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	Microsoft turns Scroogled into 'Schoolgled' in new anti-Google attack ad Microsoft today stepped up the pace of its "Scroogled" attack ads, launching a new one just 12 days after the last. Read More WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. Cloud: Uniting people, technology, and information. Managing HR and financial information in the modern business requires efficient business practices and technology. Learn how leveraging the cloud allows you to unify financial and HR data; visualize data with cloud analytics and improve productivity with flexible configuration. View Now In this Issue Microsoft launches ad-free Bing search for schools Preston Gralla: Free Surface RT tablets for schools: Should kids have to use what adults don't want? Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out Greg Lambert: Patch Tuesday headaches and dog food VMware, Citrix and Microsoft virtual desktops get encryption security Microsoft updates Windows Phone App Studio as developer projects soar WEBCAST: SAP Bring Mobile Innovation to your Enterprise. With the mobility revolution well underway, CIO's and Line of Business owners are faced with the struggle to develop a winning mobile strategy. In this exclusive SAP KnowledgeVault Exchange, find out how to give your company an edge by developing a secure, future-proof mobile strategy. Learn More Microsoft launches ad-free Bing search for schools Microsoft has launched an ad-free, no cost version of its Bing search engine that can be used in public and private schools across the U.S. Read More Preston Gralla: Free Surface RT tablets for schools: Should kids have to use what adults don't want? Microsoft's new "Bing for Schools" plan will give away Surface RT tablets to schools whose staff, children, and parents use an ad-free version of Bing. It sounds like a great idea -- but should schoolkids be using technology that parents and other adults have shown they don't want? Read More Outlook.com and Skype integration starts to roll out Microsoft has integrated Outlook.com with Skype in several countries, including the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, offering users the ability to tap Skype functions and contacts from within the interface of the webmail application. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Best Practices in Data Protection Monitoring Whether you consider your domain to be a private cloud, a hybrid cloud, or a public cloud, you are providing data protection as a service. According to ESG's 2013 IT Spending Intentions Survey, improving data backup and recovery was the number two-most important IT priority selected by respondents (27%). Learn more. Greg Lambert: Patch Tuesday headaches and dog food As I mentioned in last week’s post, we should not get bored with Microsoft's Patch Tuesday as the fun has just begun. In that post, I mentioned that patch MS13-061 was interesting because it related to a vulnerability that was dependent on a Microsoft technology, Outside In, and an Oracle middle-ware component. Read More VMware, Citrix and Microsoft virtual desktops get encryption security AFORE Solutions today announced encryption software aimed at securing data in virtualized environments where Microsoft Windows applications are used, including virtualized desktop infrastructure deployments based on VMware, Citrix or Microsoft VDI. Read More Microsoft updates Windows Phone App Studio as developer projects soar Microsoft is updating the recently launched beta of Windows Phone App Studio to improve performance and scalability after the new app development tool crossed 55,000 active projects. Read More
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