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	Microsoft joins Open Data Center Alliance Microsoft has joined the Open Data Center Alliance, a user-led organization that aims to simplify the purchasing of data center and cloud services by promoting interoperability and common standards. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec Improving SMB Profitability by Optimizing IT Management Small businesses are under increasing pressure to sharpen their business practices. Cloud computing and technology outsourcing provide affordable access to resources that can make a competitive difference. Download this IDC Whitepaper, Improving Small Business Profitability by Optimizing IT Management. Read Now! In this Issue Review: Office 365 turns up the heat Why Microsoft's pushing Office subscriptions Should Azure customers worry about reliability? Google ports Office-substitute app to Chrome OS, Chrome browser Can Microsoft beat Android at its own game? The best office apps for your iPad, round 5 Dell Latitude 10 review: Touch tablet meets business desktop Microsoft exec refuses to be drawn out on Office for iPad Azure outage births free cert monitoring software Microsoft ships IE10 for Windows 7 $15 Windows 8 upgrade ends Feb. 28 WHITE PAPER: Fiberlink Communications Extending Compliance to the Mobile Workforce Read about some of the unique risks associated with mobile devices, and security best practices that can be used to manage these risks. It also discusses how software and services from Fiberlink can help organizations implement those best practices and extend their security policies Learn More Review: Office 365 turns up the heat Latest blend of Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync servers in the cloud combines an excellent feature set with easier setup and management. Read More Why Microsoft's pushing Office subscriptions The launch of new and revised Office 365 software-by-subscription plans for businesses shows that Microsoft realizes its current licensing revenue is threatened by cost-cutting customers, an analyst said yesterday. Read More Should Azure customers worry about reliability? It's hard to stay on top of everything all the time so it's understandable that something like renewing a security certificate could fall through the cracks as it did to Microsoft last week, grinding its Azure Cloud Service to a halt. But if you provide a critical service to corporate customers, routine updates - like renewing certificates before they expire – ought to be just another routine. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Ensuring Service Assurance in the New Normal Businesses using the cloud must make the transaction the center of gravity for management of IT operations. Why focus on transactions? It's the only constant for which IT is accountable as more infrastructure and platforms are moved to the cloud. Learn More Google ports Office-substitute app to Chrome OS, Chrome browser Google confirmed today that it has ported part of QuickOffice, a popular iOS and Android app substitute for Microsoft Office, to a technology baked into Chrome OS and the company's Chrome browser. Read More Can Microsoft beat Android at its own game? Microsoft may be going back to its old bag of tricks with Windows Phone 8; if it can't buy the market, it'll give the product away until everyone uses it. Hey, it worked for Android. Read More The best office apps for your iPad, round 5 In the heated competition for native and cloud-based iOS productivity apps, InfoWorld chooses the winners you should own. Read More WHITE PAPER: BlackBerry Apps on BlackBerry 10: What Every Developer Should Know Get a quick review of what you need to know about creating, deploying, and managing the apps that enterprises rely on today, and will tomorrow, with BlackBerry® 10. Learn More Dell Latitude 10 review: Touch tablet meets business desktop Dell's light and flexible Windows 8 tablet is high on business features, but low on price-performance. Read More Microsoft exec refuses to be drawn out on Office for iPad Microsoft's top Office executive, Kurt DelBene, dodged questions about plans to bring its lucrative suite to Apple's iPad. Read More Azure outage births free cert monitoring software A certificate snafu grounded Microsoft's Azure cloud last weekend for more than a day, prompting one company to create a free service to help certificate administrators avoid similar mistakes. Read More Microsoft ships IE10 for Windows 7 Microsoft today released a final version of Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) for Windows 7, nearly two years after it introduced the browser at a company conference. Read More $15 Windows 8 upgrade ends Feb. 28 Customers who purchased a Windows 7 PC from June 2012 through January 2013 have just two more days to submit their claims for a discounted copy of Windows 8, Microsoft said yesterday. Read More
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