Microsoft launches Delve information and people discovery tool

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	Microsoft rolls out Delve information and people discovery tool for Office 365 Microsoft has begun a months-long rollout of Delve, the first Office 365 application that taps into the suite's Office Graph machine learning capabilities and maps connections between co-workers, documents and information. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Top 5 Truths About Big Data Hype and Security Intelligence Big Data Security Analytics (BDSA) is the subject of exuberant predictions. However, a Gartner analyst points out that no available BDSA solutions come close to these forecasts. Nevertheless, the principles of Big Data are the key to advanced security intelligence. This white paper discusses the key tenets of Big Data. Learn more >> In this Issue Here's what free upgrades could do for Windows 9's uptake Windows XP Service Pack 4 is a nice idea, but should be avoided The newest Windows Phone licensee is…Polaroid Microsoft rolls out migration tool for porting apps into Azure cloud Chef muscles up with Microsoft, Amazon 10 things you need to know about Linux Mint 17 Microsoft revamps MSN, integrates with productivity tools Encrypted data in the cloud? Be sure to control your own keys Intel's Core M chips headed to 20 Windows tablets, hybrids WHITE PAPER: Upsite Technologies Cooling Capacity Factor Reveals Data Center Cost Savings The average computer room today has cooling capacity that is nearly four times the IT heat load. Using data from 45 sites reviewed by Upsite Technologies, this white paper will show how you can calculate, benchmark, interpret, and benefit from a simple and practical metric called the Cooling Capacity Factor (CCF). Learn More Here's what free upgrades could do for Windows 9's uptake By making Windows 9, aka "Threshold," free, Microsoft will be able to push more than half of all Windows 8 users to the upgrade within a matter of months, an analysis of user share data shows. Read More Windows XP Service Pack 4 is a nice idea, but should be avoided Five months after Windows XP was cut loose by Microsoft, a well-meaning developer is putting together a fourth service pack for the 13-year-old operating system. This is not a Microsoft release. Read More The newest Windows Phone licensee is…Polaroid Polaroid, which now sells digital photography products, has let slip that it's going to sell a Windows Phone device. Read More WHITE PAPER: DBAK Oracle Software Licensing: The Value of VARS Today's software licensing landscape is truly complex. Read this NEW white paper that explores real-world insights and: • The Rise of Audits • Compliance Spend • SAM and Compliance • Complexity/Confusion • Working Directly with a VAR Learn More Microsoft rolls out migration tool for porting apps into Azure cloud One of the big problems with IaaS cloud computing is how to get apps up into the cloud. There are a variety of emerging technologies for solving this problem, but Microsoft is one of the first big vendors to acquire a company that specializes in this and today the company is making the service available in its cloud. Read More Chef muscles up with Microsoft, Amazon Chef, a popular open source software program for managing the configuration settings of servers, software and other IT components, now can reach deeper into the data center with the help of some intertwined services from Microsoft, VMware and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read More 10 things you need to know about Linux Mint 17 Linux Mint 17 continues in a line of Linux desktop-focused releases, and in testing we found it's become more mature than prior versions. There's something here to please everyone. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) Amplify customer interactions with Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences. Our platform's Wi-Fi intelligence meets the needs of a growing mobile audience. And with Cisco Services, we'll help you design a mobile infrastructure that addresses your unique business goals for a high return on your investment. Learn more Microsoft revamps MSN, integrates with productivity tools Microsoft has unveiled its revamped MSN portal that combines easy access to personal productivity tools and content from a large number of providers. Read More Encrypted data in the cloud? Be sure to control your own keys With cloud computing there's no longer a question about whether you should encrypt data. That's a given. The question today is, who should manage and control the encryption keys? Read More Intel's Core M chips headed to 20 Windows tablets, hybrids Intel said tablets or hybrids with Core M could be priced starting at US$699, but the first products are at around $1,000 or more. Read More
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