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Microsoft to patch IE10 Pwn2Own bugs next week, says security expert

IDGNS staff — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:50:21 +0000

Microsoft will ship nine security updates next week, two rated "critical," to patch Internet Explorer, Windows, SharePoint Server, Office Web Apps and the company's anti-malware software in Windows 8 and RT.

How to overcome SharePoint performance headaches

IDGNS staff — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:41:27 +0000

Microsoft SharePoint is increasingly becoming a victim of its own success: As more departments start to use it, bottlenecks occur and performance suffers. To combat this, some companies are rolling out third-party storage systems that move large data sets off SQL Server.

SharePoint-Yammer integration promising, but a long-term plan

IDGNS staff — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 22:51:26 +0000

CIOs and IT managers tracking the progress of the SharePoint-Yammer integration got more details about the road map this week, but the updates were a sobering reminder of the long road ahead as Microsoft works to mesh the two products.

Microsoft to let Office 365 users replace SharePoint's newsfeed with Yammer's

IDGNS staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:39:05 +0000

Microsoft offered more details on Tuesday about its plans to integrate SharePoint and Yammer, saying it'll give Office 365 customers the option of replacing SharePoint Online's activity-stream component with Yammer's.

Sega chooses Huddle to replace Sharepoint collaboration tools

IDGNS staff — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:27:26 +0000

Sega has replaced its Sharepoint system with Huddle’s cloud collaboration software, supporting the development of games such as its iconic Sonic the Hedgehog series.

University ditching Sharepoint for UNIT4 to publish open, linked data

IDGNS staff — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:54:43 +0000

The University of Southampton is planning on ditching its Sharepoint installation to publish equipment and asset data, after developing an interface with UNIT4 that connects to its Agresso ERP platform and publishes data into an online, open database.

Storage Solutions For SharePoint

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:45:14 +0000

With more and more data being stored in SharePoint, you need to be able to ensure 24x7 availability while keeping up with growing storage requirements. That isn't easy with calls coming in from end users about SharePoint's slow performance...

SharePoint 2013 challenges and questions for IT

IDGNS staff — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:00:27 +0000

SharePoint 2013 arrives with a new user interface and new collaboration, search, storage and task management features. But gaps remain in areas like social and mobile, and upgrading and governing SharePoint is still rife with challenges.

NewsGator plans to uncouple its enterprise social suite from SharePoint

IDGNS staff — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:09:43 +0000

NewsGator is re-architecting its Social Sites enterprise social networking (ESN) suite so that it can be installed independently of Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration server.

7 things about SharePoint 2013 all IT pros should know

IDGNS staff — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:44:18 +0000

Five highlights and two concerns of the Microsoft's latest SharePoint iteration.

SharePoint Online upgrades cause problems for some users, developers

IDGNS staff — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:15:31 +0000

Recent back-end upgrades by Microsoft to Office 365's SharePoint Online are causing problems for some users and developers whose workflows and applications have been disrupted by a variety of bugs.

What SharePoint 2013 means for the data center

IDGNS staff — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:14:24 +0000

Migrating from SharePoint 2010 is doable, but that's not true, unfortunately, from the 2007 version.

How can I update the image preview in SharePoint?

landon — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:46:54 +0000

In SharePoint 2010, I updated a photo that was stored in the image library, but the image preview shows the older, incorrect version of the photo. Does anyone know how I can make the image preview update, so people see the correct image?

Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud - Learn How!

Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:45:17 +0000

This white paper discusses how to use these services and provides detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, & run a SharePoint Server farm on AWS.

Some AWS partnerships -- like with Oracle and Microsoft -- are just about to get awkward

Nancy Gohring — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:26:57 +0000

Enterprise software vendors like Oracle and Microsoft have made sure their apps can run on AWS, but they're likely to become less friendly with Amazon once their own competitive IaaS services come into their own.