Search This Blog

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Microsoft postpones IE's Java blocking after IT complains

Microsoft makes Bing search more chatty | Big tech firms back Wi-FAR for remote broadband

Network World Microsoft

Forward this to a Friend >>>


Microsoft postpones IE's Java blocking after IT complains
Microsoft has postponed the implementation of Java blocking within Internet Explorer (IE), saying it will now give customers a little less than another month to deal with the unexpected change. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Quintillion Case Study
Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now

WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems

Solving the ADC Market Share Riddle: Winning the Data Center
No other ADC is better equipped to master those transformations than Citrix NetScaler. Gartner Inc.'s market share report confirms that NetScaler alone lives up to the full potential of ADCs for supporting today's IT requirements. Learn why other leading ADCs fall short while Citrix NetScaler gained share consistently for six consecutive quarters. Learn more

Microsoft makes Bing search more chatty
Microsoft has added some new smarts to its Bing search engine that lets you phrase queries in a way that feels more natural. Read More

Big tech firms back Wi-FAR for remote broadband
Google, Microsoft and Facebook are cranking up an emerging wireless technology known as Wi-FAR to help reduce the digital divide in remote and unconnected regions of the world. Read More

Microsoft to support fewer IE versions
Microsoft has started a 17-month campaign to upgrade customers to the newest version of Internet Explorer that their operating systems will support, which should make it simpler for the company to keep the browser secure because it will have fewer versions to deal with. Read More


WHITE PAPER: BMC Software

The Future of IT: A Customer First Approach
Explore how customer-first policies can make use of social, mobile and cloud technologies to give workers the freedom and flexibility they desire to drive company productivity. Learn More.

3 cool Google cloud features
In the increasingly competitive cloud IaaS market, Google is attempting to distinguish its platform by arming its cloud with unique features and cutting-edge technology that customers can't quite find anywhere else in the market. Read More

Cortana reported to take a major role in Windows 9
New rumors claims PC-based Cortana is going to do more on Windows 9, or 'Threshold,' than its smartphone cousin. Read More

Microsoft patches 2 critical, 7 important flaws on August 2014 'Update Tuesday'
Microsoft released nine security patches today, but "Patch Tuesday" is apparently too quaint of a phrase and will be no more, according to Microsoft's Brandon LeBlanc. It's still on the second Tuesday of each month, but it's been renamed "Update Tuesday" so Microsoft can deliver security patches along with new OS features. Read More


WHITE PAPER: BMC Software

Delivering on the Promise of Predictive Control
The core business value of BMC ProactiveNet Performance Management's (BPPM) predictive analytics is advanced risk mitigation, enabling enterprises to anticipate and remedy issues before they disturb essential processes. Find out more in this whitepaper. Learn More

Microsoft to speed up Bing with FPGAs next year
It started off as an experiment, but Microsoft now wants to speed up and return more accurate Bing search results with the help of reconfigurable chips called FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) in data centers. Read More

US DOJ asks court to vacate stay in Microsoft email privacy case
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a New York court to vacate a stay on an order that would require Microsoft to turn over to the government certain emails held abroad. Read More

ShoreTel Mobility 8 delivers mobile video collaboration
ShoreTel has launched a major update to ShoreTel Mobility with version 8, offering mobile-enabled video conferencing. Read More


SLIDESHOWS

Black Hat 2014: How to crack just about everything

From cell phones and cars to IPv6 security researchers have turned their skills against a world of technology.

JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES

As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity).

Network World on Facebook

Network World on LinkedIn

MOST-READ STORIES of 2014

1. Netscout sues Gartner over Magic Quadrant rating

2. Why TCP/IP is on the way out

3. Amazon Fire Phone: Nice but nothing to get fired up about

4. Rackspace bows out commodity IaaS market in favor of 'managed cloud'

5. Cisco's new UCS fabric interconnect: no ACI?

6. Smartphone kill-switch bill passes California assembly

7. Emerging networking technology used by Apple, Cisco will frustrate firewalls

8. IBM/DARPA turn out brain-like 5-billion transistor superchip

9. 10 ways to get noticed at Black Hat

10. Top 20 colleges for computer science majors, based on earning potential


Do You Tweet?
Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld.

You are currently subscribed to networkworld_microsoft_alert as security.world@gmail.com.

Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy

When accessing content promoted in this email, you are providing consent for your information to be shared with the sponsors of the content. Please see our Privacy Policy for more information.

If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com

To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com.

Copyright (C) 2014 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701

** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **


No comments: