Natural Disasters, Other Major Events Draw Cyberscams and Phishing Exploits

Phishing exploits in the wake of Hurricane Michael in Florida are just the latest examples of cybercriminals looking to take advantage of people who want to help.
by Jeffrey Burt via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Will Red Hat Survive IBM Ownership?

Big Blue has bet the farm that IBM ownership of Red Hat will pay big dividends.
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Blockchain for Government: Can the Technology Rein in Waste?

Blockchain can be the solution to government spending and fighting counterfeiting, according to panelists at the IoT Blockchain Summit this week, but hurdles remain in implementing it.
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Blockchain for Government: Can the Technology Reign in Waste?

ATLANTA—“I don’t want to go on a rampage. But there’s no accountability [for government spending],” said Georgia Senator Michael Williams at a panel during the IoT Blockchain Summit on Oct. 29. A CPA by trade, Williams took office in 2015 and since t
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Is Said to Pick Xilinx for Half of Azure Servers

Azure will use Xilinx chips as co-processors in more than half of its servers, winning business that has been an exclusive for Intel’s Altera unit. Co-processors are chips that accelerate some functions to relieve the main processor in a server.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Storage Isn’t Safe from Cyber Criminals

Black hat hackers are coming up with more sophisticated forms of attacks all the time; storage is not immune to their efforts.
by Karen D. Schwartz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Does Linux on the Desktop Have a Future?

Linux was created first and foremost with PCs in mind, but Linux on the desktop is no longer where innovation is at.
by Christopher Tozzi via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Building custom Data Collectors for Azure Log Analytics in C#

Windows Server 2019 and What We Need to Do Now: Migrate and Upgrade

The general availability of Windows Server 2019 is big news. Here's how to migrate and upgrade with no surprises. 
by Veeam Guest Blogger via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Making a Case for Microsoft Windows Server Software Defined

Software-defined storage can reduce costs and simplify provisioning - but what do you need to consider?
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En Route to Exascale, Cray Designs a Supercomputer Enterprises Can Use

Eyeing expansion beyond the HPC market, the supercomputer maker designs a system that’s friendlier to traditional enterprise data centers.
by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Apple Revamps IPad With IPhone Features in Tablet Revival

While the tablet market is contracting overall, the iPad has been slowly regaining momentum thanks to new software and lower-priced models, but also because competitors like Amazon.com Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. haven’t wowed the market lately.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

IBM's Rometty Stakes Legacy on Risky $33 Billion Red Hat Deal

Red Hat will improve IBM profit margins, and gets the company further into an emerging part of the business known as hybrid cloud. But some analysts say the deal won’t make IBM a dominant player in the public cloud.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Apple Revamps MacBook Air Laptop for First Time in Eight Years

The revamp of the some of the most popular products in the Mac line comes on the heels of new devices from Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Microsoft Corp. Apple also launched new iPads on Tuesday, showing the company continues to spread its bets with gadgets beyond the key iPhone line.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Windows 10 Security Checklist Starter Kit

Use this checklist to see how your company stacks up in several key areas.
by Adaptiva Guest Blogger via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

OpenStack Foundation Says Its Open Source Edge Platform StarlingX Is Ready to Fly

The OpenStack Foundation has released StarlingX, a new open source platform ready to take you to the edge • It incorporates existing open source applications like Kubernetes with Wind River and Intel's Titanium Cloud code • Wind River said the code was made open source at the insistence of potential customers • The platform offers a compute, storage, and networking solution for a wide variety of edge applications
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

IBM Pursues Amazon Into Cloud

The Red Hat deal represents an admission by IBM that in-house growth wasn’t going to be enough to keep the company from falling permanently behind in a market that is growing in importance and size.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Red Hat Cloud Prowess Drives $33 Billion IBM Deal

Big Blue's acquisition of Red Hat probably has very little to do with Linux and much to do with the cloud.
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

The Future of the Network: Get More or Get Smart

When planning for the future of the network, we can do what we have always done or we can "Get Smart."
by Craig Mathias via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

IBM to Buy Red Hat for $33 Billion in Biggest-Ever Acquisition

Acquiring Red Hat makes IBM “a credible player in cloud now -- both private and hybrid cloud,” Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Anurag Rana said. “This gives them an asset that looks forward and not backwards.”
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Is Artificial Intelligence Storage Better Than Traditional Cloud Storage?

