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	Fuzzy math: VMware cost calculator can show Microsoft is cheaper Which is cheaper: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or VMware vSphere 5.1? Well, that depends on who's doing the math. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Database Consolidation onto Private Clouds Consolidation can be achieved through server, operating system, and database consolidation, and the higher the consolidation density achieved, the greater the return on investment (ROI). This white paper describes how to successfully consolidate your database onto a private cloud through several deployment models. Read More Now! In this Issue 15 Microsoft alumni: Where are they now? 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This appears to be in violation of the CSU Information Technology Project & Procurement Planning Guidelines, which state: Read More Exchange 2013 - Truly Enterprise Scale and Supportability Microsoft greatly improved Exchange 2013 to better support millions of mailboxes that Microsoft hosts for Office 365, and the benefits of the enhancements are received by us all even when we put Exchange 2013 on-premise. As much as most organizations will not have "millions" of mailboxes for their on-premise Exchange, the fact that a single Exchange server can now host thousands of mailboxes... Read More WHITE PAPER: Capella University MP Explore Capella University IT/MBA Programs As an accredited university, Capella University offers online graduate degrees in business, education, human services, information technology, psychology, public health, and public safety and undergraduate degrees in business, information technology, and public safety. Learn More. Apple teases its Black Friday event Apple on Tuesday teased a "one-day Apple shopping event" for Black Friday, November 23. Read More Microsoft Research hires big computer science thinker Jeannette Wing Jeannette Wing, a prominent computer science, security and privacy researcher, has been named a VP at Microsoft Research and head of Microsoft Research International. R&D: 25 of Today's Coolest Network and Computing Research Projects Read More Senate bill to allow warrantless government access to your online services In a dumbfounding display of politics at work, a U.S. Senate bill that, at one point, would have protected e-mail privacy has gone the opposite way, and would allow government surveillance of online services without a warrant if passed into law. Read More 10 Holiday Shopping Changes to Make Right Now to Your Ecommerce Site This roundup of holiday website tips offers quick advice you can use right now to cash in on holiday sales this year. 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