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	Microsoft offers Equinix customers private Azure access Microsoft will soon allow customers of Internet business exchange (IBX) provider Equinix to directly connect servers into the Windows Azure network, which could speed throughput of hybrid cloud applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW 7 Tips for Tackling Big Data This guide dives into the impact big data will have on government, highlighting how legacy business models and systems will be disrupted and the methodical steps agencies can take to create an effective strategy. Read Now In this Issue Microsoft's sheepish return to CES Despite looming end of life, study shows XP remains primary OS Deja vu all over again: Microsoft warns of Surface 2 sell-out Study: Most CEOs lack vision, leadership on new computer tech Ballmer hammers home Microsoft's 'high-value' strategy in final letter to shareholders Microsoft wants to make one operating system for all devices Reflecting on 10 years of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty program Microsoft dings Ballmer's bonus over Windows 8, Surface RT struggles Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Gaining Real-Time Protection with IP Perimeter Intelligence Attack methodologies change. Threat vectors change. Once-powerful defenses become obsolete. As the pace of these changes increases, it's unrealistic to wait for defense methods to catch up, or for new products to be developed and releases pushed out. View Now Microsoft's sheepish return to CES Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, announced in a trip to London that Microsoft would be returning to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the giant tech and electronics trade show that takes place every January in Las Vegas. Read More Despite looming end of life, study shows XP remains primary OS Examining data from one million devices, Fiberlink, a mobile management firm, examined the often forgotten part of mobility in the workforce -- laptops. While IT and security vendors focus on Google's Android, Apple's iOS, tablets, and smartphones, Lenovo's ThinkPad and Dell's Latitude chug along, remaining a stable fixture in the workplace. According to Fiberlink, almost 50 percent of the laptops observed in their study are running Windows XP. Read More Deja vu all over again: Microsoft warns of Surface 2 sell-out Microsoft last week warned potential customers that its second round of Surface tablets were nearing sell-out status. Read More WHITE PAPER: Wildpackets Troubleshoot a WLAN Developing a baseline & testing your WLAN design, managing signals & users, & administering & troubleshooting your WLAN has never been easier. This white paper outlines how to monitor, analyze, and troubleshoot wireless networks. Read the white paper. View now Study: Most CEOs lack vision, leadership on new computer tech A majority of CEOs are failing to steer their companies towards effective use of new computer technologies, which precludes their organizations from making major business improvements. Read More Ballmer hammers home Microsoft's 'high-value' strategy in final letter to shareholders In his last letter to shareholders, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hammered on the same themes he and other execs struck three weeks ago before Wall Street analysts. Read More Microsoft wants to make one operating system for all devices Microsoft is pursuing an operating system ideal: a unified code base that can run devices ranging from smartphones to servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies Boosting SQL Server Performance in a Virtual Environment How can I/O optimization technology boost SQL Server response time by 130% and throughput by 50% in a virtual environment? openBench Labs tested V-locity VM in its independent lab—examining how the software dramatically increases SQL Server performance on VMs—with no additional hardware. Read now! Reflecting on 10 years of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Today marks the 10th anniversary of the debut of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday program, through which it would regularly issue fixes to its software on the second Tuesday of every month. It had been possible to check for updates via the Windows Update application in Windows XP, but now Microsoft was actually going to push out fixes. Read More Microsoft pays out $28K to IE bug hunters in its first-ever bounty program Microsoft paid more than $28,000 in rewards to researchers for its first bug bounty program, a one-month special it ran during the summer for the preview version of Internet Explorer 11. Read More Microsoft dings Ballmer's bonus over Windows 8, Surface RT struggles Microsoft's board of directors reduced outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer's bonus for the 2013 fiscal year, citing poor performance of Windows 8 and the $900 million Surface RT write-off, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More Microsoft to patch zero-day IE bug now under attack Microsoft today said it will ship eight security updates next week to patch critical vulnerabilities in Windows and IE, with the one aimed at IE plugging the hole attackers have been exploiting for months. Read More
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