Collaboration suite targets possible Windows 7 customers
Apple isn't the only company hijacking Microsoft's Windows 7 launch. IBM and Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu Linux, also announced this week a cloud- and Linux-based collaboration package that they say is cheaper than Microsoft-based alternatives.
Google Wave: It's innovative, but is it truly useful?
Google Wave is a groundbreaking real-time collaborative tool that has the potential to be an ideal way for members of a group to work with one another. But it's not clear how useful it will be in the real world. It's the kind of tool that you want to use, but one that you may not be able to figure out how to fit into your work life.
Lower H1N1 Risks with Remote Communications Tools
With high rates of infection from the H1N1 expected over the next few months, healthcare experts are encouraging organizations to have employees stay home if they or members of their families are ill. Fortunately, there are a variety of web-based services and software that will let employees work productively from home.
Microsoft wants ISO security certification for its Cloud services
Microsoft Corp. wants to get its suite of hosted messaging and collaboration products certified to the ISO 27001 international information security standard, part of an effort to assure customers about the security of its cloud computing services.
SharePoint 2010: A guide to the many versions
On Monday, Microsoft announced that the beta version of SharePoint 2010 would be available in November and the final code would ship in the first half of 2010. In true Microsoft form, this means Redmond will have a whole bunch of confusing editions.
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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