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	Microsoft's upgrade avalanche a challenge for IT pros Microsoft is in the midst of an unprecedented, massive upgrade cycle for its enterprise software products, a refresh wave that represents a major challenge for CIOs and IT managers responsible for charting their companies' tech strategy. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Good Technology Maximize Mobile Choices for Employees Is a tidal wave of consumer mobile devices flooding your workplace? You're not alone. Most IT professionals are under pressure from mobile professionals, who have a strong preference for Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. Rather than fight the growing tide, smart IT is looking for ways to give employees greater mobility, while minimizing risk and cost. Click to continue In this Issue FAQ: The new push in Congress to increase STEM visas Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon Minn. executive branch picks Microsoft to improve email, collaboration Microsoft server and tool upgrades demand CIOs' attention Apple settles patent lawsuit with SimpleAir 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365 Japan robot lab readies second prototype for work at crippled nuclear reactor How to make PHP apps scale IT Blogwatch: Is Steve Ballmer mad? Or lost in translation? WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. Learn more, Watch overview video, Read the white paper > FAQ: The new push in Congress to increase STEM visas There is a bipartisan push to automatically give green cards to foreign students pursuing master's degrees and above in science, technology, engineering and math, so-called STEM degrees. And the H-1B visa hasn't disappeared, and its use will be part of the green card debate. Here's a Q&A guide to what's going on. Read More Facebook beefs up mobile photo sharing with Camera Facebook introduced its own mobile photo app, Camera, on Thursday, bringing richer photo-sharing features to the platform even before the company closes its deal to acquire the popular photo-sharing app Instagram. Read More Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after recent questions about the company's level of cooperation with federal inquiries. Read More Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon. Read More Minn. executive branch picks Microsoft to improve email, collaboration The Executive Branch of the Minnesota state government uses cloud-hosted Microsoft email and collaboration software, first as part of BPOS and later, Office 365. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Good Technology Maximize Mobile Choices for Employees Is a tidal wave of consumer mobile devices flooding your workplace? You're not alone. Most IT professionals are under pressure from mobile professionals, who have a strong preference for Bring Your Own Device or BYOD. Rather than fight the growing tide, smart IT is looking for ways to give employees greater mobility, while minimizing risk and cost. Click to continue Microsoft server and tool upgrades demand CIOs' attention CIOs and IT directors tracking the barrage of major upgrades for Windows and Office also need to stay tuned to the refresh cycle for Microsoft's servers and tools, including Windows Server 2012, SQL Server 2012, System Center 2012 and Visual Studio 11. Read More Apple settles patent lawsuit with SimpleAir SimpleAir in Texas said Thursday it had settled its patent infringement litigation against Apple, and entered into a confidential license agreement by which Apple had taken a license to its patents. Read More 4.5 million Catholic school students to get Office 365 About 4.5 million Catholic school students will get access to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud e-mail and collaboration suite as part of a 3-year deal the software vendor struck with the Catholic International Education Office. Read More Japan robot lab readies second prototype for work at crippled nuclear reactor A Japanese robotics lab has developed a new emergency response prototype that will soon be put to work at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northern Japan. Read More How to make PHP apps scale The most popular language for Web apps, PHP tends to buckle under heavy loads -- unless you opt for cloud scaling and a NoSQL back end. Read More IT Blogwatch: Is Steve Ballmer mad? Or lost in translation? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is being accused of craziness -- even more so than usual (I kid, I kid). He's reported to have predicted that there'll be half a billion Windows 8 PCs in use by the end of 2013. Yeah, right; Microsoft PR is furiously clarifying the quote. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers sing-a-long-a-Nena. Read More
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