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	Home Depot, Target breaches exploited Windows XP flaw, report says The Home Depot and Target breaches reportedly could have been avoided by upgrading to Windows 7 for Embedded Systems. Read More WHITE PAPER: Unify Embracing a Flexible Work Environment This Infographic highlights the costs of losing experienced workers and the steps you can take to support a more flexible work environment Learn More In this Issue Microsoft rolls out free Office 365 for Students self-service but hits activation snag End of an era: Microsoft shuts down research lab, Trustworthy Computing group Microsoft adds bug bounty program for its online services Windows Server 2003 end of support looms FIRST LOOK: Ray Ozzie's Talko cloud calling/messaging iPhone app Apple releases iCloud Drive for Windows PCs Microsoft, frustrated as ever with H-1B policy, considers options Smaller Windows PC makers nip at Apple's heels in customer satisfaction Microsoft boards-up research lab amid more layoffs WHITE PAPER: NetApp The Evolving Public Cloud Landscape ESG research indicates that the corporate usage of public cloud computing in the form of cloud-based infrastructure services (i.e., IaaS), business applications (i.e., SaaS), and/or application development (i.e., PaaS) continues to grow. View now>> Microsoft rolls out free Office 365 for Students self-service but hits activation snag Microsoft offered a self-service model for students to get Office 365 for free, but many students hit a snag as the activation process failed. Read More End of an era: Microsoft shuts down research lab, Trustworthy Computing group Satya Nadella continues to shake things up and surprise at the same time. Read More Microsoft adds bug bounty program for its online services Microsoft launched a new bug bounty program, this time for finding vulnerabilities in its online services. Microsoft said it will pay a minimum of $500 for qualified bug bounty submissions. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Countering Threats By Modeling "Normal" Website Behavior Check out this informative technology dossier to explore the ins and outs of using big data analysis and web-user profiling to protect your company against cyber threats. Read Now Windows Server 2003 end of support looms Despite years of lead-time, many businesses had to scramble this year when Microsoft ended support for its incredibly popular Windows XP desktop operating system. The disruption caused by the end of support for Windows XP may be nothing compared with the disruption caused by the end of support for Windows Server 2003, slated for July 14, 2015. Read More FIRST LOOK: Ray Ozzie's Talko cloud calling/messaging iPhone app I never did use Ray Ozzie's Lotus Notes or Groove (acquired by Microsoft) collaboration tools, mainly because the companies I worked for didn't use them, though I have interviewed the famed software designer and watched his colorful career unfold over the years. So when Ozzie's latest venture, Talko, released its free calling/messaging app for iPhones today, I decided I would give it a whirl and rope my colleague, Michael Cooney, into testing it with me. Read More Apple releases iCloud Drive for Windows PCs Mac users are better off waiting for OS X Yosemite to drop before upgrading to iCloud Drive, but iOS 8-toting Windows users are cleared for takeoff. Apple recently released an upgraded version of iCloud for Windows loaded with iCloud Drive. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Top 5 Truths About Big Data Hype and Security Intelligence Big Data Security Analytics (BDSA) is the subject of exuberant predictions. However, a Gartner analyst points out that no available BDSA solutions come close to these forecasts. Nevertheless, the principles of Big Data are the key to advanced security intelligence. This white paper discusses the key tenets of Big Data. Learn more >> Microsoft, frustrated as ever with H-1B policy, considers options A two-day conference on high-skilled immigration policy, which attracted researchers from the U.S. and Europe, offered Microsoft an opportunity to voice frustration over U.S. immigration policy. Read More Smaller Windows PC makers nip at Apple's heels in customer satisfaction Apple again topped rival computer makers in an annual customer satisfaction survey, the 10th year in a row its Macs have whipped Windows PCs. Read More Microsoft boards-up research lab amid more layoffs Microsoft Research is shutting down its Mountain View, Calif., facility as part of a move that included a reported 2,100 more layoffs throughout the company. Read More
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