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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

How to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1

Microsoft, Privacy, and the Cloud: Pick all Three | Why Microsoft's HoloLens is the next big enterprise thing

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How to upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 8.1
Although it will be some time before Windows 10 becomes generally available, it's never too early to start thinking about the process for upgrading from the current Windows platform. The smart money is currently on a September or October 2015 public release, so savvy system admins can start looking ahead to some inevitable upgrade tools and techniques, along with a few extra tips to help ease the process along. Read More


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2014 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools
IBM is positioned in the leaders quadrant. The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools evaluates tools that manage configurations and support system administration tasks for client devices.These tools automate system administration and support functions that would otherwise be done manually. Learn More

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Enterprise Mobile Management
This report details Forrester's findings about how well each vendor fulfills their criteria and where they stand in relation to each other to help infrastructure and operations professionals select the right partner for their enterprise mobile management. Learn More

Microsoft, Privacy, and the Cloud: Pick all Three
In a blog post today, Brad Smith, General Counsel and Executive Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs for Microsoft announced that Microsoft has adopted the first international standard for cloud privacy (ISO/IEC 27018:2014). The guideline is important because it specifies guidelines for the protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in cloud computing environments. Read More

Why Microsoft's HoloLens is the next big enterprise thing
If you had followed along on Twitter or gone straight to the source and listened to the live streaming version of the big Microsoft Windows 10 event on Jan. 21, you probably felt the excitement. That energy was not just about Windows 10. Read More

Microsoft releases Windows 10 technical preview for phones: What (some of you) will get
Microsoft opened its Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones by supporting just midrange to lower-end devices, disappointing some early adopters who were hoping to try out Microsoft's new preview.. Read More


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Enterprise Mobility Management Big Bang Theory
Mobile device Management was just the beginning of the enterprise journey towards complete mobility. Learn why enterprise mobility management is now needed for all devices and data for work. View more

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5 tricks to improve poor TCP performance
Transmission Control Protocol carries the vast majority of the data transmitted across both the public Internet and private intranets. Web sessions using HTTP, file transfers, file sharing and system backups typically use TCP. Windows desktop configurations loaded at start-up are TCP based. Read More

Microsoft's latest mobile app acquisition shows it gets urgency
Microsoft confirmed that it had purchased mobile calendar app maker Sunrise Atelier, the second major acquisition in the last 11 weeks of a developer experienced in creating Android and iOS apps. Read More

Jeb Bush's email cache held another surprise: Viruses
In addition to personal phone numbers and email addresses for hundreds of people who corresponded with him, there's something else inside the cache of emails that Jeb Bush released this week: computer viruses.. Read More


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Bulk Data Migration in the Cloud
In tests of cloud-to-cloud transfers, Nasuni compared the top three CSPs from its most recent State of Cloud Storage report – Amazon S3, Microsoft Windows Azure and Rackspace – and compared transfer rates among them. Learn More

Microsoft Azure is first major cloud provider to adopt ISO 27018 privacy standard
Microsoft's top attorney Brad Smith announced 'a major milestone' for Microsoft Azure as it is 'the first major cloud provider to adopt the world's first international standard for cloud privacy.' Read More

Microsoft's patch info 'blockade' pinches security staffs
Security experts yesterday were still frustrated about Microsoft's decision last month to halt advance warnings of each month's patch slate, with one calling it a 'blockade' and another arguing that it makes it difficult for IT administrators to do their job. Read More

Researchers bypass all Windows protections on all Window versions by modifying 1 bit
In all, Microsoft Security Response Center said it released nine security bulletins, three rated Critical and six rated Important, to address a total of 56 CVEs in Windows, Office, IE and Microsoft Server software. Read More


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