IT Challenge… Our IT Challenge competition is now 18+ hours into the 24 hour period and the competitors are still going really strong! They've likely been up for over 20 hours and still have a good 8-9 hours to go to make it thru the rest of the competition period and judging. A few things have happened in the past couple of hours. Read More Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs This newsletter features posts from the Microsoft Subnet community of industry expert bloggers plus news and giveaways. Follow us on Twitter @microsoftsubnet Read More
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