Microsoft announces Exchange Server 2010 availability
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Today at the Microsoft Tech-Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany, Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop announced that Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 is now available worldwide.
During an opening Keynote, Elop also announced the release of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. Forefront provides better anti-spam and multi server management tools.
"Exchange Server 2010 customers are already reporting cost savings of up to 70 percent thanks to a simplified high-availability model and support for lower-cost storage. Customers are also seeing productivity gains of more than 20 percent with a universal inbox that delivers e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging and text messaging consistently across virtually any device," Elop said. "Together with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the combined cost savings and improved productivity helps customers generate long-term business success."
Elop said more than 45,000 partners are trained on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010, with several partners announcing new services and solutions today, including AMD, Avanade, Dell, EMC, Kaspersky Lab, Symantec and Unisys.
Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/09/microsoft-announces-exchange-server-2010-availability
During an opening Keynote, Elop also announced the release of Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server. Forefront provides better anti-spam and multi server management tools.
"Exchange Server 2010 customers are already reporting cost savings of up to 70 percent thanks to a simplified high-availability model and support for lower-cost storage. Customers are also seeing productivity gains of more than 20 percent with a universal inbox that delivers e-mail, voice mail, instant messaging and text messaging consistently across virtually any device," Elop said. "Together with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the combined cost savings and improved productivity helps customers generate long-term business success."
Elop said more than 45,000 partners are trained on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Exchange Server 2010, with several partners announcing new services and solutions today, including AMD, Avanade, Dell, EMC, Kaspersky Lab, Symantec and Unisys.
Source: http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/11/09/microsoft-announces-exchange-server-2010-availability
Labels: Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft News, Microsoft Online Services
The New MSN Homepage Unveiled
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
See what MSN Corporate Vice President Erik Jorgensen has to say about it.
Today is an exciting day for our team at MSN because we unveiled the most significant redesign our MSN.com homepage has seen in over a decade. We spent thousands of hours talking with customers; testing hundreds of ideas; experimenting around the world and carefully evaluating what our users want, and don’t want - to deliver a homepage that is designed to be the best homepage on the Web. We hope you’ll agree.
In our conversations with customers, we consistently heard that you want less clutter, easier access to the information & services you care about, and powerful search integration to help you make decisions faster. So, we started from scratch to cut the clutter on our homepage and reduced the amount of links by 50%. There’s also a simplified navigation across news, entertainment, sports, money, and lifestyle that lets you drill into information topics that interest you, without being overwhelming.
Local information from your neighborhood is important to you and so is high quality, in-line video – so we offer both, right on the homepage. And, you told us you want the latest information not only from your favorite sources, but also from your friends, and the breadth of the Web – so we now offer convenient access to Facebook, Twitter, & Windows Live services and the most powerful search experience on the Web from Bing, empowering you to make more informed, faster decisions. And this is just the beginning - keep visiting our blog for more MSN news in the coming weeks.
The simple, uncluttered environment of our new homepage also affords an advertising opportunity, unlike anything we’ve offered before. Advertisers can create a conversation with customers through engaging, high-performing, rich-media advertising campaigns and know their message will resonate. Advertisers who have seen early previews of the site love the new design and the new ad opportunities have been well received. You’ll see more on this in the coming months.
The new homepage will begin rolling out tomorrow and become widely available to over 100 million U.S. customers early next year. We didn't have a renowned director or cinematographer handy, but we did have a tripod, so U.S. Executive Producer Scott Moore and I did a video that will give you a little more information about the new MSN.
More: http://msnblog.msn.com
http://www.microsoft.com/
Labels: Microsoft Msn, Microsoft News, Microsoft Online Services
Windows 7 Launches – Mission Accomplished for Microsoft!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Microsoft today has released their most awaited flagship product – Windows 7, officially as of October 22nd 2009. Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer led the launch ceremony which was held at an event in New York City. He was joined in by high delegates from Microsoft & their partners including the CEOs from Dell, HP, Toshiba along with hundreds of beta testers and enthusiasts.
