Office Live Small Business customers grapple with migration

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	Office Live Small Business customers grapple with migration The deadline to migrate email domains and websites hosted on the Microsoft Office Live Small Business (OLSB) online service suite passed on Monday, but customers continue to post a steady stream of complaints and problem reports, indicating that the number of businesses that haven't made the transition is considerable. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM An Oracle / DB2 Task Complexity Analysis A must read, this study dives into six common DBA administration task areas, showing quantitatively that DB2 offers simpler administration and helps achieve time savings as compared to Oracle Database. Read Now In this Issue Microsoft plans big May patch slate for this week Preston Gralla: Microsoft backtracks on Windows Media Center promise: It won't be included in Windows 8 Microsoft boots Chinese firm for leaking Windows exploit Preston Gralla: Microsoft finally admits the Windows Live brand was a kludge Bloggers plead for Windows Live Writer's life Preston Gralla: Windows 8 tablets in the enterprise: A disaster in the making At Interior Dept., Google Apps to co-exist with Outlook, Office -- for now Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud 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 plans big May patch slate for this week Microsoft today said it would ship seven security updates this week, three critical, to patch 23 bugs in Windows, Office and its Silverlight and .Net development platforms. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft backtracks on Windows Media Center promise: It won't be included in Windows 8 Even though Microsoft has promised that Windows Media Center will be included in Windows 8, and was included it in the Consumer Preview, the company now says the multimedia app won't ship with Windows 8. Instead, if you want it, you'll have to pay extra for it.   Read More Microsoft boots Chinese firm for leaking Windows exploit Microsoft identified a Chinese security partner as the source of a leak last March in its highly restricted vulnerability information-sharing program. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft finally admits the Windows Live brand was a kludge Microsoft has finally admitted what the rest of the world has known for years: The Windows Live brand is a kludge and deserves to be put to death. Microsoft has announced that it's finally doing that, in preparation for cloud-based services that will work in concert with Windows 8.   Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Content Sharing 2.0: The Road Ahead The business value proposition of cloud-based content sharing is in lockstep with the most powerful drivers of IT and business today. Learn More! Bloggers plead for Windows Live Writer's life A Windows developer, upset at the likely demise of Windows Live Writer as part of Microsoft's move to retire the Live brand, has launched an online petition drive to save the tool. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 tablets in the enterprise: A disaster in the making Microsoft has revealed that Windows 8 tablets powered by ARM chips will be no easier to manage in the enterprise than iPads are. Read More At Interior Dept., Google Apps to co-exist with Outlook, Office -- for now Although the U.S. Interior Department plans to replace its on-premise email servers with Google Apps' cloud-based Gmail, the agency will retain Microsoft Outlook and Office as its standard e-mail client and desktop office productivity software for end users. Read More Sage moves ERP apps to Microsoft's Azure cloud Following an ongoing industry trend, Sage Group is moving a number of its ERP software products to Microsoft's Azure cloud service. Read More
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