11 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make life easier

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	11 (FREE!) Microsoft tools to make life easier In addition to its commercial operating systems and applications, Microsoft offers up a host of free tools that make it easier, cheaper, safer and faster to accomplish essential tasks from removing malware to converting virtual machines to deploying software. Here is a smattering of some of them, including a few designed for the company's latest operating system, Windows 8. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Dell and Intel® Failover Cluster VRTX Deployment Guide The new Dell PowerEdge VRTX shared infrastructure offers a compact solution for small businesses or remote offices that is easy to configure, streamlines management and maintenance, and provides all necessary hardware resources in one spot. Read now! In this Issue Seven ways to trade in an old iPhone, including Microsoft's new offering IE zero-day vulnerability exploited more widely than previously thought Why Microsoft is reportedly favoring Ford's Mulally for CEO gig Microsoft to pay execs who stay, pay those culled during reorg turmoil Android and Windows Phone set to collide in China Microsoft's Surface to be under revenue microscope Through a glass darkly: Microsoft's new financial reporting format Microsoft buys used iPhones in latest attempt to get consumers to switch to Windows Multifactor authentication available on Windows Azure WHITE PAPER: Symantec Are Your Mobile Policies Keeping Up? For CIOs, CISOs, VPs of IT Operations, Mobile Architects, Mobile Program Managers, this paper summarizes the late 2012 Ovum study on what BYOD is, why business people should pay attention to it, and how they should meet emerging opportunities and threats. View Now Seven ways to trade in an old iPhone, including Microsoft's new offering Microsoft is offering iPhone 4s or 5 users a credit to trade in their phone toward a Microsoft product, which marks the latest step in an increasingly aggressive promotion of stealing away customers: buy their old hardware. Read More   IE zero-day vulnerability exploited more widely than previously thought A recently announced and yet-to-be-patched vulnerability that affects all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) has been exploited in targeted attacks against organizations in Taiwan since the beginning of July, according to security researchers. Read More   Why Microsoft is reportedly favoring Ford's Mulally for CEO gig Speculation is growing that Ford CEO Alan Mulally is not just in the running for the CEO position at Microsoft, but has become the frontrunner among all candidates, both internal and external. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Spirent Communications Challenges for Modern Networks Built Using SDN and OpenFlow The Testing Challenges of SDN and OpenFlow white paper Covers Emerging network deployment scenarios, Current shifts in traffic type crossing networks and Challenges with Cost, Agility and Design. Read Now Microsoft to pay execs who stay, pay those culled during reorg turmoil Microsoft handed out nearly $60 million in stock grants to eight executives on the same day it filed papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing that the board had authorized special incentives to keep senior management from jumping ship. Read More   Android and Windows Phone set to collide in China After Apple priced itself out of emerging markets, Google and Microsoft prepare for the market share battle. Read More   Microsoft's Surface to be under revenue microscope Microsoft plans to make it easier for Wall Street and industry analysts to track revenue generated by the company's struggling Surface line of tablets. Read More   WEBCAST: HP HP Webcast: Mobile Application Development Join John Jeremiah, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, HP and John Jackson, Research Vice President, Mobile & Connected Platforms, IDC for an interactive discussion on the results of the HP Mobile Application Development Maturity Peer Assessment Tool. Date: September 18 @ 1:00pm EDT Register Now Through a glass darkly: Microsoft's new financial reporting format CIOs will have a harder time evaluating how well key Microsoft products are selling now that the company has restructured the way it breaks down its revenue streams, according to analysts. Read More   Microsoft buys used iPhones in latest attempt to get consumers to switch to Windows Microsoft on Friday launched yet another trade-in program to convince consumers to switch to a Windows device, this time aimed at iPhone owners. Read More   Multifactor authentication available on Windows Azure Microsoft has announced the general availability of multifactor authentication on its Windows Azure cloud platform. Read More
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