Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office 365

	Microsoft: We make more money on cloud-based Exchange than legacy email | Encrypting data in the cloud brings win for Texas
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	Google Apps vs. Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft and Google agree that hosted productivity suites offer unique benefits for evolving business needs. Of course the two behemoths traveled very different paths to reach this conclusion, and bring different strengths to their respective offerings. Which one is right you? Read both sides and decide for yourself. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Benefits of an ITIL Help Desk in the Cloud You can implement help desk processes based on ITIL easily with reduced up-front costs and automatic upgrades. Used by more than 72,500 companies worldwide, the Force.com platform is the most widely used Cloud platform in the world. Read More In this Issue Microsoft: We make more money on cloud-based Exchange than legacy email Encrypting data in the cloud brings win for Texas Almost half of all PCs will be running Windows 7 by year-end Computer scientist predicts your next Facebook friends Microsoft patches final Pwn2Own IE bug Google's VP8 getting help from an unlikely source Microsoft's BlueHat goal: Kill bugs dead Windows 7 migrations: Don't get distracted by XP, Windows 8 Microsoft patches 1990s-era 'Ping of Death' WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Unified Communications: Getting the Green Light In these articles, Network World and its sister IDG Enterprise publications explore the rising importance of UC within the enterprise and provide advice on how to create a working strategy. Learn more Microsoft: We make more money on cloud-based Exchange than legacy email Microsoft claims it earns more money per user from cloud-based Exchange email accounts than it does selling the legacy version of Exchange Server most businesses deploy today. Read More Encrypting data in the cloud brings win for Texas For his work on the foundations of a new way of encrypting data, Brent Waters from the University of Texas in Austin has been elected as one of this year's Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows. Read More Almost half of all PCs will be running Windows 7 by year-end Microsoft appears to be getting its wish in terms of seeing Windows XP get put out to pasture. IT research firm Gartner predicts that Windows 7 will become the leading operating system worldwide by the end of this year, with 42 percent of all PCs running the new operating system. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya Tips to Tailor Your Communications Strategy An IP-based communications system helps businesses streamline voice and data improving internal productivity and customer service, but one size does not fit all. Answer 4 easy questions to find out the best strategies to meet your unique voice and data communications needs. Read Now Computer scientist predicts your next Facebook friends Half of the friends you will add on Facebook in the future can be predicted, said Stanford University's Jure Leskovec. He has been elected as one of this year's recipients of the Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowships. Read More Microsoft patches final Pwn2Own IE bug Microsoft on Tuesday patched the last vulnerability in IE that was used by a researcher in March to win $15,000 at the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest. Read More Google's VP8 getting help from an unlikely source Google received support this week for its embattled WebM video format from an unlikely source. Skype announced that it has adopted VP8 the codec in WebM as its default solution for video conferencing for both one on one and group video calls. Of course with Skype now serving their corporate overloads in Redmond, this means that Microsoft is at least tacitly endorsing and supporting the format. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Case study: Getting started with desktop virtualization The promise of virtualized desktops is widely recognized and desktop virtualization is topping most IT departments' priority lists. But while the "why" of desktop virtualization is clear, it's the "how" that is most challenging. Follow one customer's journey to a more agile and secure business environment. Learn more.>> Microsoft's BlueHat goal: Kill bugs dead Microsoft has eschewed paying for one-off bug bounties, switches focus to fixing entire classes of flaws instead. Read More Windows 7 migrations: Don't get distracted by XP, Windows 8 Enterprises planning a Windows OS migration are at a bit of a crossroads. There's a lot to consider. Read More Microsoft patches 1990s-era 'Ping of Death' Microsoft today issued 13 security updates that patched 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and other software, including one that harked back two decades to something dubbed "Ping of Death." Read More
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