Windows servers, clients vulnerable to wicked worm; Microsoft bashes VMware at VMworld, again

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	Windows Servers, Workstations Vulnerable to Wicked Worm in the Wild Ms. Smith: Like a blast from the past, there's a wicked worm spreading in the wild. Morto, the 'death' worm exploits weak passwords to hijack fully-patched Windows servers and workstations via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation V-locity 2 Virtual Platform Disk Optimizer Get maximum performance on virtual servers. Between the host disk and the VMs, I/O bottlenecks accumulate rapidly and slow the entire virtual platform down significantly impacting performance and productivity. V-locity 2 automatically eliminates these slows and optimizes performance. Try it FREE for 30 days. Download now! In this Issue Microsoft bashes VMware at VMworld, again The Ribbon is Winding Further Into Windows Need help with Online Page-Level Restores? SQL11 SSMS is your friend! Microsoft Shows off a 'Quad-Core' Windows Tablet Forget innovation, get the basics down Exchange Outlook Calendaring Problems (lost meetings, delegate problems, etc) Cisco buys Microsoft Office collaboration company Microsoft: TPC should also measure database availability Death by Morto A? It's your own fault, says Microsoft Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs WEBCAST: Cymphonix Gain Complete Control Over Internet Bound Traffic The Cymphonix Network Composer is the only network appliance that provides comprehensive clarity into all internet bound network traffic and simply powerful tools to manage that traffic with a holistic approach. Learn More Today! Microsoft bashes VMware at VMworld, again Julie Bort: In what has become an annual tradition, Microsoft celebrated the start of the VMworld show in Las Vegas this week with more satirical bashing of VMware. This year Microsoft launched a Web site called VMlimited in which it likens VMware to a guy who still thinks it's circa 1977. Read More The Ribbon is Winding Further Into Windows Andy Patrizio: Microsoft plans to increase the usage of the ribbon interface in Windows 8 to make it easier for users to perform the most commonly-used functions and tasks. That disclosure came today on the Building Windows 8 blog Read More Need help with Online Page-Level Restores? SQL11 SSMS is your friend! Brian Egler: In SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced the Online Restore where parts of a database could be restored while other parts of the same database could remain available. Read More WHITE PAPER: ADTRAN Unified Communications: Getting the Green Light In these articles, Network World and its sister IDG Enterprise publications explore the rising importance of UC within the enterprise and provide advice on how to create a working strategy. Learn more Microsoft Shows off a 'Quad-Core' Windows Tablet Andy Patrizio: In a spoiler-fest for what's coming at the big BUILD conference next month, at TechEd New Zealand Microsoft showed off a Windows tablet that one attendee dubbed a "quad core Windows Slate." Read More Forget innovation, get the basics down Sean McCown: As a technologist I'm always thrilled to be able to work with a computer whenever I go someplace. However, it usually ends in despair. Read More Exchange Outlook Calendaring Problems (lost meetings, delegate problems, etc) Rand Morimoto: Its been over a year since I originally blogged this problem with Microsoft Exchange and Outlook, and the problem has expanded even greater, and thus an updated blog post here. Read More WHITE PAPER: Diskeeper Corporation NEW Diskeeper 2011 Pro Premier Edition Diskeeper 2011 Pro Premier edition provides essential performance and efficiency increases for power workstation users as well as all the features of the Professional edition. Learn more! Cisco buys Microsoft Office collaboration company Cisco Monday announced that it has acquired privately held Versly, a maker of collaboration software for Microsoft Office applications. Read More Microsoft: TPC should also measure database availability The Transaction Processing Performance Council should add an additional metric for availability to its set of database performance benchmarks, Microsoft researchers plan to argue at the upcoming TPC conference, being held this week in Seattle. Read More Death by Morto A? It's your own fault, says Microsoft The Morto A worm is having continued success despite its reliance on a list of lame passwords to take over victim machines. Read More Visit Microsoft Subnet for more daily news, blogs This newsletter features posts from the Microsoft Subnet community of industry expert bloggers plus news and giveaways. We've got Opalis Integration Server books and training to give away. Read More
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