Thursday, July 11, 2013

Microsoft: Purges, personalities, ‘pursuing other opportunities’

Microsoft reorganization: A quick look at who's in charge now

Memo from Steve Ballmer to Microsoft Employees: Let's go!

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July 11, 2013
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Microsoft: Purges, personalities, 'pursuing other opportunities'

At Microsoft periodic reshufflings of the players and the executive hierarchy are a way of life.

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Issue highlights

1. Microsoft reorganization: A quick look at who's in charge now

2. Memo from Steve Ballmer to Microsoft Employees: Let's go!

3. NetSocket shifts gears from managing unified communications to enabling software defined networks

4. Defcon: Website woes unrelated to our beef with feds

5. T-Mobile to launch its first Firefox phone next week

6. Yahoo says release of secret FISA court order will prove it resisted directives

7. 3D Systems CEO: 3D-printed gun did industry a 'service'

8. EMC bets on flash storage with ScaleIO buy

9. Q&A: What to consider when designing a mobile website

10. Bit9 CEO: Trust-based model the new weapon in war against malware

11. 10 things we love about Ubuntu 13/5 things we hate

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Microsoft reorganization: A quick look at who's in charge now

In a sweeping corporate reorganization to focus on the company's shift from a software provider to a products and services business, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has announced changes to his executive team to support a new structure that divides the company into four divisions. READ MORE

Memo from Steve Ballmer to Microsoft Employees: Let's go!

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer today announced a reorganization of the company around four areas: operating systems; devices and studios; applications and services; and cloud and enterprise. READ MORE

NetSocket shifts gears from managing unified communications to enabling software defined networks

NetSocket this week shifted gears from monitoring the quality of unified communications applications to enabling software defined networks, with an initial focus on automating tuning in order to accommodate business performance policies. READ MORE

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Enabling IT to Retake the Lead in a BYOD World

The transformation of enterprises into mobile organizations often is led by the mobile workers themselves as they use their own devices for work. Read Now!

Defcon: Website woes unrelated to our beef with feds

Defcon's Jeff (The Dark Tangent) Moss yesterday wrote a blog post informing federal agencies that their employees will not be welcome at this year's security conference -- as they have been for 20 years running -- because of the ongoing controversy over government surveillance programs. Also yesterday, Defcon's website was down at times, drowsy at others. In fact, even this morning it was initially... READ MORE

T-Mobile to launch its first Firefox phone next week

T-Mobile will begin its rollout of phones based on Mozilla's Firefox OS when it puts the Alcatel One Touch on sale in Poland next week. READ MORE

Yahoo says release of secret FISA court order will prove it resisted directives

Yahoo wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order the public release of a secret order in a 2008 surveillance dispute, as it will demonstrate that the Internet company "objected strenuously" to government directives. READ MORE

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3D Systems CEO: 3D-printed gun did industry a 'service'

Avi Reichental, president and CEO of 3D Systems, says the man behind the 3D-printed gun has done the 3D-printing industry a service. READ MORE

EMC bets on flash storage with ScaleIO buy

Boosting its portfolio of solid state storage technologies, EMC is acquiring ScaleIO, a purveyor of storage management software, for an undisclosed amount of cash. READ MORE

Q&A: What to consider when designing a mobile website

For many enterprises, mobile means mobile web, because there aren't compelling reasons to invest in custom line-of-business iOS and Android apps. But customers are increasingly accessing the web on their smartphones and tablets, creating the need for multichannel content delivery on PCs, smartphones, tablets and soon televisions. According to Google, 67% of customers are more likely to buy on a mobile-friendly... READ MORE

Bit9 CEO: Trust-based model the new weapon in war against malware

Bit9 chief executive Patrick Morley talks mobile security, company partnerships with FireEye and Palo Alto Networks, and the evolving role of today's CISO READ MORE

10 things we love about Ubuntu 13/5 things we hate

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For this briefing, openBench Labs tested the ability of V-locity VM to optimize I/O in a dedicated email service domain centered around a VM running Exchange 2010. Read Now!

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