Month: May 2012

Demise of Cius offers lessons for Windows 8

With Cisco more or less pulling the plug on its business tablet Cius, Microsoft tablets based on Windows 8 have an opportunity and a challenge. The opportunity: give businesses an alternative to the popular iPad that employees bring in as part of sanctioned BYOD programs. This is a strong plus for Windows 8, which can […]

Microsoft Continues Rebranding, This Time It’s Azure

Microsoft must be in a mood to rename things this month. First, the company re-branded its small and medium business advertising site and eliminated Windows Live branding. Now it’s moved on to Azure. Will any of these changes have a positive impact on revenue or just result in confused customers? Rebranding Azure for Billing Reports […]

Microsoft’s upgrade avalanche a challenge for IT pros

Corporate technology managers must take time when deciding on Windows, Office upgrade path IDG News Service – Microsoft is in the midst of an unprecedented, massive upgrade cycle for its enterprise software products, a refresh wave that represents a major challenge for CIOs and IT managers responsible for charting their companies’ technology strategy. Not only […]

Windows Vista infection rates climb, says Microsoft

End of support last year for SP1 responsible for spike in successful attacks Computerworld – Microsoft said last week that a skew toward more exploits on Windows Vista can be attributed to the demise of support for the operating system’s first service pack. Microsoft MCTS Certification, MCITP Certification and over 3000+ Exams with Life Time […]

First Certification Exam – MCTS 70-536

With in 2 weeks of preparation for Microsoft Certification Exam, I finally got the opportunity to take up the Exam that too a free voucher from Microsoft Student Partners and cleared it in the first attemt. The Exam is none other than MCTS 070-536 ( Application Foundation ) ,the first exam of the .NET Series […]

Microsoft dumps ‘Aero’ UI in Windows 8, ‘Metro-izes’ desktop

Won’t reveal Windows 8’s final desktop user interface until launch later this year Computerworld – Microsoft said Friday that it is abandoning the “Aero” user interface with Windows 8, calling the UI that debuted in Vista and continued in Windows 7, “cheesy” and “dated.” Microsoft MCTS Certification, MCITP Certification and over 3000+ Exams with Life […]

PC Self-Paced Certification Training Courses In MCTS SQL Simplified

Everybody is busy these days, and inevitably should we decide to advance our future prospects, taking a course alongside a job is the only option open to us. Certified training from Microsoft can be the way to do it. In addition, you may like to talk in detail on the sort of careers to be […]

New book: Working with Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint

New book: Working with Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint We’re happy to announce the availability of Working with Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint, by Mikael Svenson, Marcus Johansson and Robert Piddocke Although SharePoint has always had search capabilities, those capabilities have been hugely improved by the addition of FAST Search for […]

Microsoft anti-bloatware service to apply to Windows 8 PCs, too

$99 ‘Signature Upgrade,’ done in company’s retail stores, scrubs junk from machines Computerworld – A Microsoft in-store program that scrubs “bloatware” from Windows PCs will also be offered when Windows 8 machines reach the market later this year, a company representative said Wednesday. The service, which is offered only in Microsoft’s small chain of retail […]

Microsoft to charge $15 for Windows 8 upgrade deal

Blogger pegs price for Windows 7 PC buyers during run-up to fall debut of new OS Computerworld – Microsoft will charge users who buy a new Windows 7 PC $14.99 for an upgrade to Windows 8, according to a report. Best Microsoft MCTS Certification, Microsoft MCITP Training at certkingdom.com The cost of the upgrade was […]

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