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	Microsoft: Windows 8 is 'enterprise ready' Microsoft urged enterprises to adopt Windows 8, its upcoming OS for desktops, laptops and tablets, which some industry experts believe faces an uphill battle for acceptance by IT professionals. 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 Preston Gralla: Will Windows 7 be the new XP? Microsoft readies post-Flame Windows Update changes Microsoft says building Metro apps for ARM the same as for Intel PCs Richi Jennings: Here's Office 2013, on Windows 8 and RT! Skype integration with Windows Phone 8 seen in screenshots Microsoft scrambles as it patches 26 bugs, warns users of active attacks Preston Gralla: Windows 8 Metro version of Google Chrome -- is that all there is? Preston Gralla: How to run the Metro version of Google Chrome in Windows 8 Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS' Best Windows 8 tablets, hybrids at show Violin, Microsoft team up to build all-flash NAS array RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IT Roadmap Denver Final Week to Register! IT Roadmap only comes to Denver once a year so don't miss this opportunity to join hundreds of local colleagues who will gain a year's worth of enterprise-ready ideas, answers, best practices, and key contacts all in one day – in one place. Attend Free. IT Roadmap Denver – 6/20 - Colorado Convention Center. Preston Gralla: Will Windows 7 be the new XP? Windows XP was one of Microsoft's greatest successes and greatest failures: A success because it was so rock-solid, a failure because it was so good that many people didn't want to upgrade to Windows Vista. Based on initial looks at Windows 8, Windows 7 may well be the new XP. Read More Microsoft readies post-Flame Windows Update changes Microsoft will start feeding users an update to the critical Windows Update service in the next few days, several security experts said today. Read More Microsoft says building Metro apps for ARM the same as for Intel PCs As company preps Windows OS to run on ARM hardware, it assures developers that their x86/64 experience will translate Read More Richi Jennings: Here's Office 2013, on Windows 8 and RT! Yes, there is another vendor conference happening this week. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is holding its annual TechEd shindig, where it's proudly showing off Windows 8, Windows RT, and Office 2013. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers seek out unspoken nuances of truthiness. Read More Skype integration with Windows Phone 8 seen in screenshots The coming Windows Phone 8, dubbed Apollo, will integrate Skype voice and video calling, according to screenshots obtained by the NokiaInnovation.com Web site. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Deliver a Secure Cisco Cloud Experience Securely connect your network to the world of many clouds. With a Cisco Cloud Intelligent Network, you can provide an ideal experience, irrespective of user location or the number of cloud platforms involved, in service delivery. Read White Paper Microsoft scrambles as it patches 26 bugs, warns users of active attacks Microsoft patched 26 vulnerabilities, including one in Internet Explorer that's already being exploited. The company also warned customers of a new zero-day attack and quashed yet another instance of a bug that the Duqu intelligence-gathering Trojan leveraged. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows 8 Metro version of Google Chrome -- is that all there is? Google has released the Metro version of Google Chrome, and it's little more than the normal version of Google Chrome that happens to run in Metro rather than on the desktop. You'll find a few Metro-like features, but at this point, that's all you get. Read More Preston Gralla: How to run the Metro version of Google Chrome in Windows 8 Want to run the Metro version of Google Chrome in Windows 8? It's not as straightforward as you would expect. Here's how to do it. Read More Microsoft touts Windows Server 2012, Azure for data center 'cloud OS' Microsoft kicked off its TechEd North America conference with a wide-ranging keynote session that was short on "wow" news but heavy on positioning for Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure and server-side products as key components of what the company is calling "the era of the cloud OS." Read More Best Windows 8 tablets, hybrids at show Touch was the hot trend at last week's Computex trade show in Taipei, with computer makers showing off tablets and ultrabook-tablet hybrids with detachable or folding touchscreens. The devices ran either Windows 8 (for Intel processors) or Windows RT (for ARM processors), OSes due for release later this year that are designed for touch interfaces. Prices were not immediately available on most tablet or hybrid models, leaving questions about whether touch devices will be priced at a premium. For example, Dell has already said that it would price touchscreen devices higher compared to the non-touch counterparts. Read More Violin, Microsoft team up to build all-flash NAS array Violin said today it will be demonstrating a new, all-flash NAS array at the TechEd conference that runs Windows Server 2012 and can offer up to 5GB/sec of performance. Read More
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