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	Microsoft to run Linux on Azure After years of battling Linux as a competitive threat, Microsoft is now offering Linux-based operating systems on its Windows Azure cloud service. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Evolve Customer Care with Collaboration Using collaboration technology to improve customer service gives your company an opportunity to evolve beyond traditional service models to create better customer relationships. While the telephone will always be an option, many customers want experiences where chat, social media, video and self-service are also part of the norm. Download a new white paper from ZK Research to learn how using collaboration technology can help your organization improve customer responsiveness and provide customers with self-service offerings, leading to greater loyalty. In this Issue MintBox: A new Mini-PC with Linux Mint preinstalled 8 new features in Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' Alpha 1 Samsung gets serious about Linux with $500K yearly investment 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 > MintBox: A new Mini-PC with Linux Mint preinstalled Microsoft's 'secure boot' plans for Windows 8 PCs may have many members of the open source community up in arms, but even as the ongoing saga continues to unfold, a small army of alternatives are quietly marching onto the scene. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deloitte: Network Risk and TCO A Deloitte survey of enterprise CIOs reveals key differences between using a single-vendor or multivendor approach. See why a focus on initial costs might ignore a long-term impact on operational risk. Read White Paper 8 new features in Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' Alpha 1 On Thursday Canonical unveiled the first alpha version of Precise Pangolin's successor: Ubuntu 12.10, or 'Quantal Quetzal.' Read More Samsung gets serious about Linux with $500K yearly investment It's been clear for some time that Samsung has a strong interest in Linux; but on Tuesday, the company put its money where its mouth is and made the $500,000 annual investment necessary to become a platinum member of the Linux Foundation. Read More
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