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February 12, 2013 – Grand Hyatt, NYC Click to continue In this Issue Not so fast, Gartner: Apple's unlikely to challenge Microsoft in the enterprise Microsoft's online safety assessment scores show failing grades globally Interview with Microsoft's Director of Trustworthy Computing Jacqueline Beauchere Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails Microsoft Surface Pro: First Look 10 things we love about the Surface for Windows 8 Pro 10 things we hate about Microsoft's Surface Windows 8 Pro Microsoft: International cyber-pacts can lead to less malware Microsoft may be seeking protection from Linux with Dell loan RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IDG Research New Survey: Purchase Process of Enterprise Technologies Tell us about the buying process for enterprise technologies in Network World's Technology Influence Survey! This survey should take about 10 minutes of your time. To thank you, you will have the opportunity to enter a sweepstakes to win a $250 cash prize*! Please be assured your responses are confidential. To participate, click on the link below. *Due to regulations, prize sweepstakes is only open to legal U.S. and Canadian (except Puerto Rico and Quebec) residents, age 18 or older. Not so fast, Gartner: Apple's unlikely to challenge Microsoft in the enterprise Apple is undoubtedly the winner of the BYOD revolution as the Apple faithful get to bring their overpriced toys to work. The tech press was actually one of the first industries to do this, as I saw reporters using Macs at events in the San Francisco area years before BYOD took off, and I knew their employers did not issue Mac hardware. Read More Microsoft's online safety assessment scores show failing grades globally On your PC, you know to keep your firewall on at all times, to keep your antivirus and antispyware software updated and to run them, and to keep automatic updates on. On your mobile device, these basics are similar such as running a mobile anti-virus, installing software updates immediately upon release, and using a PIN or password to lock your device. Read More Interview with Microsoft's Director of Trustworthy Computing Jacqueline Beauchere Today is Safer Internet Day and Microsoft released the results of its second annual Computing Safety Index (MCSI), a survey of consumer online safety behaviors of more than 10,000 PC, smartphone, and tablet users in 20 countries. The MCSI measures 22 individual protective behaviors. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Steelhead Cloud Accelerator Solution Brief Learn how enterprises must tackle these challenges for SaaS applications to remain a viable option. Read now. Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails A year after Google, Microsoft and other email heavyweights launched the DMARC program to filter out spoofed email that attackers use for phishing, they say an estimated 60% of the world's email boxes are now safe. Read More Microsoft Surface Pro: First Look Microsoft Surface Pro – the Windows 8 ultrabook designed and built by Microsoft – goes on sale Feb. 9, joining its sister device Surface RT, which debuted Oct. 26. The two look similar, but they are different beasts. Read More 10 things we love about the Surface for Windows 8 Pro Nothing is perfect including Microsoft's Surface for Windows 8 Pro ultrabook, but it does have some nice features. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan, Inc The Need for Improved Data Center Monitoring CIOs are having success and frustration in efforts to measure, monitor and conserve data center energy use. Read the key findings and implications of this new survey data to learn best practices to track power costs and reduce waste, ensure accurate power consumption reporting, and identify missed opportunities for cost savings. Learn More 10 things we hate about Microsoft's Surface Windows 8 Pro Microsoft's new Surface for Windows 8 Pro is a light, sleek device with the functionality of a tablet and also that of a full laptop, but it's not perfect. Read More Microsoft: International cyber-pacts can lead to less malware Countries that have signed on to international cybersecurity agreements tend to have fewer malware infections among their citizens, according to new research released by Microsoft and George Washington University. Read More Microsoft may be seeking protection from Linux with Dell loan Microsoft's US$2 billion loan to Dell is a sign that the software maker wants to influence hardware designs in a post-PC world while protecting itself from the growing influence of Linux-based operating systems in mobile devices and servers, according to analysts. Read More
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