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	Microsoft Azure overtakes Amazon's cloud in performance test Microsoft Azure's cloud outperformed Amazon Web Services in a series of rigorous tests conducted by Nasuni, a storage vendor that annually benchmarks cloud service providers (CSPs). Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Measuring Private Cloud Payback With 2,000 employees spread across five continents, balancing the tradeoff between complexity and performance is no easy task. See how a natural resources firm leveraged WAN optimization to deploy their private cloud and achieve bandwidth utilization reductions of 70%-90% without having to make changes to routers or QoS configurations. Read now! In this Issue Microsoft shows off iPhone, iPad and Android clients, voice calls between Lync server and Skype What Office 2013's draconian licensing policy really means for you Microsoft's Windows 8 app plan: One code base to rule them all Surface sales aren't dominating, and that's OK with Microsoft's Ballmer How Microsoft will change forever and thrive again Cisco declares war on Microsoft unified communications system Critical infrastructure protection: Maybe thinking good thoughts will make us safe Microsoft promises stronger ties between Lync, Skype Microsoft, EMC, NetApp join Oracle's legal fight against Google on Java WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com Service Cloud: Deliver Next Generation of Customer Service Realize the value and operating challenges of online support communities. Chatter Communities for Service solves nearly all of the traditional problems of online communities. Use it as a force multiplier for your support organization, and revenue generator for your sales and marketing teams. Read Now! Microsoft shows off iPhone, iPad and Android clients, voice calls between Lync server and Skype Microsoft demonstrated at Lync Conference 2013 new capabilities of its Lync unified communications platform, including clients for Android devices, iPhones and iPads that support VoIP. Read More What Office 2013's draconian licensing policy really means for you Microsoft might be selling two versions of its Office suite, but its licensing policies suggest the company is not only trying to thwart software piracy, but also drive customers away from Office 2013 and over to the Office 365 subscription model. Read More Microsoft's Windows 8 app plan: One code base to rule them all Microsoft's Windows strategy is a bit hit or miss, with Windows Phone seeming to have a more positive reception than Windows 8 for PCs. But one accomplishment you have to applaud Microsoft for is unifying the platforms. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco The Total Economic Impact of Desktop Virtualization Forrester interviewed four existing Cisco customers and found that a composite company experienced a risk-adjusted ROI of 72% with desktop virtualization based on VXI. Learn about the potential costs, benefits, and total economic impact. Read Now Surface sales aren't dominating, and that's OK with Microsoft's Ballmer PC makers may not be satisfied with Windows 8 hardware sales, but at least they needn't worry about Microsoft's Surface tablets swallowing the industry whole. Read More How Microsoft will change forever and thrive again Microsoft has been in business, in one form or another, for 37 years. In the tech world, that's an eternity. Read More Cisco declares war on Microsoft unified communications system Cisco chose the eve of Microsoft's first Lync conference to attack the Microsoft unified communications platform as incomplete when compared to Cisco's enterprise UC offerings. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Holistic Service Management is Critical to the Growth of IT This paper looks at new approaches to service delivery management to allow IT organizations to deliver better service quality, performance and user experience, and to be more predictive with application performance management and network performance management. Learn More. Critical infrastructure protection: Maybe thinking good thoughts will make us safe Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) retired in January after quite a colorful two-dozen years in the U.S. Senate. One of the major issues he pushed for during his last few years in office was protection of the U.S. critical infrastructure. Along with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lieberman put forth a series of bills aimed at requiring some level of protection for such infrastructure, the last of these being voted down in November. Read More Microsoft promises stronger ties between Lync, Skype Microsoft is launching new capabilities in its Lync communication platform that ties Lync and Skype together to enable audio call and Instant Messaging interoperability as well as shared presence. Read More Microsoft, EMC, NetApp join Oracle's legal fight against Google on Java Microsoft, EMC and NetApp have joined an appeal by Oracle against an earlier decision in a copyright and patent infringement lawsuit against Google over Android. Read More
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