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	Free tools for Windows Server admins There are endless software tools and utilities out there to help you in managing your network. Here are some of the best free ones. They can help you with deploying, maintaining, troubleshooting, and upgrading Window Servers, your domain, and aid with other miscellaneous network tasks. Read More   WEBCAST: Silver Peak Systems, Inc. Combat Disasters And Optimize Business Operations Offsite data replication is key to ensuring ongoing business operations, but it can be complex and costly, especially when performed over long distances. Join this discussion to discover how you can apply fast, cost effective and reliable remote replication strategies and technologies. View now >> In this Issue Breaking down Microsoft's MWC announcements (so far) Is Microsoft becoming an open source advocate? Windows Phone to get long-awaited enterprise update Microsoft concedes Windows 8.1 needs more for mouse, keyboard customers Microsoft: Android Nokia not our call to make Microsoft's hardware chief to move aside, make room for Nokia's Elop Users mock Microsoft for asking their help on XP-to-Windows 8.1 upgrades Snubbed in U.S., Microsoft pins Windows Phone's future on emerging markets Microsoft tries to jumpstart cheap Windows devices with license price cut WHITE PAPER: Crittercism   Getting Agnostic about Mobile Devices The need for flawless, high-performing mobile apps is critical, yet many organizations struggle. This paper explains how to accurately analyze performance of mobile apps, calculate the cost of app failure, and how to develop, deploy and test mobile apps so that malfunctions don't happen. Read more! Breaking down Microsoft's MWC announcements (so far) The smartphone world is gathering in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual Mobile World Conference show, and while Microsoft and Nokia will be there, there won't be any new hardware shown. However, that doesn't mean Windows Phone is slipping as a priority. Far from it. Read More   Is Microsoft becoming an open source advocate? People can change. And, as companies are made up of collections of people, so too can companies. I try to keep that in mind as I read through Microsoft's official response (which links to a Word document) to the U.K. government's proposal to standardize the Open Document Format. Surprise, surprise - Microsoft is opposed to it. Read More   Windows Phone to get long-awaited enterprise update Microsoft will soon offer an update to its Windows Phone operating system that will bring a number of new features targeted at enterprise users. Read More   WHITE PAPER: IBM Anticipate, Engage and Deliver Exceptional Web Experiences IBM Customer Experience Suite and IBM Intranet Experience Suite help organizations delight customers through a consistently exceptional web experience and empower employees with the social business tools they need to drive better business results. Learn More. Microsoft concedes Windows 8.1 needs more for mouse, keyboard customers Microsoft on Sunday publicly acknowledged what leaks had shown, that the company will issue an update to Windows 8.1 this spring that provides more tools for owners of traditional PCs controlled by mouse and keyboard. Read More   Microsoft: Android Nokia not our call to make Microsoft today sidestepped commenting on the Nokia's decision to launch a new low-cost smartphone powered by an offshoot of Google's Android. Read More   Microsoft's hardware chief to move aside, make room for Nokia's Elop Julie Larson-Green, the Microsoft executive who co-led Windows development as recently as last summer and now heads the company's hardware efforts, will move to the group responsible for Office, where she once worked, according to an internal email obtained by the website GeekWire Read More   WEBCAST: Attachmate Making Legacy Apps Available to Your Mobile Workforce How is your IT organization responding to the mobility revolution? With Verastream, you can give your mobile workforce the same functionality they have on their desktops, without rebuilding the applications you already have. Watch how Verastream can enable mobile access, in three different ways. View Now. Users mock Microsoft for asking their help on XP-to-Windows 8.1 upgrades Astute Windows users have pointed out the Achilles Heel of Microsoft's plea for help in getting customers to dump Windows XP: The lack of a smooth upgrade path to Microsoft's newest OS, Windows 8.1. Read More   Snubbed in U.S., Microsoft pins Windows Phone's future on emerging markets The Windows Phone market share in the U.S. is so bad, it had to pick on poor BlackBerry to make itself feel better. At least, that's what happened at a Sunday event before Mobile World Congress. In a darkened event space at a swanky hotel, Microsoft video boasted, "We've overtaken BlackBerry." The packed crowd of journalists roared, and even Microsoft exec Joe Belfiore couldn't help but smile with slight embarrassment. Read More   Microsoft tries to jumpstart cheap Windows devices with license price cut Microsoft has cut the price of Windows 8.1 by nearly three-fourths to device makers who produce lower-cost laptops and tablets. 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