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	Microsoft slashes Azure prices, introduces new basic tier Microsoft is cutting prices of its Azure cloud services to match the prices of competitor Amazon Web Services in the latest in a price war in cloud services. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc 6 Ways Your Small Business Can Save: Internet Phone Service Traditional phone systems present two main problems for businesses: limited features and high costs. As a result, small businesses are migrating to Internet phone systems that deliver advanced communication features over a broadband Internet connection. Read Now In this Issue China's unsupported XP machines hold the potential to become a massive botnet army Windows XP: Goodbye and good riddance Open-Xchange adds spreadsheet program to its online app suite Nadella names Guthrie his successor to head Microsoft Cloud & Enterprise group The must-have iPad office apps, round 8 Nadella wins praise for public debut as CEO Microsoft's Word for iPad cracks top 10 in gross revenue Where's the touch-first Office for Windows? Office for iPad requires Office 365 subscription to be fully useful Microsoft's freemium Office apps jump to top of iPad chart WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Fast, Secure Apps for Remote Engineers Freescale Semiconductor, a global semiconductor manufacturer with 17,000 employees, needed to provide secure, "in the office" application performance for its globally distributed engineers. This case study details their decision to centralize IT operations and consolidate its 18 data centers down to two. View Now China's unsupported XP machines hold the potential to become a massive botnet army Unsupported Windows XP machines in China could pose a threat to the Internet in general if bot-herders round up significant numbers of them to use as launch pads for malicious exploits, according to a top white-hat hacker. Read More Windows XP: Goodbye and good riddance There has been much written recently about the end of support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. There are concerns about security vulnerabilities that will be used after Microsoft stops patching the operating system. However, if your organizations is still using Windows XP 13 years after its initial release, you have some more serious issues to address. Read More Open-Xchange adds spreadsheet program to its online app suite Open source collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange has added a spreadsheet function to its open-source, web-based productivity suite, allowing the online editing and sharing of Microsoft Excel documents. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Managing Risk in an Active Directory Explore the interdependent and combined security issues of Active Directory (AD) and virtualization, as well as how to identify and manage these risks. Gain insight into the native audit capabilities of these technologies and learn how they provide centralized visibility into your IT environment. Read now! Nadella names Guthrie his successor to head Microsoft Cloud & Enterprise group Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has filled three important executive positions, as he continues putting his mark on the company he was chosen to lead about two months ago. Read More The must-have iPad office apps, round 8 Microsoft Office does its best to challenge the reigning Apple iWork. Read More Nadella wins praise for public debut as CEO Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's first public appearance on Thursday was a hit with analysts, who gave him a thumbs up for his time on stage as the company unveiled Office for iPad. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS The Value of Customer-Driven Quality in Manufacturing In today's competitive manufacturing market, the customer must be the center of the quality universe. This paper details how manufacturers can improve customer satisfaction, build brand equity and reduce costs. Learn more Microsoft's Word for iPad cracks top 10 in gross revenue Microsoft's new Word for iPad app has cracked the top 10 on Apple's App Store 'Top Grossing' chart. Read More Where's the touch-first Office for Windows? When Microsoft unveiled Office for iPad on Thursday, neither CEO Satya Nadella nor the company said much of anything about a similar touch version for Windows 8.1. Analysts expect that to change this week. Read More Office for iPad requires Office 365 subscription to be fully useful Office for the iPad is available, but it might not be what you were expecting. Read More Microsoft's freemium Office apps jump to top of iPad chart Microsoft's new Office for iPad apps vaulted to the top of the free application chart on Apple's App Store shortly after their Thursday debut. Read More
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