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How to integrate Skype with Microsoft Lync
Businesses hoping to connect Skype users with Lync users via their corporate Lync Server but haven't started the process yet are in for a wait. That's because it can take 30 days to activate accounts necessary to support a back-end service called public instant messaging connectivity, which is necessary for Skype and Lync Server to work together. Read More

WHITE PAPER: IBM

A Step-by-Step Approach to Successful Business Intelligence
Organizations that have the most success with BI typically approach it incrementally. Discover a step-by-step strategy for success in this newsletter featuring research from Gartner. Learn More.

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WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel

Easing the Online Overload
Many transaction processing systems have reached their capacity limits, so the time is right to consider the potential for running tier 1 mission-critical workloads on opens standards. This white paper highlights the key components of a properly structured and highly optmized SQL Server OLTP reference architecture. Read Now!

Why Xbox One gaming has been an afterthought
Microsoft may not have wowed hardcore gamers with its initial Xbox One announcement, but I'm not sure it wanted to. All of the exclusive game titles and advanced graphics capabilities of the Xbox One will most likely be shown off at the E3 show next week; it's at that event when Microsoft will specifically target the gaming crowd. Read More

Microsoft's opening act since Windows 95: Weezer
The radio ad caught my attention: Microsoft is opening a retail store in the nearby Natick Mall on June 8 and the ceremonies will be followed by a free concert that evening by ... Weezer? Really? Read More

When Google and Microsoft feud, customers pay the price
The long-running war between Google and Microsoft may never have a winner, an analyst said today, but it definitely has a loser: customers. Read More

WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

10 Steps to Risk-based Security Management
Many professionals in information security espouse the belief—and commitment to—"risk based" security management. In fact, according to the latest Ponemon Report on Risk Management, 77% of those surveyed claimed a commitment to it. Learn More

Microsoft moving bot-busting fight to the cloud
Microsoft has moved its botnet-fighting capabilities to the cloud, a step that will make its response teams both faster and more effective in fighting hijacked PCs. Read More

Here we go again! Analyst says PC market will wait for Windows Blue
As the PC market continues to tip further into free fall--with IDC forecasting a 7.8 percent sales decline this year--one Wall Street analyst suggested Tuesday that PC buyers will continue to wait for Windows Blue and the second half of 2013 to upgrade their PCs. Read More

Microsoft says social tools help foster productivity, but many disagree
New research released by Microsoft on Tuesday dives into raging debate of whether social tools like Twitter, Microsoft Lync, and Facebook belong in the business realm. Do they enable employees to become more productive, or are they distractions that should be limited in the workplace? The answer, it seems, depends on what country you work in. Read More

WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks

Solving Substantiation with SAML
Read this paper to learn how F5 uses SAML to effectively enable secure web domains to exchange user authentication and authorization data, providing users of web browsers with single sign-on (SSO) convenience they need. Learn More!

Microsoft can learn a crucial lesson from BlackBerry
Microsoft continues to be an industry leader, generating healthy profits from sales of its Windows operating system and productivity software, such as Office. But Microsoft could learn a lesson from BlackBerry's ongoing problems. Read More

Microsoft should sell Bing, Xbox divisions, says analyst
Sorry, Xbox One. One analyst thinks you're not good enough for Microsoft. And Bing? Well, it's time to just hand it over to Yahoo. Read More

IDC: PC sales being crippled by tablets; Windows 8 part of the problem
The PC may not be dead, but it's not doing well. Read More

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The 20 best iPhone/iPad games of 2013 so far

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