NetApp's Octavian Tanase discusses the ways in which artificial intelligence storage will increase companies' ability to exploit data.
by Karen D. Schwartz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

How STIX, TAXII and CyBOX Combine to Form a Threat Intelligence Ecosystem

Amalgamated threat intelligence is powerful, but procedural mechanisms need to evolve before widespread implementation becomes both cautious and effective.
by Tom Henderson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Hard Drive Disposal: It Ain't Over Till It's (Really) Over

Understanding where your data resides is the first step to safe and effective hard drive disposal. Here's how--and what else you need to do.
by Brien Posey via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Perforce Adds Slack Support to Helix ALM

'Where humans are, e-mail never works.' Slack support fills the gap at work.
by Simon Bisson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Ruckus Wireless IoT Strategy Draws on Its Hotel Experience

In hotels, the networking company adopts an IoT strategy that seeks to simplify connectivity for everything from door locks to panic buttons.  
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

What to Expect from Microsoft Connect() 2018 for Developers

Microsoft Connect() is a developer-centric online conference that provides the latest updates on various tools from Microsoft and their use by developers. Also: information about version control in G Suite, general availability of Microsoft's 2019 version of their on-premises server software, a security update validation program from Microsoft, and enterprise admin related updates in the Chrome 70 release.
by Richard Hay, Lisa Schmeiser via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Cloud Computing Certification Helps IT Recruitment Efforts

Paying for employees to get a cloud computing certification is helping ManTech recruit the best in government IT.
by Nicole Henderson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Lenovo Buys Stake in Hyperconverged Infrastructure Firm Scale Computing

Lenovo has become one of the largest stakeholders in the hyperconverged infrastructure company Scale Computing • The Chinese hardware vendor led Scale’s latest $34.8 million funding round • Together, the partners are going after small and mid-size businesses that need computing capacity in many remote locations but have limited IT resources
by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Facing the Endpoint Reality

We have become a truly mobile and distributed workforce. This comes with benefits but has also introduced complexity and security challenges. That’s why it is important to understand the latest trends in unified endpoint management (UEM). This infogr
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Unified Endpoint Management

For corporate IT departments and executives, the opportunity to deliver valuable digital services and data resources to internal business users and external customers has never been greater. Unfortunately, managing these ever-expanding and increasing
by via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Trends Driving Big Changes in Endpoint Management

With today’s challenges of device proliferation, security and compliance - understanding the latest trends will help you take control of your endpoints
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Recent Security Breaches Come at Great Cost--Including Jobs

A Kaspersky Lab report found that employees have been laid off in the wake of recent security breaches where data was stolen or compromised.
by Jeffrey Burt via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

What the Hotel Panic Button Momentum Means for Networking

The hotel panic button could see mainstream adoption in the United States by 2020. Read on to hear how it might change the hospitality networking landscape.
by Larry Birnbaum via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Alphabet Revenue Misses Estimates as Partner Payments Rise

Google Cloud Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene has been aggressively pursuing new corporate customers, but the business still lags behind Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Corp.’s Azure. The company’s "other revenue" bucket, which includes cloud, hardware and app sales, grew 29 percent to $4.64 billion in the period.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Amazon Sales, Revenue Forecast Miss Estimates; Shares Decline

The company showed slowing revenue growth in all categories quarter over quarter, including online sales and subscription sales, Amazon Web Services sales and its fast-growing advertising business.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Trump Orders National Spectrum Policy as Industry Races to 5G

Trump signed a memorandum directing Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to work with agencies and industry to develop a policy that will increase access to airwaves for all users, Michael Kratsios, a White House technology adviser, said in a call with reporters.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Your Data Center Is Part of Oracle’s Cloud Site Selection Strategy

Ellison pitches on-prem version of cloud platform for the security and performance conscious.
by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Podcast: Interview with Microsoft's Anthony Bartolo about IT Pros and IoT

After attending one of his sessions at our IT/Dev Connections conference in Dallas last week, I asked Microsoft's Anthony Bartolo, a member of the companies Azure Cloud Ops Advocate team, to sit down and talk about his take on IT Pros and IoT.
by Richard Hay via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Cloud Computing Cost Savings and Optimization Tips

Unlike death and taxes, cloud computing cost savings are not a sure thing. Here's how to get the most value out of your use of the cloud.
by Christopher Tozzi via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Sales, Profit Jump as Cloud-Fueled Growth Persists

Profit and sales for the period ended Sept. 30 exceeded analysts’ estimates, with revenue from Azure cloud-computing services jumping 76 percent. Office 365, the internet-based versions of the company’s productivity applications, saw sales to corporations climb 36 percent.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Facial Recognition Scanning Taking Off Across US

One of the latest examples of the nexus of IoT and AI gaining widespread adoption, facial recognition scanning is gaining ground for security applications in public spaces.
by Mary Scott Nabers via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Physical Security: Using IoT to Control US Borders

