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	9 things to look for in Windows 9 Microsoft is holding a press briefing Tuesday to broadly discuss the future of Windows, but the expectation is that the company will also introduce specifics of Windows 9, including features such as Cortana and virtual desktops. 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 In this Issue Microsoft will offer locally hosted cloud services in India Tasked with promoting Office 365? Microsoft has a website for you Marines put Microsoft Kinect to work, but not for gaming What the WinHEC? Microsoft revives Windows engineering event Microsoft rolls out Groups feature to Office 365 users, but only on the web HP's new Stream tablets, laptops fuel Microsoft-Google OS battle GlassWire review: This free network security tool tells all about your network traffic With new OS, Microsoft will try to put Windows 8 era behind it Bitnami: Making it easy and efficient to test server apps on your desktop and in the cloud WHITE PAPER: HP Top 5 Truths About Big Data Hype and Security Intelligence This study shows how BDSA is different: - There's more to BDSA than just "big." - BDSA requires real-time processing of security data. - BDSA requires more than just Big Data technology Learn More>> Microsoft will offer locally hosted cloud services in India Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wooed India's government and banks on Tuesday with an offer to host cloud services including Azure and Office 365 in the country. The Indian government has been pushing organizations to hold data locally, and Nadella's move could help drive business for the company from federal and state government customers, as well as banks. Read More Tasked with promoting Office 365? Microsoft has a website for you The new Office 365 Customer Success Center is for 'champions' responsible for driving adoption of the suite. Read More Marines put Microsoft Kinect to work, but not for gaming Microsoft has made the Kinect motion detection sensor available for use in commercial and non-gaming scenarios for some time, but for some reason it hasn't really caught on. We've heard next to no stories about people using it, although it could always be that they are keeping quiet for a competitive advantage. But a military contractor has come up with something that has the U.S. Marine Corps interested. . Read More WHITE PAPER: Alert Logic Alert Logic PCI DSS compliance solutions Alert logic's cloud-powered solutions help organizations that process, store or transmit credit card data eliminate the burden of PCI compliance. This product brief outlines Alert Logic's solutions and the unique benefits offered. Learn More What the WinHEC? Microsoft revives Windows engineering event WinHEC won't be a large, annual show, but rather smaller events held more frequently in different parts of the world Read More Microsoft rolls out Groups feature to Office 365 users, but only on the web If you've been trying to figure out out how to better work collaboratively with coworkers, Microsoft has a new tool for Office 365: Groups. But right now, it's only for those using Microsoft's Office 365 web apps. Read More HP's new Stream tablets, laptops fuel Microsoft-Google OS battle HP's new products will ship in November, and include a $99 7-inch Stream 7 tablet. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Top 5 must-haves to update your WAN optimization solution Read this paper to learn more how WAN optimization offerings need to evolve to provide coverage for these and other business-driven IT trends and initiatives. Read Now GlassWire review: This free network security tool tells all about your network traffic Who is your computer talking to? Your browser isn't the only application that's sending data online. Your word processor might be phoning home; a file undelete utility might be talking to its mother ship, and even Windows' own services may surprise you. These are not necessarily nefarious actions, but they're worth knowing about. GlassWire is a free and beautiful utility that lays all of this bare. Read More With new OS, Microsoft will try to put Windows 8 era behind it The company is expected to unveil a preview of the Windows 8 successor on Tuesday. Read More Bitnami: Making it easy and efficient to test server apps on your desktop and in the cloud Bitnami Stacks are server-based open source applications packaged to a consistent standard with all of the app's required libraries and dependencies, optimized for performance, and kept updated to the latest stable version. You can also deploy Bitnami Stacks directly to Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure (other platforms are promised). Read More
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