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	Microsoft can't kick the OS-for-money habit Old habits die hard. Microsoft may be giving away the Windows 10 upgrade for a year, but it's not ready to dive into the free-OS pool to join the likes of Apple, even for consumers, who historically contribute a paltry part of the firm's Windows revenue. Read More WHITE PAPER: VMTurbo, Inc. Capacity Management Processes Fit for the Cloud Era Read this whitepaper for these 3 takeaways; the complexities of pursuing efficient capacity planning,wow to define functional requirements for your capacity management strategy, and a capacity management strategy that assures service levels while reducing performance risk and hardware footprint. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft stamps out Skype-crashing bug How to upgrade to Windows 10: What you need to know Skype for Outlook.com gets updated design Microsoft lets EU governments inspect source code for security issues Windows 10 upgrade will allow clean installs on the same device for free INSIDER Review: Microsoft Power BI is no tableau (yet) Microsoft teases HP, Dell, Toshiba notebooks and tablets running Windows 10 Microsoft isn't giving up on basic phones, upgrades the Nokia 105 Microsoft shows Linux love, adding support for SSH to PowerShell Microsoft grabs another mobile app shop, confirms Wunderlist purchase WHITE PAPER: XO Communications Putting the Kibosh on Shadow IT Read this paper to learn best practices for setting up an internal, IT-based cloud brokerage function that service the entire organization. Find out how this approach enables you to retain top-down visibility and control of network security and manage the impact of cloud traffic on your WAN. Learn More Microsoft stamps out Skype-crashing bug Microsoft pushed out an update to its Skype messaging and video chat applications across platforms Wednesday morning to fix a bug that locked users out of their accounts if they received a particular text string. Read More How to upgrade to Windows 10: What you need to know Beginning July 29, Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users will be able to download Windows 10. It's a monumental shift for both Microsoft and its customers. But Microsoft has provided a wealth of information to ease the transition, and let you upgrade to Windows 10 as simply and easily as possible. Read More Skype for Outlook.com gets updated design Outlook.com users are getting a redesigned Skype experience that will run alongside their inboxes on the web. The new design, which Microsoft announced Wednesday, puts users' Skype contacts, messaging and video chat in a pane to the right of the inbox. Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc. Digital Financial Transactions Flying High in the Clouds This webinar will review cloud infrastructure trends and solutions for the financial services industry. Learn More. Microsoft lets EU governments inspect source code for security issues European governments will be able to review the source code of Microsoft products to confirm they don't contain security backdoors, at a transparency center the company opened in Brussels on Wednesday. Read More Windows 10 upgrade will allow clean installs on the same device for free People who upgrade to Windows 10 for free during the first year of its release will be able to erase and restore their devices later and keep the free operating system. Read More INSIDER Review: Microsoft Power BI is no tableau (yet) Microsoft formerly offered a rather confusing array of centralized business intelligence, reporting, and analytics products aimed primarily at IT developers, with users often assumed to be working with Excel against on-premise SQL Server Analysis Server and SharePoint data sources. (Insider Story) Read More WEBCAST: Alcatel-Lucent The Three Industry Trends Changing Enterprise IT This webinar will look at how CIOs can leverage three intersecting trends – cloud, new technologies, and web-scale IT – to help their companies respond rapidly to new business opportunities. Learn More Microsoft teases HP, Dell, Toshiba notebooks and tablets running Windows 10 Microsoft has given visitors to Computex 2015 a sneak peek at several new devices that will launch with Windows 10, highlighting the capabilities of the new OS. Read More Microsoft isn't giving up on basic phones, upgrades the Nokia 105 Microsoft has launched an upgraded version of the Nokia 105 phone, but a growing interest in smartphones will make it difficult for the company to repeat the success of the original version. Read More Microsoft shows Linux love, adding support for SSH to PowerShell An upcoming version of Windows PowerShell will let users manage Windows and Linux computers through Secure Shell protocol and Shell session (better known as SSH), thanks to some new functionality Microsoft announced Tuesday. Read More Microsoft grabs another mobile app shop, confirms Wunderlist purchase Microsoft confirmed that it has acquired Wunderlist's German developer, notching another small shop with a stable of mobile productivity apps. Read More
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