The prospect of building a border wall has itself hit a brick wall. Building an IoT-based virtual wall would face less resistance.
by Mary Scott Nabers via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Facebook, Twitter Can't Find China Election Meddling Trump Cites

Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. haven’t detected Chinese meddling in the 2018 elections, company officials said, casting doubt on claims by President Donald Trump that the Asian nation is trying to interfere.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Apple CEO Slams Silicon Valley Rivals Over Use of Data

“We at Apple believe that privacy is a fundamental human right but also recognize that not everyone sees it that way,” Tim Cook said, referring to his competitors. “The desire to put profits over privacy is nothing new.”
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Bluetooth Vulnerabilities: Researchers Explore 'Side Channel' Attacks

Side channel attacks make many kinds of "conversations" visible and adding to the list of Bluetooth vulnerabilities.
by Tom Henderson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

The Cloud, Attacks, and You: Security Considerations for Office 365

Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2018Time: 02:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeDuration: 1 hour With most organizations either on or moving to Office 365, the logical perimeter now extends beyond the network, providing external and internal attackers alike an e
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Oracle Cloud Applications Get AI Boost with DataFox Acquisition

Oracle cloud applications will benefit from DataFox technology, which uses AI to clean up data.
by Nicole Henderson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Amazon Lobbying Reaches Company Record Amid Pentagon Competition

Amazon.com Inc. set its second consecutive quarterly record on spending to influence U.S. policy makers in the third quarter as it competed for a $10 billion cloud-computing contract with the Pentagon.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Israel Startup Rolls Out Tiny Solar Panels for Smart Electronics

3GSolar Photovoltaics is targeting smart home devices, from sensors that transmit information about light and humidity to thermostats that regulate heating and air conditioning. Buildings are increasingly becoming digitized to increase energy efficiency. The number of Internet-connected devices is expected to grow 12 percent annually to 125 billion in 2030, according to forecasts from IHS Markit Ltd.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

It's Time to Redefine Data Loss Prevention

As the DLP (Data Loss Prevention) Magic Quadrant evolves to a Market Guide, security and risk management leaders must implement a holistic data security governance strategy that results in data protection throughout the information life cycle, built
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Complete data protection

Data protection is a balancing act between the need to protect data and the need to protect access to data. The trick lies with deploying the right protection across the different systems and types of data, since they each require different forms of
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Oracle Expanding New Cloud Platform to 13 Regions by 2019

Oracle’s newest cloud platform will soon be hosted in at least nine additional locations around the world besides the four it’s hosted in now • That’s according to a slide from Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison’s keynote at OpenWorld in San Francisco Monday • The company expects them all to be online in 2019 • Oracle will still have a lot of ground to cover if it wants to reach the kind of scale its biggest rivals AWS and Azure have reached
by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

New App Dev Models Require New Monitoring Tools

New Relic adds support for cloud-hosted microservices in its APM Pro product, reflecting changing app dev models.
by Simon Bisson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Quest Unified Endpoint Management

Endpoint management has become more complex. Besides deploying and maintaining a growing range of devices, IT administrators also need to continually meet compliance standards and protect their organization’s network.  Quest has the technologies to h
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Ensuring a Successful Windows 10 Migration

Endpoint management has become increasingly complex. Besides deploying and maintaining a range of devices, operating systems and applications, you need to continually protect your network from increasing cyberthreats. Upgrading your environment to Wi
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Managing All Devices with Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)

How many management consoles does it take you to see ALL the devices on your network? Most IT admins need one for desktops and laptops, another for mobile devices, and still another for printers, projectors, personally owned BYO devices, gateways and
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Best Ways to Extend Endpoint Management and Security to Mobile Devices

Does your endpoint management extend all the way to management of your mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets? This paper explores the best ways to enroll, inventory, configure and secure mobile devices as you do your traditional devices. Downl
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The Ten Key Features You Need in a Service Desk Solution

Keeping users happy and boosting IT productivity is easier than you think when you have an effective service desk tool. Read this white paper to discover the ten key features to look for in a service desk solution. You'll also learn how to: Improve u
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Rackspace Teams with Zerto for Expanded DRaaS

Rackspace formalizes its partnership with Zerto with its Rackspace DRaaS for Zerto, disaster recovery services for customer applications that run on-premises.
by Lynn Haber via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Ellison Touts Hardware “Barriers” and “Robots” Guarding Oracle’s Cloud

