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Apple released updates today for some of its products to address the potential security threats posed by two recently disclosed CPU attack methods.
01/08/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Here are three Windows 10 features that are more like bugs, and one suggestion for a feature that might not have occurred to Microsoft yet.
01/08/2018
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Microsoft today announced the "general availability" of its Accelerated Networking technology for Azure virtual machines, which is available for use with both Linux- and Windows-based VMs.
01/05/2018
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The cloud market grew faster than any other IT category in 2017, but it wasn't enough to unseat traditional infrastructure hardware.
01/05/2018
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Information about a general CPU security problem, along with some updates, was unleashed this week by researchers, chip makers, OS vendors and anti-malware software providers.
01/04/2018
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VMware isn't planning to work directly with Microsoft on the technical details of its emerging VMware virtualization on Azure solution, but the company has dropped some of its initially condemnatory language about it.
01/03/2018
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Reports have been bubbling up this week that vendors and open source teams are hustling under embargo to fix a major security flaw affecting Intel processors over the last decade.
01/03/2018
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Microsoft is kicking off its year in acquisitions with a Pittsburgh-based provider of hybrid cloud storage solutions.
01/03/2018
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Microsoft plans to add limited support for e-mail internationalization sometime this quarter for Office 365 Exchange Online Enterprise plan users.
01/02/2018
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Yes, we know most passwords are lame, and we've known it for years. A look at the worst passwords of 2017 confirms the depressing reality:
01/02/2018
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The next-gen high-performance computing clusters are being touted as the an "evolutionary leap" for scalability.
01/02/2018
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
According to Brien's take on the Microsoft tea leaves, the year ahead should bode well for Hyper-V and Azure customers. On the other hand, Windows 10 S users may want to brace themselves.
12/29/2017
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In-Depth
This command will help you to adhere to best practices when it comes to creating clear, concise code.
12/28/2017
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Higher demand for "infrastructure to support cloud and hybrid-cloud implementations" has meant increased revenue for the world's top server manufacturers, according to recent data from Gartner.
12/27/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
For those new to the field of quantum computing, here's an overview of what this emerging tech can do.
12/26/2017
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In-Depth
Using PowerShell, finding infected files can take just a few minutes to complete.
12/21/2017
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News
Most organizations end up overpaying for cloud services when they migrate their on-premises workloads to the cloud using a "direct match" philosophy, according to a recent study by migration analytics firm TSO Logic.
12/20/2017
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Oracle recently announced its intent to acquire Australian software company Aconex in an effort to boost its industry-focused cloud offerings.
12/19/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
Microsoft's investments into this emerging technology made some big waves this year.
12/19/2017
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Microsoft offered some good news and bad news this week for users of its unified communications products.
12/15/2017
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The Azure Migrate solution is expected to be a production-ready product for organizations in the first half of 2018, Microsoft indicated this week.
12/15/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
From AI becoming more mature to Microsoft's augmented reality advances, Brien's predictions from the start of this year were right on the money.
12/15/2017
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A solution to add "conditional access" security compliance protections to Mac devices, using technologies from Microsoft and Jamf, is now commercially available.
12/14/2017
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A recent Windows 10 test release includes an open source Secure Shell (OpenSSH) preview, according to a press account.
12/14/2017
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Microsoft this week advanced the calling capabilities of its Office 365 Teams collaboration service by adding more Skype for Business capabilities to it.
12/13/2017
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Quantum computing may be among the bleedingest of bleeding-edge technologies, but Microsoft is wasting no time introducing the concept to its developers with this week's release of a new Quantum Development Kit.
12/13/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
The constant stream of new features and updates is great, but keeping track of all the changes can be a serious headache. Luckily, Microsoft isn't leaving its customers to figure it out alone.
12/13/2017
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December 12 marked Microsoft's last "update Tuesday" for this year.
12/12/2017
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Microsoft's Unified Support plan will replace other Microsoft technical support plans, including Premier Support, in about six months, and likely will result in substantial price increases for organizations.
12/12/2017
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Microsoft added more options to its alphabet soup of Azure virtual machine (VM) offerings this month.
12/11/2017
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VMware and Carbon Black, a provider of endpoint security solutions, are working on a new security offering that aims to protect datacenters by analyzing historical application data.
12/11/2017
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Microsoft announced this week that "hybrid modern authentication" for Exchange and Skype for Business has reached "general availability" status, meaning the capability is ready for commercial use.
12/08/2017
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A new solution from Amazon Web Services gives organizations single sign-on capabilities using Microsoft Active Directory credentials.
12/08/2017
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In the wake of major high-profile incidence in 2017, worldwide enterprise spending on security is poised to rise 8 percent next year, according to Gartner, Inc.
12/08/2017
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In-Depth
Now that Microsoft's new hybrid cloud appliances bring Azure functionality on-premises and to services providers, here's what you need to know.
12/08/2017
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Some progress on the Kubernetes on Azure front emerged from this week's KubeCon event taking place in Austin, Texas.
12/07/2017
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In-Depth
Microsoft's new Advanced Threat Analytics 1.8 applies the company's latest advances in AI and machine learning to protect against ransomware and other malicious activity.
12/07/2017
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Microsoft this week announced that a couple of "always-connected" Windows 10 PCs are coming using Qualcomm's Snapdragon ARM-based processors.
12/06/2017
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A new Microsoft Whiteboard app was released this week as a preview, which lets teams collaborate using a "digital canvas."
12/06/2017
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AWS has added tools to migrate Hyper-V virtual machines to its cloud.
12/06/2017
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Preview of IoT Central SaaS solution is now available, enabling integration of operational infrastructure with IT requiring minimal software development.
12/06/2017
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In-Depth
UX features introduced with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update include Microsoft's new Fluent Design, mixed reality, Android Launcher, and a video editing tool, plus mobile and multiplatform versions of Edge.
12/06/2017
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Microsoft this week published new OneDrive Sync Client tutorials for end users at a support page.
12/05/2017
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Microsoft announced today that its Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection service is now commercially available for use with SharePoint Online, OneDrive and Teams.
12/05/2017
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Posey's Tips & Tricks
While the hardware might not have changed much since last year, the experience has definitely been improved.
12/05/2017
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In-Depth
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) was the first to invite Redmond magazine to test-drive Microsoft's new flagship hybrid cloud platform.
12/05/2017
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Microsoft this week detailed some of the coding nuances involved with SharePoint site customizations via the SharePoint Framework Extensions approach.
12/04/2017
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In-Depth
Microsoft has touted how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are solving many problems. Now Redmond and IT security providers are applying AI in cyberthreat detection.
12/04/2017
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As Microsoft promotes EMS with Intune and a modern approach to systems management, many IT pros are skeptical of the company's push to a post-SCCM world.
12/04/2017
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Foley on Microsoft
In no particular order, I'm going to note the most-overlooked happenings from 2017.
12/04/2017