Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’
Will VMware’s new licensing scheme open the door for Microsoft?
VMware announced vSphere 5 yesterday, which will bring greater scalability and robustness to VMware’s virtualization platform. The new version will support larger virtual machines—up to 1TB of RAM and 32 virtual processors each—faster I/O, simpler high-availability, easier deployment, and more. These announcements were somewhat overshadowed, however, by the launch of a new licensing scheme for …
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Microsoft: Cloud computing won’t hurt us
Cloud computing is widely perceived as a threat to Microsoft, because the maker of Windows and Microsoft Office earns the lion’s share of its money selling licenses for packaged software.
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Microsoft Updates Its iCloud Predecessor, SkyDrive
Microsoft’s answer to iCloud came four years ago. Did you know the company offers 25 Gbytes of cloud storage? It does. And today it gets more powerful.
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Microsoft downplays Server bug threat, say researchers
Microsoft is downplaying the threat posed by one of the three bugs the company patched today, said security researchers.
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Sales of Xbox and Kinect Help Lift Microsoft Earnings
A slowdown in personal computer sales at Microsoft was overshadowed by strong sales of its Kinect and Xbox video game products.
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Microsoft: PC, Netbook Sales Stink, But There’s Hope
Microsoft executives told analysts Thursday that while the expected refresh in business PCs was still in its early stages, overall PC sales were down, as were netbooks.
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Record-breaking Microsoft patch day affects all versions of Windows
As expected, Microsoft released a record-breaking, massive number of patches today that affects all versions of Windows and Office — including its cloud apps — and addresses some long-standing holes that hackers have been exploiting in the wild. Read more
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I’m working on a WSUS server and want to know if it is possible to load other software other than microsoft and windows onto the server for updates.
How West Nottinghamshire College tamed Microsoft Active Directory for desktop virtualisation
The configuration of an organisation’s Microsoft Active Directory domain services can be a challenge when deploying virtualisation software.
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