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	Yawns may greet Microsoft Office port to iOS and Android Microsoft's most iconic application suite -- Microsoft Office -- will be moving off the PC and the Windows OS to two mobile platforms, iOS and Android, in early 2013. But will customers in the enterprise, where Office has been a PC standard for years, really care? Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Top Ten Reasons to Use Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Steelhead Cloud Accelerator is a unique technology integration that can offer performance improvement for SaaS applications consumed by enterprises. It combines the best of WAN optimization with the best of Internet optimization to provide a seamless transition for users between private and public clouds. Learn more. Learn more. 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Learn More. Amazon, Microsoft and Google targeted by cloud provider Joyent Joyent may be the biggest cloud provider you haven't heard of. Read More Bend Windows 8 to your will with these free tools Suggesting that reviews of Windows 8 have been mixed is a bit of an understatement, but you don't have to take my word for it; Microsoft's bold new operating system is available right now, and if you spend some time with it I wager there are elements of the operating system that you absolutely love (the speed!) and parts you might love to tie a rock to and fling into the nearest large body of water (the Start Screen!) Read More Microsoft adding in-memory technology to SQL Server In a move to speed online transaction processing (OLTP), Microsoft is adding in-memory capabilities into its SQL Server relational database management system. Read More Adobe, now 'married' to Microsoft, moves Flash updates to Patch Tuesday Adobe announced it will pair future security updates for its popular Flash Player with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday schedule. Read More WHITE PAPER: AccelOps Unified Infrastructure Management Examined This report provides a current view of AccelOps' capabilities in industry context, including interview excerpts with three AccelOps customers. Learn more. Businesses will have to pay up if they want Office on BYOD iPads and Android tablets The big Microsoft rumor is that the company is coming out next year with a version of Office for iOS and Android phones and tablets – sort of. Read More Windows Phone 8 will tell users where to find free Wi-Fi Microsoft will provide information about the location and quality of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Windows Phone 8 so users can find the best nearby networks. Read More Microsoft DRM technology will take a head count, check ID A patent application filed by Microsoft and published by the USPTO on Nov. 1 describes digital rights management technology that would enforce content viewership limitations through, among other methods, scanning an audience with "a camera or capture device" in order to count heads. The technology could be built into any number of products, such as Kinect for Xbox, though none were specified. Read More Verizon expands Lync service to hosted operations, management of UC Verizon said it is extending its managed services offering for Microsoft Lync Server to its business customers by adding the ability to operate, monitor and manage unified communications and collaboration servers and functions. Read More WHITE PAPER: Avaya, Brocade, HP Industry leaders face off and present their fabric solutions The dynamic nature of server virtualization requires a flexible data center network and a better management solution. The growth and importance of east-west traffic – application-to-application and application-to-storage - demands a super-fast and reliable data center network. View Now Can Windows 8 give developers what iOS and Android lack? Microsoft's future hinges on attracting developers to build Windows 8 apps. But by offering financial incentives, supporting a range of programming languages and allowing developers to write code once for multiple devices, those developers may soon follow. Read More 11 winning alternatives to Windows 8's built-in apps Windows 8 comes preloaded with plenty of apps for basic productivity and entertainment, but they're not necessarily the best you can do. We've already mentioned the apps you should download first, but now we want to share some third-party apps that you might like more than what Microsoft includes in its basic Windows 8 installation. Read More Microsoft to close Messenger and consolidate IM service on Skype Microsoft will shut down Windows Live Messenger next year, compelling users to migrate to Skype, whose latest version can import users' Messenger contacts. Read More Microsoft planning to tie Yammer, Skype to its CRM application Microsoft is preparing to release an update to its Dynamics CRM Online software that will feature a new user experience as well as tie-ins to its Yammer social networking software and Skype communication platform, the company announced Thursday. Read More
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