Oracle CTO Larry Ellison touted “impenetrable barriers” and “autonomous robots” that guard Oracle’s second-generation cloud platform in his opening keynote for Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco Monday • The robots refer to automated threat detection and remediation • The barriers are formed by what he described as a network of dedicated computers that secure the cloud platform • By highlighting these security features, Ellison sought to differentiate Oracle from other cloud providers, placing particular focus on market leader Amazon Web Services
by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Resource: RSS Feed Lists for Microsoft Tech Community Sites

You may have noticed recently Microsoft has been doing some house cleaning and organization when it comes to their technical product sites. We have compiled the RSS feed lists that you can use to stay on top of all this content on the new site using your favorite RSS reader or service.
by Richard Hay via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Arm’s IoT Platform for a 1 Trillion Device World

The company’s IoT platform strategy embraces both software and hardware.
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Apple, AWS CEOs Say Bloomberg Should Retract the Spy Chip Story

Apple and AWS CEOs have called on Bloomberg to retract its story that alleges their hardware has been compromised by a malicious Chinese spy chip • Apple’s Tim Cook called for the retraction in an interview with BuzzFeed Friday • AWS CEO Andy Jassy did so in a tweet Monday
by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Tiny Wireless-Network Experiment Falters as AT&T, Verizon Balk

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote Tuesday to abandon its novel small-area plan and instead offer larger licenses covering a minimum of a county. The vote came after carriers such as AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc., who can afford to wire larger areas, persuaded the regulators to reconsider.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

There were giants in those days, there are giants these days.

Patrick was my friend.

He was more a personal friend than a professional acquaintance, not to say he didn’t influence me professionally. There is no one in the SharePoint-verse who does not owe a debt of gratitude to Patrick. These days, now the community has grown so large around the world, and in some ways has become overly narcissistic it’s easy to overlook how it all begun, with the selfless and kind contributions of a small band of people. Patrick “Profke” Tisseghem was foremost among them. He was also a first rate engineer and teacher – a rare breed indeed. Most importantly, he was wickedly funny and always kind.

Ten years since he passed way too soon, the folks at the Belgian Information Worker User Group, of which he was a founding father, and some of his friends put together a touching tribute at the SharePoint Saturday Belgium event in Brussels. With their permission, you can check it out. Apologies in advance for the amateur camerawork.

Thank you, Patrick.

by Spence via harbar.net

DFFS Package updated to v4.4.3.57

I have released a new version of the DFFS package (v4.4.3.57) with a few bugfixes.

You find the change log here and the files in the download section of the user manual.

Please post any comments in the forum.

Best regards,
Alexander

by Alexander Bautz via SharePoint JavaScripts

Pocophone F1: Will This Cheap Phone Cost You in the End?

For U.S. users, a cheap phone with higher-end capabilities is something of a curiosity as devices such as the new iPhone models push past the $1,000 mark.
by Paul Heltzel via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

5 Times You Can't Leverage the Advantages of Cloud Computing

The cloud does offer many benefits, but the advantages of cloud computing don't play out for every application or for every company.
by Christopher Tozzi via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Learning about Blockchain: Recommended Courses, Books and More

No matter how you prefer to learn, there’s a resource suited to your needs for learning about blockchain.
by Christopher Tozzi via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Android Operating System-Based Devices 'Phone Home' 10x More Than iOS Devices

A recent study found that devices based on the Android operating system send data back to Google servers 10 times as often as iPhones contact Apple servers.
by Paul Heltzel via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Acquisition of GitHub Clears European Commission Review

The European Commission has cleared the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub, a significant hurdle as the commission approves the purchase and states they have no concerns about competition from other areas of that market after their merger. ALSO: Google working to teach about biases in ML data sets and a new way for OEMs to get firmware updates to their hardware devices.
by Richard Hay, Lisa Schmeiser via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Canonical Eyes FinTech With Ubuntu Server 18.10

Canonical says that the latest version of its Ubuntu Server Linux operating system incorporates input from the financial services industry.
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Acquisition of GitHub Clears European Commision Review

The European Commission has cleared the Microsoft acquisition of GitHub, a significant hurdle as the commission approves the purchase and states they have no concerns about competition from other areas of that market after their merger. ALSO: Google working to teach about biases in ML data sets and a new way for OEMs to get firmware updates to their hardware devices.
by Richard Hay, Lisa Schmeiser via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Apple to Unveil IPad, MacBook Laptop Overhauls on Oct. 30

The launch event continues a busy fall season for Apple, which last month released the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and a new Apple Watch. The iPhone XR, a lower-cost iPhone with a nearly all-screen front, goes on sale Oct. 26.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Dell EMC Targets Cyberattacks with New Software, Services

