Microsoft to raise license price, add software rights

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	Microsoft to raise license price, add software rights Microsoft is boosting the price of a license that provides client access to Windows Server, SharePoint, Exchange and Systems Center, but is sweetening the deal by giving buyers access to a new endpoint security product and the new Lync unified communications software. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Take Control of Your Network Once and for All Join this IBM broadcast to learn how to manage and improve network configuration activity to keep your networks running, in compliance and generating revenue. View Now In this Issue Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch Windows Phone 7 to surpass iPhone, BlackBerry sales by 2015, IDC predicts Microsoft scheme sniffs out unused wireless spectrum Windows Thin PC ready for customers to test Startup moves Exchange mailboxes to Google or Microsoft cloud Fire sale on Windows Phone 7 Microsoft Hyper-V is ready for tier-1 application workloads Microsoft: Run IE9 for long-lasting laptop battery Microsoft head marketer steps down WEBCAST: IBM Solving the Top 4 Network Management Challenges Join us for this webinar, featuring Jim Frey, Research Director from Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) and Heath Newburn, Program Director from IBM as they discuss Netcool's flexible solutions for a complex and dynamic IT environment. Learn More Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch Microsoft researchers are experimenting with a programmable, low-cost prototype switch they say could help support cloud or other network-delivered services. Read More Windows Phone 7 to surpass iPhone, BlackBerry sales by 2015, IDC predicts Nokia will help Windows Phone 7 become the second most popular mobile OS, IDC predicts. Read More Microsoft scheme sniffs out unused wireless spectrum Microsoft researchers have designed a scheme for measuring whether licensed radio frequencies are actually being used so unlicensed devices can use it, something that may become necessary as demand for wireless applications grows. Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software It's 9am. Do You Know What Your Directory is Doing? In this new Quest Software white paper, you'll see how to get more information that native logging alone can't provide. See how you can get real time, centralized information, and how doing so maximizes Active Directory performance. Read More Windows Thin PC ready for customers to test A stripped-down version of Windows designed by Microsoft for thin clients is now available publicly for customers to download and evaluate. Read More Startup moves Exchange mailboxes to Google or Microsoft cloud A startup founded by a former Citrix executive is aiming to help customers move Microsoft Exchange mailboxes to either Google Apps or Microsoft's own cloud. Read More Fire sale on Windows Phone 7 AT&T this week cut the price of two Microsoft Windows Phone 7 handsets after having already cut the price in half a few months earlier, another bad sign for the beleaguered mobile OS. To be sure, discounting is par for the course in the mobile handset market and retailing in general, but it's also a common indicator of a problem: We've gotta move this stuff. Read More WHITE PAPER: Eaton Maximizing UPS Availability This white paper explains why, contrary to popular belief, modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. Read More Microsoft Hyper-V is ready for tier-1 application workloads Large and small organization have embraced server virtualization technology as a way to consolidate workloads like web applications and file/print services but what about Tier-1 application workloads? Read More Microsoft: Run IE9 for long-lasting laptop battery Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is the most power-efficient browser on the planet, Microsoft claimed this week. Read More Microsoft head marketer steps down Mich Mathews, senior vice president for Microsoft's Central Marketing Group, has stepped down after 22 years. Read More
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