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    Windows Intune 2.0: Four new features 18 October, 2011 08:04:00

    Windows Intune, Microsoft's Web-based PC management and security platform, may not get the same level of attention as cloud services like Office 365 or Windows Azure, but Microsoft is betting big on Intune to be the cloud service that will facilitate IT's evolving job of remotely managing PCs.
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    Google CIO: Don't fight the consumerisation of IT 04 October, 2011 04:12:00

    In a recent issue of Bloomberg Businessweek, Google CIO Ben Fried penned an ode to letting go.
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    Windows XP to Windows 8: Don't go there 22 September, 2011 07:17:00

    A majority of enterprises have migrated to Windows 7 or are planning to do so. But for Windows XP holdouts ready to side-step Windows 7 for the upcoming Windows 8 OS, you are risking a gap in support, stresses research firm Gartner in a new "first take" analysis of Windows 8 migration in the enterprise.
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    How Windows 8 will challenge enterprise IT 04 June, 2011 02:58:00

    Microsoft has presented the Windows 8 user interface and displayed various devices on which the next version of Windows will run.
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    Will Skype be another Microsoft license gotcha? 24 May, 2011 06:39:00

    After Microsoft acquired Skype earlier this month for $8.5 billion, most of the questions revolved around how Skype's IM, voice and video calling features will fit into Microsoft enterprise products such as Outlook and Lync.
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    Why we chose Exchange Online, not Google Apps 21 May, 2011 01:14:00

    The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has never owned an Exchange server, but starting on Memorial Day it will roll out Exchange and Outlook e-mail for 2,700 of its workers.
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    Microsoft's frenemies: The necessity of partnering up 14 May, 2011 01:50:00

    How do you solve a problem like Apple and Google?
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    Office 365 tips: Adding a registered domain name 23 April, 2011 03:30:00

    If you are a professional or small business currently beta testing Microsoft's cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite, Office 365, you will want to add your registered domain name to the service.
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    Gartner tablet forecast oddly overlooks Microsoft 13 April, 2011 04:08:00

    Research firm Gartner yesterday gave Microsoft a hard diss on the tablet front by not including Redmond in its recent tablet-OS four-year forecast.
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    Microsoft Windows Intune: Better way to manage PCs? 24 March, 2011 06:29:00

    Windows Intune, Microsoft's Web-based PC management and security platform, is available today for purchase or for a 30-day free trial.
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    Wisconsin blizzard vs. data center: How Marquette won 01 March, 2011 03:40:00

    Marquette University's IT department deployed unified communications tools to improve collaboration among faculty and staff - IT staff collaboration wasn't the priority. But as it turned out, Microsoft's Lync suite of voice, videoconferencing and instant messaging tools proved to be IT's life raft during a snowstorm-related data center calamity.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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