Dell EMC is using a layered approach – hardware, software and services – to provide a last line of data protection defense against cyberattacks.
by Lynn Haber via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Companies Eyeing AI for IoT Security: Survey

A study by the Ponemon Institute and Aruba Networks says overwhelmed security teams are looking to AI and machine learning for help with IoT security.
by Jeffrey Burt via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

SUSE Expands Academic Program to Train More Open-Source Workers

The free SUSE training program aims to help universities, schools and other learning institutions provide open source skills to IT workers.
by Todd R. Weiss via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Rethinking Recovery and Ransomware

Even your Data Protection needs Data Protection
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Building Effective Data Visualizations for Business Intelligence

Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2018Time: 12:00 PM Eastern Standard TimeDuration: 1 hour To gain insights from Business Intelligence, you need to easily see and understand what the data tells you by using data visualizations. While these charts and gra
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Course Offers Practical Cybersecurity Awareness Training

InfoSec Institute, a cybersecurity education provider, has launched a pragmatic cybersecurity awareness training.
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Are Consumers Worried Enough to Buy a Personal Computer Server?

The Helm Personal Server promises keep private messages from being hacked or accessed by governments and law enforcement. Future products include on-device versions of popular cloud services like file storage and sharing, password management and a virtual private network to make online connections more anonymous.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Dusty Prodigy Accounts, Lost Tablets Put Company Secrets at Risk

Even after high-profile security breaches at Target Corp., Facebook Inc., and Google, 56 percent of directors and 51 percent of C-suite executives are using personal email, rather than a corporate account, to send sensitive company information..
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Lenovo and Scale Pitch Hyperconverged Boxes for the Edge of Enterprise Networks

Lenovo has partnered with hyperconverged infrastructure platform developer Scale Computing to offer an out-of-the-box HCI solution for edge computing • The solution combines Lenovo hardware with Scale's HC3 platform, which brings together storage, servers, and virtualization • HC3 has been available and fully supported on Dell hardware since 2012 and on equipment from Super Micro for about three years, a Scale rep told Data Center Knowledge
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

SSH Authentication Bug Opens Door If You Say You're Logged-In

Due to a coding error, the libssh SSH authentication library would pass anyone who said they'd already successfully logged-in.
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

IoT Security Issues: Airline’s Cybersecurity Leader Weighs In

At the IoT Security Summit in Dallas, Southwest Airlines’ Adi Pradeep suggested that businesses will need to suffer a ‘wake-up call’ similar to the Target data breach before they’ll get serious about IoT security issues.
by Courtney Bjorlin via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

IT, Cybersecurity Professionals Unprepared for Windows 7 End of Life

A new survey by Avecto shows many organizations are unprepared for Windows 7 end of life and don't understand the potential risks of migration.
by Edward Gately via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Twitter Posts Millions of Tweets Linked to Russia, Iran Meddling

The social media company has previously disclosed the activities, going back to 2016, but said in a blog post Wednesday that it was opening up the data to the public to encourage independent analysis by researchers, academics and journalists.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Democrats Eye `Internet Bill of Rights' If They Win U.S. House

Google, Facebook Inc. and other online companies can expect greater scrutiny and possibly legislation from a Democratic-led Congress, a Silicon Valley lawmaker close to the party leadership said.
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Ruckus President Opens Up on Strategy and IoT Networks

Ian Whiting is a people person. And when asked how he sorts his priorities as the newly minted president of Ruckus Networks, Whiting stressed the importance of listening. “It’s a bit of a cliché, but it’s like being coach of a football team. Your job
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

New Pluralsight Course: Migrating to Office 365 SharePoint Online

I am extremely happy to announce that my 14th Pluralsight course and probably last one of 2018 (as the conference season is picking up!) is published and this one is on how to migrate from on-premises SharePoint Server and file shares, to SharePoint Online in Office 365! We will cover things such as the SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool (SMAT), the SharePoint Migration Tool and of course, some PowerShell!

Here is the official description:

As organizations are moving to the cloud, IT professionals will be charged of migrating their file shares / SharePoint on-premises content in SharePoint Online. In this course, Migrating to Office 365 SharePoint Online, you will learn how to use different tools to successfully do your migration to SharePoint Online. First, you will learn how to analyze your current SharePoint Farm. Next, you will discover the different Microsoft tools that we can use to do our migration. Finally, you will explore other options for migrating to SharePoint Online. When you’re finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge of SharePoint Migrations needed to successfully migrate file shares and SharePoint sites to SharePoint Online.

