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	Fix for Windows XP 'complete compromise' coming on Patch Tuesday Microsoft is patching Windows XP on this month's Patch Tuesday, shoring up a vulnerability that can lead to computers being taken over entirely by attackers. Read More   WEBCAST: Dell Optimize Performance & Availability of your Infrastructure Virtualization has reached a tipping point and is now being widely utilized to virtualize the mission-critical workloads that were off-limits for virtualization in the past. As organizations virtualize these demanding and critical workloads, it is paramount to ensure adequate performance and high-availability. View Now In this Issue Ubuntu takes aim at Microsoft, Google, Apple Windows 8 cobranding with Android may backfire for Microsoft Report claims Windows 8.1 Update 1 has leaked Microsoft CEO search twists and turns have cost Ballmer, Gates billions Foiled! How to beat software vendors' sneaky price increases Syrian Electronic Army shanghais Microsoft's Twitter account, blog 8 ways that Chrome may be challenging Windows Patch Tuesday preview: Get your Windows XP patches while they last GoDaddy touts simplicity over price as it launches Office 365 sales WHITE PAPER: Dell and Oracle   Cost and Performance benefits of Dell Storage for Oracle This paper emphasizes Dell Compellent Automatic Tiering and provides the cost and performance benefits that are achieved using the automatic storage tiering features like Fast Track, Data Instant Replay, and Data Progression for Oracle® database OLAP workload. Read now>> Ubuntu takes aim at Microsoft, Google, Apple Ubuntu 13.10 is going big -- taking aim at Microsoft, Google and Apple as it competes on every platform from the cloud to the smartphone. Read More   Windows 8 cobranding with Android may backfire for Microsoft All business in the front and party in the back, this category is the mullet of mobile devices. Read More   Report claims Windows 8.1 Update 1 has leaked A typically reliable Russian source shows the next release of Windows won't improve on the Start menu. Read More   WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Why Storage Convergence? Why Now? In this paper, Enterprise Strategy Group examines approaches to IT operational challenges and business requirements. Learn how HP Converged Storage's comprehensive approach represents a logical evolution development in storage, delivering ease, flexibility and cost-efficiency all in one. Learn More Microsoft CEO search twists and turns have cost Ballmer, Gates billions Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has watched $1.1 billion evaporate from the value of his company stock as the selection process for a successor has dragged on. Read More   Foiled! How to beat software vendors' sneaky price increases   Between complex licenses and the cloud, Microsoft, Oracle, and SAP have lots of ways to hike up prices. Here's how to fight back. Read More   Syrian Electronic Army shanghais Microsoft's Twitter account, blog A group that bills itself as the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) claimed credit for grabbing control of a pair of Microsoft company Twitter accounts and the firm's primary blog for a short time Saturday. Read More   WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Building a Successful SDN Strategy GigaOM's research analyst Mark Leary and Silver Peak's virtualization and cloud expert, Vivian Xu, discuss the benefits of a SDN (Software-Defined Network). See how industry leaders are leveraging SDN principles to overcome the challenges of moving data across distance and create more flexibility. View now >> 8 ways that Chrome may be challenging Windows Most of these are still in the experimental stages, appearing in development versions of the Chrome browser or the Chrome OS. The one thing they all share: They suggest that Google wants to take on Windows itself -- not just Internet Explorer -- through Chrome. Read More   Patch Tuesday preview: Get your Windows XP patches while they last Microsoft plans to deliver just four security updates next week, none of them marked "critical," to quash vulnerabilities in Windows, Word, SharePoint Server and Dynamics AX. Read More   GoDaddy touts simplicity over price as it launches Office 365 sales Domain name registrar GoDaddy and Microsoft today announced a partnership that puts Office 365, the latter's rent-not-own software suite, in front of GoDaddy's small business customers. Read More
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