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	HP, Microsoft take joint aim at Oracle Hewlett-Packard says that its customers run more Oracle databases and applications on HP hardware than any other vendor out there. But if you are at HP's big user conference this week and interested in talking to Oracle, you won't find the company listed as an exhibitor on the expo floor. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat Accelerate the Deployment of Virtualization Download this expert white paper to gain the configuration expertise, high-level support, and knowledge you need to rapidly add virtualization technologies to your environment. Leverage, learn, and implement best practices from a broader customer community. Read now! In this Issue Microsoft upgrades Bing webmaster tools Microsoft pursues botnet herders via Russian newspapers Five Excel nightmares (and how to fix them) IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 developers: Silverlight/.NET/XAML are M.I.A., M.I.A., M.I.A. Microsoft Windows 8 demos spur developer worry DOWNLOAD: Citrix Free Download: Citrix® NetScaler® Now you can get the ultimate in dynamic, cost-effective Web app delivery with Citrix® NetScaler® VPX. Simply download the free Express Edition of this virtual appliance and you'll experience infinitely flexible L4-7 load balancing, Web app acceleration and security from a single, virtual appliance. Click to continue Microsoft upgrades Bing webmaster tools Microsoft has improved the tools it provides for webmasters to track their sites' visibility on Bing search engine results, so that they can make any necessary adjustments to improve how Bing crawls their content and ranks their pages. Read More Microsoft pursues botnet herders via Russian newspapers Microsoft has placed quarter-page notifications in two Russian newspapers, a legal formality required as part of its ongoing lawsuit in the U.S. against operators of Rustock, a defunct botnet used to send prolific amounts of pharmaceutical spam. Read More WHITE PAPER: Mimecast Cloud-based Email Archiving: A practical guide Many companies are tackling the challenge of email archiving head-on with cloud-based solutions that scale to business growth, conform to regulatory mandates, and deliver low operational costs. We suggest a solution that emphasizes scalable cloud-base storage, secure access and high availability. Read now Five Excel nightmares (and how to fix them) Have you ever wondered if Microsoft Excel was invented by a sadist? Read More IT Blogwatch: Windows 8 developers: Silverlight/.NET/XAML are M.I.A., M.I.A., M.I.A. Microsoft continues to dodge the question of whether its third-party developers (developers, developers) will be able to use XAML, .NET, and Silverlight. Sure, they can write classic Windows apps, but what about the "modern" or "Jupiter" Windows 8 tiled apps? Read More Microsoft Windows 8 demos spur developer worry Thanks to two brief demonstrations of Microsoft's next-generation operating system, third-party Microsoft Windows developers are expressing frustration over what they consider a lack of clear direction on how to develop applications for Windows 8. Read More
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