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Microsoft delivers stopgap defense against active IE10 attacks
Microsoft on Wednesday issued a stopgap defense that protects IE9 and IE10 against ongoing attacks until the company issues a patch, probably in three weeks. Read More


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Quantifying the Impact of Network Based Attacks
This document will give you some guidelines on how to assess the impact of network-based attacks on your organization. We will look at: • Different types of network-based attacks • How those attacks can affect your bottom line • Methods of quantifying the impact of those attacks Learn more!

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The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report
Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more!

What if Microsoft threw an iPad Office party, and no one came?
Microsoft will make a killing when it launches Office apps for Apple's iPad and tablets powered by Android. Or will it? Read More

Microsoft Lync to play nice with Cisco, Android
Microsoft is accommodating Cisco conferencing systems and Android tablets to help make Microsoft Lync and Skype communications platforms able to connect any customers by voice, video, messaging and conferencing regardless of what device they use. Read More

Leaked release dates shed light on Microsoft's Windows 9 plans
WZor, the leaker with a track record dating back to the Vista days, has unleashed a bunch of dates that, if true, indicate a very busy year. Read More


WHITE PAPER: IBM

Take Your Social Business Relationships to the Next Level
This IBM Redguide publication provides information about IBM Social Business and includes details about the business need and the value of transformation to a social business. Learn More.

Why security pros should care about Bitcoin's troubles
Chief security officers who believe the latest Bitcoin problems do not affect them should think again. Securing such digital currency flowing through peer-to-peer payment systems may one day be the responsibility of security pros. Read More

Microsoft kills SkyDrive, launches OneDrive
Three weeks after announcing OneDrive as the new label for SkyDrive, Microsoft today activated the renamed storage service, and offered some new incentives that give customers more space. Read More

The simple way to stop serious Microsoft software flaws? Take away 'admin' rights
Running Windows users with 'standard' rather than 'administrator' rights would have removed over 90 percent of the risk posed by critical vulnerabilities reported in Microsoft products last year, an analysis by privilege management firm Avecto has found. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Dell Software

NSA Series Data Sheet
Learn how your organization can be both secure and productive without compromising network performance. Dell's SonicWALL™ NSA Series next-generation firewalls utilize the latest multi-core hardware design and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection® (RFDPI) technology, to protect your network from internal and external attacks. Read now!

Microsoft marshals marketing, service, social for Dynamics CRM, aims anew at Salesforce.com
Microsoft is about to make a fresh run at its CRM (customer relationship management) rival Salesforce.com with new capabilities for marketing automation, customer support and social media monitoring. Read More

The surprise power hog for mobile storage: software
Flash storage can be a big power consumer in mobile devices, but it's not the flash that sucks up all that energy, it's the software that goes with it, according to researchers from the University of California at San Diego and Microsoft. Read More

Microsoft claims 200M Windows 8 licenses sold, but how many are in use?
Microsoft last week said that it had sold 200 million licenses of Windows 8 since the operating system launched more than 15 months ago. But how many copies are actually being used? Read More

Microsoft pushes ahead with Skype-Lync integration
Microsoft will demonstrate on Tuesday how Lync and Skype users will be able to communicate via video conferencing, the next stage of the integration between its enterprise unified communications server and its consumer IM and IP telephony network. Read More


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