You can find the course at: https://spvlad.com/MigrateToSPO

 

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Tech Disruptions Are the Rule, Not the Exception

According to IDC, more than 90 percent of organizations have experienced some type of tech disruption in the last two years.
by Karen D. Schwartz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

U.K. Cyber Security Center Says Most Attacks From Hostile States

In the organization’s second annual report, published Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Ciaran Martin wrote he’s in “little doubt” the U.K. will be victim of a “Category One Attack” on critical national infrastructure in the future, highlighting Russia as one of the states most likely to launch an assault.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

IBM Misses Sales Estimates, Casting Doubt on Growth Engines

The newer businesses IBM has been counting on to spur future, sustainable growth -- known as “strategic imperatives” -- have yet to fulfill their promise. The group includes IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence program, security software and cloud computing.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Citrix Virtual Tech Summit

How to create a digital workspace
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Getting Started with BYOK in Azure Storage - Encrypt data at rest with your own encryption keys

Is Employee Security Training Worth It?

IT pros have mixed feelings on how effective employee training initiatives are in improving their company’s overall security posture. While employee security training can be a cost-effective way to improve awareness, it does lack some of the scalability and automation of other technical-based solutions.
by Nicole Henderson via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft's Peace Treaty With the 'Linux System'

The company has joined OIN, giving up its ability to sue users of Linux for infringing any of 90,000 or so patents it holds. Not everyone in the open source community believes in its good intentions.
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Paul Allen, Billionaire Who Co-Founded Microsoft, Dies at 65

Allen died on Monday in Seattle from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a statement from Vulcan Inc., his investment firm. Allen’s source for his varied investments and sizable charitable donations was his once-major stake in Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft. He had a net worth of $26.1 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

TypeScript Tutorial: How to Make Code Reusable

In this TypeScript tutorial, the last in a three-part series, we explain how to adhere to the DRY principle — making TypeScript code reusable — using generics and namespaces.
by Chander Dhall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Aims to Raise Cortana's Business Cred through the Use of Natural Language Processing

Will Cortana be the Alexa of the office? Microsoft's investment in the use of natural language processing was all over Ignite announcements.
by Terri Coles via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

7 Proven Strategies for Keeping IoT Projects on Track

It’s not easy to launch successful IoT projects. The director of innovation strategy at Nerdery shares advice on how to do just that.
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Facebook Says Hackers Stole Detailed Personal Data From 14 Million People

Facebook Inc. said intimate information, including search results, recent locations and hometowns, were stolen from 14 million users by attackers in a major hack of the social network disclosed two weeks ago.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Adobe Photoshop Is Coming to Apple’s IPad in Mobile-App Push

Adobe Inc. unveiled a new generation of Photoshop that will be available on Apple Inc.’s iPad for the first time, signaling an acceleration in the software maker’s drive to boost sales with more mobile applications.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Cloud Foundry Goes All-In With Kubernetes

The Cloud Foundry Foundation announced two new Kubernetes-focused projects at its EU Summit in Switzerland • The move comes after last year's addition of its Container Runtime for deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters • Foundation CTO called it an example of the open source PaaS platform's "evolutionary directions"
by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

TypeScript Tutorial: Beyond the Basics

In this TypeScript tutorial, the second in a three-part series, we explore how functions are created, how arrow functions work, the purpose of classes and why interfaces are important.
by Chander Dhall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

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by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

How Do You Play 'Halo' on a Phone? Stream It From an Azure Data Center Nearby

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by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

DFFS Package updated to v4.4.3.55

I have released a new version of the DFFS package (v4.4.3.55) with a few bugfixes and some new functionality / changes.

You find the change log here and the files in the download section of the user manual.

Please post any comments in the forum.

Best regards,
Alexander

by Alexander Bautz via SharePoint JavaScripts

Top 100 Norwegian blogs

I want to thank Feedspot for listing my blog among the top 100 Norwegian blogs.

Alexander

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IBM Protests Pentagon’s Cloud Contract Seen to Favor Amazon

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Chief Backs Federal Privacy Law Over State Efforts

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

The Threat You Can’t See: SSL, Cyberattacks, and You

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My Session Resources from Microsoft Ignite 2018!

It’s been a week since Microsoft Ignite 2018, and now that all my sessions have been posted, I wanted to share the three sessions I had presented over there, as well as a few resources!

BRK3273 – From start to finish: How to create your modern SharePoint site provisioning solution

Speakers: Vlad Catrinescu, Drew Madelung

Creating modern SharePoint sites only takes a second but what if you want to customize or control that process? It can be a challenge to keep up with all the sites in an organization and can affect support and governance of a SharePoint environment. In this session, learn how to use Microsoft’s latest tools such as Site Designs, Site Scripts, PnP Site Provisioning, PowerApps and Flow to create a full site provisioning system with custom templates, custom branding, and easy approval before creation!