Windows 7 is Microsoft’s newest entry in the popular Windows family and is available as of today through all retail channels for consumers, businesses, developers and enterprises alike. The general impression of Windows 7 has been positive, unlike its predecessor Windows Vista which remained under spotlight for all the wrong reasons.
Windows 7 Launch events are being held in almost all parts of the world to celebrate this big day in Microsoft’s history. We can rightly termed this day as Windows 7 Day!
The retail prices of Windows 7 are as follows:
Windows 7 Full Package Retail Price
* Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
* Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
* Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
Windows 7 Upgrade Price
* Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99
* Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99
* Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99
Our heartiest congratulations to Microsoft and the whole team behind Windows 7 for delivering an outstanding product!
Source:http://www.redmondpie.com/windows-7-launches-mission-accomplished-for-microsoft-d389/
Labels: Microsoft News, Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft Windows 7
Patch Tuesday Will Be Biggest Ever with 13 Bulletins
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Microsoft will issue its biggest ever security update on 13 October.The update will include 13 bulletins that between them tackle 34 vulnerabilities.Microsoft said that eight of the bulletins were rated as critical - the most serious sort of vulnerability.
The security patches will close loopholes in many different programs including different editions of Windows, Internet Explorer and some elements of Office.
One update, rated as critical, tackles a loophole in Internet Explorer 8 running under Windows 7. The next version of Microsoft's operating system is due to be released on 22 October.
Most people will get the updates automatically but links to download them can also be found on Microsoft's security pages. Once applied to a PC, the machine will need to be re-started before the fixes take effect.
In a blog posting giving an outline of the updates, Jerry Bryant, a Microsoft security expert, said two of the fixes were for problems flagged up in earlier advisories.
One of those loopholes, for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) bundled in with Microsoft's Internet Information Server, is already being exploited by some hi-tech criminals.
Windows is by far the most popular target for cyber criminals and the vast majority of the millions of malicious programs, including worms and trojans, are aimed at the operating system.
Prior to the bumper October security update, Microsoft's biggest every update was released in June 2009. That package of 10 fixes tackled 31 vulnerabilities.
Source:http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=22954.0
The security patches will close loopholes in many different programs including different editions of Windows, Internet Explorer and some elements of Office.
One update, rated as critical, tackles a loophole in Internet Explorer 8 running under Windows 7. The next version of Microsoft's operating system is due to be released on 22 October.
Most people will get the updates automatically but links to download them can also be found on Microsoft's security pages. Once applied to a PC, the machine will need to be re-started before the fixes take effect.
In a blog posting giving an outline of the updates, Jerry Bryant, a Microsoft security expert, said two of the fixes were for problems flagged up in earlier advisories.
One of those loopholes, for the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) bundled in with Microsoft's Internet Information Server, is already being exploited by some hi-tech criminals.
Windows is by far the most popular target for cyber criminals and the vast majority of the millions of malicious programs, including worms and trojans, are aimed at the operating system.
Prior to the bumper October security update, Microsoft's biggest every update was released in June 2009. That package of 10 fixes tackled 31 vulnerabilities.
Source:http://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=22954.0
Labels: Microsoft, Microsoft News, Microsoft Online Services
Microsoft Online Services
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Microsoft is not a company which we identify as a leader in Saas Services. However recently Microsoft has come out with a slew of services which are hosted online both for personal and business use.
Microsoft online services are particularly interstesting as they are extensive and represent tremendous savings for both small and large companies versus buying licenses and running them in house. If you are interested in Microsoft Online Services, you can get more information here:
http://www.microsoft.com/online/business-productivity.mspx
Some reviews can be found here:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/03/02/microsoft-expands-online-business-services-trial-to-19-more-countries-signs-glaxosmithkline/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/160462/microsoft_extends_hosted_services_to_europe_asia.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10185073-92.html
Labels: Microsoft Online Services
