Tuesday, January 17, 2012

10 years later, isn’t it time to revamp Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative?

Microsoft to launch real-time threat intelligence feed | No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Or don't trust predictive surveys

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10 years later, isn't it time to revamp Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative?
This Sunday marks the 10-year anniversary of the launch of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, and in a way, the timing couldn't have been better. Read More


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The Definitive Guide to Telework
Ready to deploy telework in your organization? Follow the recommendations in this guide to ensure success. Read: • Overcoming the cost and complexity barriers to telework adoption • Network options and considerations • Top 10 requirements for a productive telework environment Read now!

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Top 2 Virtualization Challenges
Virtualized data centers must become more highly available to ensure timely access to data. This paper examines the trends toward server consolidation and how WAN optimization technology can address application performance and information availability issues. Read now!

Microsoft to launch real-time threat intelligence feed
Microsoft is looking to share its wealth of security information with the world through a new real-time threat intelligence feed, the company recently announced. Read More

No demand for Windows 8 tablets? Or don't trust predictive surveys
The surveys says ... wait. You can't trust surveys, according to CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle. He offers some historical lessons on why you can't believe predictive surveys. Read More

Windows Server now runs for free in Amazon's cloud
Enterprises can now run Windows Server in Amazon's cloud for up to 750 hours per month at no charge, using the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Free Usage Tier, the company said on Sunday. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks

Integrate iPads with Ease
Enterprise adoption of the iPad is growing at a rapid rate. Learn how to address the top five WLAN challenges of a high-density iPad deployment and see lab test results that demonstrate how to deliver scalable performance for all Wi-Fi clients, strong security, permit cross-IP mobility with ease, and conserve iPad battery life. Read now!

At CES, Microsoft sets stage for lower Windows revenue
Microsoft executives this week hinted at lowered expectations for Windows revenues in the fourth quarter of 2011, citing data from research firms that point to a stall in PC shipments at the end of 2011. Read More

Looks like October for Windows 8 general release
Microsoft is aiming for October to release the commercial version of Windows 8, based on comments attributed to a Microsoft spokeswoman at CES. Read More

Buyers hang on for cheaper, faster Windows 8 ultrabooks
Ultrabooks are attracting admirers at the Consumer Electronics Show, but some attendees are waiting to buy the thin laptops until prices drop and Windows 8 is released later this year. Read More


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Why Managing VMs is So Complex
Because virtual servers coexist with nonvirtualized ones, it effectively doubles the tools and efforts relevant to data center administration. Discover how a unified, out-of-band approach that aggregates management tools into a single, consolidated platform, renders the virtual and physical layers transparent from an IT management perspective. Read now!

Windows Server 8 will lose its face
Windows Server is an operating system where the apps running don't need much of an interface, if at all, yet it still has a full Windows desktop. That's going to change with the latest version, though. Read More

Exit NTFS, Enter ReFS.
There has been talk about a new file system in the upcoming Windows client and server thanks to details that came out at BUILD, but up to now, Microsoft has been quiet. That ended with a blog post on the new file system. Read More

Windows 8 on ARM: You can look but you can't touch
For a touch-based interface it was awfully hard to get hold of. Microsoft's Windows 8 OS was shown on a handful of prototype ARM-based tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, but almost no one was allowed to try it out. Read More

Microsoft's Exchange a casualty of bank's cloud move to Google Apps
Seeking to transform the way its staff communicates and collaborates worldwide, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) will roll out Google Apps to its 110,000 employees, shedding along the way various legacy email systems, including Microsoft Exchange, a bank executive said in an interview. Read More

Nvidia shows quad-core tablet prototype running Windows 8
Nvidia showed tablets using its Tegra 3 quad-core processors at CES, including a developer prototype that was running Windows 8. Read More



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CES 2012 ultrabooks and tablets
Ultrabooks! Ultrabooks! That's the official biggest buzzword for this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Ultrabooks! In honor of these purportedly magical super-thin laptops, we've decided to make a compilation of some of the ultrabooks you'll see at CES next week. And for good measure, we've thrown in a tablet that will garner a lot of attention as well. Enjoy!

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