Ressources:
https://github.com/vladcatrinescu/Ignite-2018

BRK1109 – Three must-have workflows with Microsoft Flow

Speakers: Vlad Catrinescu 

Process automation is one of the most powerful benefits that SharePoint offers. In this session, we use Microsoft’s preferred workflow tool, Microsoft Flow, and look at three real-life examples of processes that you can automate by using Microsoft Flow.

Resources:
https://github.com/vladcatrinescu/Ignite-2018/blob/master/BRK1109/Flow%20Screenshots.docx?raw=true

THR2131 – Three PowerShell reports every Office 365 admin needs to have

Speakers: Vlad Catrinescu 

PowerShell not only gives administrators access to all the settings in Office 365, it makes it easy to connect to multiple services and gather information to create useful reports. In this short session, we look at three reports every Office 365 administrator needs to have in their toolbox!

Resources: https://github.com/vladcatrinescu/Ignite-2018

I hope you enjoy, and if there any questions, feel free to ask them over here!

The post My Session Resources from Microsoft Ignite 2018! appeared first on Absolute SharePoint Blog by Vlad Catrinescu.

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Podcast: Q&A with Rick Claus, Microsoft Cloud Ops Advocate Team

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Amazon Is Said to Get $1 Billion in Deals With SAP, Symantec

The contracts are each worth $500 million over 5 years, the text of an Amazon email from September showed.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Google Reveals New Pixel Phone, Speaker to Chase Apple, Amazon

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

When Linux Founder Linus Torvalds Leaves, Pandemonium Breaks Loose

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by Christine Hall via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Google Drops Out of Pentagon's $10 Billion Cloud Competition

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Boasts of a Security Win Ahead of Pentagon Cloud Bids

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Three Options for SQL Server Performance Tuning

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by Tim Ford via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

UK Firm Gospel Sees Bright Future in Blockchain Data Storage

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by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Kespry CEO Takes a Bird’s-Eye View on Artificial Intelligence

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by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Drones and AI Ward Off Shark Attacks as Predators Hunt Closer to Shore

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Facebook Launches Video Device, Says Privacy is 'Very, Very, Very Important'

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Secure your data in Azure Storage Accounts using RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)

Ceph-Based Storage Holds Efficiency Promise

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by Karen D. Schwartz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Can Cross-Border Cooperation Between U.S., China Keep Artificial Intelligence Benefits Coming?

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by Terri Coles via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

U.S. Agency Backs Tech Firms Denying China Hacked Their Systems

The Department of Homeland Security said it has no reason to question denials by U.S. technology companies of a report that Chinese spies had used a microchip to hack into American computer networks.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Secure your Azure Storage Accounts with restrictions based on public IP addresses

Developing a Mobile App Strategy

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by Craig Mathias via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Enhanced Storage Management with Data Deduplication

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Cloudera and Hortonworks to Merge and Roll Out End-to-End Data Platform

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by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Building a Software-Defined Self-Optimizing Internet of Things

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by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Microsoft Announces General Availability of Windows Server 2019

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by Richard Hay via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Embracing the Cloud in the Public Sector

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AWS, Apple, Supermicro Attack Bloomberg’s Spy Chip Report

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by Yevgeniy Sverdlik via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

What's in the Windows 10 October 2018 Update for IT Pros

This week Microsoft began the rollout of the sixth feature update for Windows 10. Although it is too early for enterprise customers to be considering this build for widespread deployment in their organizations, early access and testing will help prepare for that process when it arrives.
by Richard Hay via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

China Spy Chips Report Adds Pressure on Pentagon Cloud Security

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Strategies to Enabling the Hybrid Cloud

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Are We About to See a 1,000x Increase in Solid State Storage Capacity?

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by Brien Posey via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

10 Best iOS 12 Features for Business

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by Paul Heltzel via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Soon Autosave Will Be Enabled By Default in Office Desktop Applications

Melinda Gates Urges Tech Firms to Do More to Help the World's Poor

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Hackers Behind Clinton Leak Now Spying on Europeans, Study Says

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

D-Wave to Give Coders Free Time on Its Latest Quantum Computers

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by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

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Deploy your database with flexibility, security, and performance

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DFFS Package updated to v4.4.3.54

I have released a new version of the DFFS package (v4.4.3.54) with a few bugfixes and some new functionality / changes.

You find the change log here and the files in the download section of the user manual.

Please post any comments in the forum.

