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	Enterprise IT is on the losing end of Microsoft's CAL price hike Microsoft's recent increase in the price of its user client-access licenses (CAL) is a 'lose-lose' deal for enterprise customers but will likely yield a major revenue boost for the vendor. Read More WHITE PAPER: Coyote Point MS Exchange Deployment Guide This Deployment Guide provides detailed instruction for running Exchange 2010 with Coyote Point's Equalizer®, a qualified hardware vendor for load balancing Exchange Server 2010 View Now In this Issue Ray Ozzie seeks encore to Lotus Notes, Microsoft triumphs The Windows 8 Quiz Microsoft-bankrolled report argues for single-browser enterprises Microsoft's antivirus is a starting point, not the final stop Santa and NORAD: Microsoft nicer than Google this year Windows XP's retirement is in doubt, say some experts Leveraging Microsoft's SkyDrive for Cloud-based Storage Dell scraps Android smartphones in favor of Windows 8 tablets Compromised Windows PCs bought in China pose risk to U.S. RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. Start with a free 30-day trial! Ray Ozzie seeks encore to Lotus Notes, Microsoft triumphs Ray Ozzie -- the creator of Lotus Notes who had a successful five-year run at Microsoft -- stands ready to leave his next mark on the industry, this time with his nearly year-old startup Talko (formerly Cocomo), a venture funded by $4 million from investors and shrouded in secrecy. Read More The Windows 8 Quiz Tiles, touchscreens, Metro style – lots of buzzwords surround the Windows 8 operating system. With its promise to expand Microsoft's influence on tablets and a user interface that mimics that of the well reviewed Windows Phone 7, the latest Windows version should draw a lot of consumer attention. Here is a brief quiz to test your knowledge about the new operating system. Read More Microsoft-bankrolled report argues for single-browser enterprises A Microsoft-commissioned report published last week said companies can save tens of thousands of dollars in support and development costs by standardizing on one browser. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions from IBM IBM provides consulting, implementation and application management services for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, a comprehensive solution that helps midsize and larger organizations easily create and maintain a 360 view of their customers from first contact through purchase and post-sales. Learn More. Microsoft's antivirus is a starting point, not the final stop Last week's blog post from Alan Shimel that showed Microsoft's antivirus software, Security Essentials, is the most popular antivirus software product in the world came as no surprise. They give it away for free and push it on you if you go anywhere near Microsoft.com. Read More Santa and NORAD: Microsoft nicer than Google this year Google apparently hasn't been naughty in Santa's eyes, but Microsoft must have been pretty nice. NORAD, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, will switch from using Google Maps to Bing Maps to track Santa Claus on his Christmas Eve trip around the world. Read More Windows XP's retirement is in doubt, say some experts Some security researchers wonder if Microsoft will indeed retire Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Top 10 Reasons to Consider Hosted Collaboration Solutions See why ROI potential has made unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) a top IT priority. Learn how cloud-based UC&C can boost productivity, overcome skill-set gaps, and lower TCO up to 40% with real-time, global deployment. Read Now Leveraging Microsoft's SkyDrive for Cloud-based Storage How often do you attach a picture to an email, send it to someone, only to later to want to dig up that same picture to attach and share with someone else? Of course there's Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, etc that all work great for photo sharing. But then for work, you need to share a Word document, PowerPoint presentation, PDF files, and the like which aren't well shared by the Facebook, Instagram, and Flickrs of the world. Read More Dell scraps Android smartphones in favor of Windows 8 tablets Dell doesn't plan on returning to the Android smartphone market any time soon, announcing that it will focus instead on creating Windows 8 touch-enabled computers and tablets. Read More Compromised Windows PCs bought in China pose risk to U.S. Counterfeit versions of Windows running on Chinese PCs do more than take money from Microsoft's pocket, they also pose a security threat to U.S. companies and consumers, experts say. Read More
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