| Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Microsoft melding view of local, cloud-based virtual machines Microsoft Tuesday said it is working on a cloud federation feature for Virtual Machine Manager that will give users an integrated view of physical and virtual resources from a single point regardless if they are running internally or on a hosted network. Microsoft targets Windows, Linux management Microsoft Tuesday opened its annual management confab saying it would ship the next version of Operations Manager by the end of June and laying out its efforts to manage datacenters and virtualized environments. Microsoft plans to cut another $1 billion in costs Microsoft Subnet reports that Microsft has advised Wall Street that its 2009 operating expenses are expected to come in at $26.7 billion to $26.9 billion, which is as much as $1 billion less than previous guidance, notes a story in Barrons. Linux out, Windows in at Electoral Commission The NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) will leave Linux for Windows Server when it develops its new vote counting and reporting application, which is slated to cost A$1.4 million over the next two years. Obama names Microsoft's Mundie, Google's Schmidt to technology council The president today released the names of about two dozen people who will comprise his Technology Advisory Council. Among them are Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft and Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google (and a member of Apple's board). EDS to sell Microsoft online services On Monday, Microsoft began offering its hosted services to companies in 18 countries outside of the U.S. and said that EDS would help sell the services. Windows 7's virtual 'XP mode' could mean support nightmares Microsoft's decision to give some Windows 7 users a tool to run Windows XP applications in a virtual machine may have been necessary to convince people to upgrade, but it could create support nightmares, analysts said ... Running Windows 7 on a netbook Microsoft made headlines recently when The Wall Street Journal reported that the company planned to equip netbooks with the Starter edition of Windows 7, a semi-crippled version that only lets users run up to three ... Microsoft Vine, Web Sandbox and other nifty beta apps Microsoft Subnet review's Microsoft's attempt to do Twitter one better, with a beta app called Vine, available for Seattle users at the moment. Microsoft releases Office 2007 SP2 Microsoft today released Office 2007 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Subnet reports. When Microsoft announced the roadmap for Office 2007 SP2 in May, 2008, it promised that the suite would include support for several new document types. Microsoft Surprises With XPM In Windows 7 To Help Sway Users From XP This week’s release of Windows 7 RC1 to the MSDN community, and next week to the general public, represents another significant milestone towards a market release of Windows 7, says Microsoft Subnet blogger Mitchell Ashley. Windows 7 Beta Exam comes and goes Randy Muller, in his All about Microsoft Certifications blog, noted how quickly the Configuring Windows 7 beta exam open and closed...in one day. That speaks volumes about the excitement that Windows 7 is generating. April giveaways galore
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