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Jeff James

Jeff James is industry news analyst for Windows IT Pro. He was previously editor-in-chief of Microsoft's TechNet Magazine, was an editorial director at the LEGO Company, and has more than 15 years of experience as a technology writer and journalist.
Email: jeff.james@penton.com

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Apple Ships Flashback Malware Removal Tool for OS X 10.5, Patches Quicktime for Windows

By Jeff James, 05/16/2012

Windows 7 is arguably one of the most hardened and regularly updated OSes available, and now Apple and the Macintosh are in the headlines for fighting off malware and patching ...

Microsoft Study Attempts to Dispel Cloud Security Concerns

By Jeff James, 05/14/2012

Concerns about cloud security have helped dampen enthusiasm for cloud computing among some IT professionals, a perception that Microsoft hopes to reverse with some findings from a ...

Microsoft Revamps Bing with Social Search, Updated UI

By Jeff James, 05/11/2012

Google is the undisputed king of internet search, but Microsoft has been a distant (albeit tenacious) competitor. Microsoft hopes to change that situation with some forthcoming ...

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches 23 Vulnerabilities, Addresses "Sons of Duqu"

By Jeff James, 05/09/2012

Another Patch Tuesday has passed, with Microsoft releasing a total of seven security bulletins that address 23 security vulnerabilities. Three of these are classified as ...

Juniper Survey Reveals Lack of Trust in Mobile Device Security

By Jeff James, 05/09/2012

Mobile devices are showing up in ever-increasing numbers in enterprises these days, from smartphones and ultralight notebooks to iPads and Androids tablets. The bring your own ...

VMware Experts on Twitter

By Jeff James, 05/07/2012

Sometime last year I posted an article listing some of the best Microsoft Hyper-V resources on Twitter. It was one of the most well-received articles I'd posted in 2011, so I ...

StillSecure Unveils Public Cloud Security Suite

By Jeff James, 05/02/2012

Cloud computing adoption is gradually picking up steam, yet legitimate concerns about security, data portability, auditing, compliance, and other issues have kept some IT ...

VMware Acquires Big Data Startup Cetas Software

By Jeff James, 04/24/2012

VMware seems to be on a roll these days, having announced impressive earnings last week that included a hefty $1.06 billion in revenue for Q1 2012, a more than 25% increase over ...

MMS 2012: Will MMS 2013 Be Colocated with TechEd 2013?

By Jeff James, 04/23/2012

Microsoft announced that MMS 2013 will be held June 2013 in New Orleans. Given that TechEd normally falls in June, is it possible that both shows will share the same dates and ...

Buyer's Guide: Hardware Firewall Appliances for SMBs

By Jeff James, 04/21/2012

A fundamental shift in what firewalls are expected to do has led to a new class of products known as Next Generation Firewalls and many new features.

MMS 2012: Secret MMS 2013 Planning Document Revealed

By Jeff James, 04/18/2012

In one of the lighter moments of today's MMS keynote, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson was telling keynote attendees about the time and effort Microsoft went ...

MMS 2012: Windows Intune Gets Enhanced Mobile Device Support

By Jeff James, 04/18/2012

Brad Anderson once again took the keynote spotlight at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) in Las Vegas this morning, this time focusing primarily on Microsoft's approach to ...

MMS 2012: System Center 2012 Released, Windows Server '8' Now Windows Server 2012

By Jeff James, 04/17/2012

Speaking in front of 5300 attendees at the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) here at the Venetian in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson used his keynote ...

MMS 2012: Revamped Microsoft Certifications Reflect Demand for Cloud Skills

By Jeff James, 04/16/2012

It's the first day of the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 in Las Vegas this week, and we're expecting to hear more about Microsoft's plans for System Center 2012 and the ...

Windows IT Pro at MMS 2012

By Jeff James, 04/13/2012

Like every MMS that has preceded it, this year's show will focus on Microsoft's System Center product family, which has gone through a significant transformation over the last ...

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Releases Four Critical Updates

By Jeff James, 04/12/2012

Microsoft released a new round of updates for a variety of products and platforms on Patch Tuesday this week, prefaced by a reminder that support for Windows XP and Office 2003 ...

HP Details Cloud Strategy, Opens Public Cloud Beta in May

By Jeff James, 04/10/2012

It may be late to the public cloud computing party, but HP definitely made a grand entrance today by taking the wraps off of its HP Converged Cloud initiative, which includes a ...

Ericom Discusses VMware WSX, AccessNow 2.0

By Jeff James, 04/09/2012

AccessNow uses modern web browsers -- specifically those that support the canvas and web sockets features of HTML 5 -- to allow direct access to virtual machines that may be ...

Cisco, EMC Join Forces to Offer Cloud, Virtualization Training

By Jeff James, 04/02/2012

With demand for IT professionals with virtualization and cloud computing skills booming, Cisco and EMC announced this morning that they've partnered to develop and offer ...

Review: Samsung Galaxy S II

By Jeff James, 03/29/2012

Find out how the Samsung Galaxy S II compares to Apple's iPhone 4S. If you're in the market for a good Android-powered smartphone, you can't go wrong with the Galaxy S II.



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