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	Who are tech's highest paid CEOs? Oracle's Larry Ellison has been the highest paid tech chief on our list each year since Network World started tracking CEO compensation, but in 2011 his $77.6 million pay package was bested by another tech CEO's enormous windfall. Who was it? Read More WEBCAST: BMC Software Unlock the Value of Cloud Computing with Workload Automation Learn how to get the most from your cloud investment in our on-demand webinar from BMC and InformationWeek. You'll hear how integrating the cloud into your production workload brings critical business benefits. Learn More! In this Issue IE 'silent' upgrade helps put newest browser on Windows 10 cool projects from Microsoft's research arm PC makers mum on Windows 8 upgrades Office Live Small Business is closed, but customers still grapple with migration Hands on with the Samsung Focus 2: You could do a lot worse for $50 Microsoft blames and bans Chinese security partner for leaking Windows exploit At Interior Department, Google Apps will co-exist with Outlook, Office -- for now Like Windows Media Center? Don't upgrade to Windows 8 Skype may be Windows Phone's worst enemy Sage moving ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Strategic Road Map for Network Access Control Long derided as an overhyped concept, network access control (NAC) has emerged as an important solution for mitigating the risks of consumerization. Network and security managers will need NAC to retain control of the network in a "bring your own device" (BYOD) environment. Read now. IE 'silent' upgrade helps put newest browser on Windows Microsoft's decision late last year to switch on 'silent' upgrades for Internet Explorer (IE) has moved some Windows users to newer versions, but has had little, if any, impact on the oldest editions, IE6 and IE7, according to usage statistics. Read More 10 cool projects from Microsoft's research arm A common knock against Microsoft is that it's "not cool." That message seems to have missed the Microsoft Research team, whose behind-the-scenes efforts bring to life what was previously limited only by the imagination. Here are 10 Microsoft Research projects that have long-term potential. Read More PC makers mum on Windows 8 upgrades The first wave of laptops with Intel's latest third-generation Core processors started shipping this week with Windows 7, but PC makers are quiet about what it would take to upgrade the PCs to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aruba Networks Conquering today's Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Challenges BYOD is changing the way IT addresses network access security. It requires secure onboarding of new devices, policy enforcement, and profiling. Read the benefits and considerations with BYOD, and how to deploy a unified access management solution for any wireless, wired or VPN network. Read now. Office Live Small Business is closed, but customers still grapple with migration The deadline to migrate email domains and websites hosted on the Microsoft Office Live Small Business (OLSB) online service suite passed on Monday, but customers continue to post a steady stream of complaints and problem reports, indicating that the number of businesses that haven't made the transition is considerable. Read More Hands on with the Samsung Focus 2: You could do a lot worse for $50 Going to AT&T's special pre-conference event in New Orleans today gave me a chance to play around with the Samsung Focus 2, the latest and cheapest ($49.99 with a two-year service agreement) Windows Phone device to hit AT&T's network. It has to be said: There need to be more phones like this. Read More Microsoft blames and bans Chinese security partner for leaking Windows exploit Microsoft issued critical patch MS12-020 to fix the Windows' Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) vulnerability last month as it was spotted on a Chinese hacker forum and was being exploited in the wild. The kicker is that the exploit code was leaked from one of Microsoft's security partners in the Microsoft Active Protection Program (MAPP). Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Magic Quadrant for SSL VPNs 2012 Secure Sockets Layer virtual private networks compose a mature market segment, serving a variety of VPN use cases for workstations and mobile-device remote access. In this Magic Quadrant, Gartner examines the role of SSL VPNs in remote access, the state of the market, and the suitability of SSL VPNs in a range of remote-access use cases. Learn more! At Interior Department, Google Apps will co-exist with Outlook, Office -- for now Although the U.S. Interior Department plans to replace its on-premise email servers with Google Apps' cloud-based Gmail, the agency will retain Microsoft Outlook and Office as its standard e-mail client and desktop office productivity software for end users. Read More Like Windows Media Center? Don't upgrade to Windows 8 As we reported earlier today, the "default configurations" of Windows 8 will not include Windows Media Center. Likewise, Windows 8 won't offer DVD playback capability. Read More Skype may be Windows Phone's worst enemy It was always a mystery how Microsoft would juggle Skype, the VoIP audio and video conferencing software it purchased for $8.5 billion in October 2011, with its mobile phone product. Now that problem appears to be affecting Nokia. Read More Sage moving ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud service, the company announced Thursday. Read More
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