Best regards,
Alexander

by Alexander Bautz via SharePoint JavaScripts

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Software-Defined Networks: Paradigm Shift

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by Richard Hay via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Windows 10 October 2018 Update Now Available

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Windows 10 October 2018 Update Available Starting Today

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by Richard Hay via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Solved:

Using a Registration Receiver to Map User Data

Registration Receiver

One of the first things that I do when I get something new is make it uniquely my own. When I got my new desk, I broke out the drill and installed a USB Hub. New car… seat covers and dice for my mirror. New house… paint every room in the house (ok, so that one was actually my wife’s choice) but I think there is something about customizing or personalizing that makes the experience feel special and unique in some way. Your SharePoint extranet powered by ExCM should be no different!

AD vs. HUIL

Most people who have worked with SharePoint for a while know that Active Directory is the default location that is used to pull user information from. What some do not know is that there is another list that can be populated by AD called the User Information List, or sometimes called the Hidden User Information List. Typically this list is kept in Sync with Active Directory by the User Profile Service taking data from AD and adding it to the HUIL. In this article we will walk you though how to use this HUIL to store data about your external users. To access your HUIL, just browse out to;

http://sharepointsite/sites/site/_catalogs/users/detail.aspx

http://extranet.awbikes.com/vendors/Acme/_catalogs/users/detail.aspx

SP User Registration

When an internal user logs into a site collection, their First and Last Name is displayed in the top right corner. This information is stored in Active Directory. However, your Forms Based Users are not stored in AD and therefore their user name is typically just their email address. We created the SPUser Registration Receiver to help personalize the experience for your external user and add their first and last name to the user information. The following code is used to accomplish this for us.

<add name="SPUser"

spUserFieldMap="Title=$registrationItem.FieldAnswers.get_Item('FirstName').Value $registrationItem.FieldAnswers.get_Item('LastName').Value;" type="SPSolutions.SharePoint.ExCM.ExtranetSPUserRegistrationReceiver, SPSolutions.SharePoint.ExCM, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=fdcedad4c93ea981" />

Assign a Department (built In)

Now that we know about the HUIL and have seen a registration receiver in action, let’s work through setting up our own registration receiver. For this example, we are going to add a new registration field and allow our end user to assign a department from a drop down list.

First, let’s create the registration field by adding a global registration field through the Global Application Settings ExCM menu. We could also create a registration field on an individual site collection, in case you have one site collection that you need to collect different information than the rest of your site collections

[Steps to add a drop down list to a registration page] 

Now that the field is there, let’s test to ensure that we did not break anything. We browse out to the site and register as sally in the accounting department.

Now that she is registered we browse out to the HUIL and see that she is added but the department did not show up. 

To correct this, we now need to add some logic to our web.config file so that we map the answer to the “department” registration field to the department field in the HUIL

[steps to add department registration receiver]

Open the Web App’s web.config file by browsing out to the Virtual Directory (in our case C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\extranet.awbikes.com80)

Make a backup copy of the web.config file

Search for <registrationReceivers>

Copy the following text and paste just above SPUser line

<add name="SPDepartment" spUserFieldMap="Department=$registrationItem.FieldAnswers.get_Item('Department').Value;" type="SPSolutions.SharePoint.ExCM.ExtranetSPUserRegistrationReceiver, SPSolutions.SharePoint.ExCM, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=fdcedad4c93ea981" />

Save your web.config file.

Now that we have the Department registration receiver in place, lets create a new user and test. We browse out to the site and register as Tom from the Accounting department

We can see that the user was created and now has the appropriate department listed as chosen by the drop down box on the registration page

Be sure to check out our next post on how to take this a step further and assign a photo based on registration answer

by noreply@blogger.com (Johnathan Horton) via SharePoint Solutions Blog

Can IoT Help End World Hunger? HPE and WEF Think So.

The prospect of the Internet of Things helping end world hunger may sound like a lofty goal, but HPE and the World Economic Forum are creating a step-by-step plan to make it happen.
by Brian Buntz via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

San Francisco, New York Lead U.S. Wage Growth Thanks to Big Tech

America’s tech hub is leading the country in wage growth, according to a new report.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

Is Windows Dead?

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Microsoft Fellow: Inject Social Responsibility into the Software Development Processes

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Trump Administration Sues California Over Net Neutrality Law

Just after California Governor Jerry Brown signed a state net neutrality bill in defiance of federal regulations, the Trump Administration asked a court to block California from attempting to restore Obama-era rules requiring open access to the internet.
by Bloomberg via IT Pro - Microsoft Windows Information, Solutions, Tools

7 IoT Technology Highlights from Dreamforce

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