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	10 great new features in Microsoft Azure Microsoft woos customers to the cloud with a slew of new networking, security, storage, DR, management, and orchestration capabilities. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Maximize Your Chances Of Business Intelligence Success Forrester Research summarizes the most important ingredients that contribute to BI success, and the most typical pitfalls that can derail BI projects — and how to avoid them. Learn More In this Issue Google unseats Microsoft as the U.S. browser powerhouse Rumors: New flagship Windows Phone due this fall, OS upgrade next year Locked out? Get back into Windows 8 by resetting your password U.S. Secret Service explores sarcasm on social media Microsoft partners "pissed" about pact with Salesforce Patch Tuesday: Halfway through year, Microsoft security bulletins down 30% Start-up wants to use Big Data to thwart security threats Microsoft boasts favorable Windows numbers at Computex After 5 years, Bing still trails Google -- but it has other plans WHITE PAPER: Damballa Big Data Helps Defend Against Breaches The prolific number of advanced threats makes it impossible for security teams to keep up. Automating detection and response is necessary to stay ahead of attackers. Big data analytics is a future-proof foundation for outlasting the cyber security malware arms race Read More Google unseats Microsoft as the U.S. browser powerhouse Google has unseated rival Microsoft as the leading browser maker in the U.S. for the first time, Adobe said this week, citing data from its analytics platform.The rise in Google's domestic fortunes followed Microsoft's reduction to second fiddle worldwide in May 2013. Read More Rumors: New flagship Windows Phone due this fall, OS upgrade next year A popular Windows Phone leaker who is not Wzor has divulged new info on upcoming OS releases and new hardware, and if it proves accurate, Microsoft is going to keep pushing hard on the mobile market, tiny market share be damned. Read More Locked out? Get back into Windows 8 by resetting your password A forgotten Windows password isn't the end of the world. You don't have to trash the computer, or even perform a dreaded factory restore. There are many ways to remove or reset a Windows password, but how quickly and easily it can be done depends on the situation. Read More WHITE PAPER: RES Software Beyond the Enterprise App Store Leverage proactive, secure and automated IT Service delivery to move beyond the traditional App Store and empower your users. Read the white paper to learn how Learn more U.S. Secret Service explores sarcasm on social media If a government agency were willing to pay big bucks for a new program to be developed, yet demanded that it must be compatible with an obsolete web browser used by an obsolete operating system, would you think that was sarcasm, or a joke? Apparently it is a requirement, not a joke, for the U.S. Secret Service social media sarcasm detector. Read More Microsoft partners "pissed" about pact with Salesforce Dynamics partners frustrated by pact with competing CRM. Read More Patch Tuesday: Halfway through year, Microsoft security bulletins down 30% Affected Microsoft software includes Internet Explorer, Windows and Lync. Read More WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Picking the Right Application Monitoring Solution Successful application monitoring requires views of all facets related to service delivery and choosing the right APM solution can be a challenge. With this helpful IT Brief, you'll learn the 10 key components of a comprehensive APM solution so that you are able to make a better and more informed choice. Learn More Start-up wants to use Big Data to thwart security threats Start-up Exabeam today came out of stealth mode, saying it plans to make available a big data security analytics product in a few months to help bring greater precision in identifying threats and incidents. Read More Microsoft boasts favorable Windows numbers at Computex Computex is a hardware show, but Microsoft was there to promote Windows as a platform, including recent developments like Windows with Bing, Windows 8.1 Update, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows universal apps. Read More After 5 years, Bing still trails Google -- but it has other plans Always the bridesmaid, Microsoft looks to integrate Bing in new 'world of devices'. Read More
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