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Orchestrate Software Distribution with Windows Intune 2

A mere seven months after introducing its cloud-based PC-management service, Microsoft delivers a worthy update.


 

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Motorola Targets Apple, Microsoft Revenues in Patent Suits

This week, details of two Motorola Mobility patent-oriented legal attacks against Apple and Microsoft, respectively, and both in Germany, were revealed. The goal? To obtain a small but lucrative...

Q: Can I block applications running on mobile devices that are managed with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 by using the Exchange Server connector?

SCCM can be configured to block specific applications but this applies only to certain mobile devices....

Piracy and Consumerization/BYOD

: @orinthomas It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone to learn that the personal computers of a lot of people have what might be delicately termed "software sourced through alternative methods of...


Obviously, Smartphone Shipments Exceeded PC Sales in 2011

Market researchers from Canalys announced that overall sales of smartphone handsets exceeded those of PCs in calendar year 2011. ...

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IE 6 and the Dark Side of Success

Enterprises expect software solutions to last indefinitely; as a result, Microsoft has had to extend support for its aging systems far beyond the original expiration date....


Obviously, Smartphone Shipments Exceeded PC Sales in 2011

Market researchers from Canalys announced that overall sales of smartphone handsets exceeded those of PCs in calendar year 2011. ...

Nokia Sold "Well Over" 1 Million Windows Phones in 2 Months

Nokia announced its financial results for the quarter ending December 31, 2011. And while the press will focus largely on the company's continued attempts to turn things around, there was some good...

Apple Blows the Doors Off in Spectacular Quarter

Apple proved that it's still the master of its domain, posting a net profit of $13 billion on record revenue of $46.3 billion for the most recent quarter, with an astonishing gross margin of almost...


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Droid Razr Maxx: Return of a Smartphone Addict

It's been a while since I've written anything about my life as a smartphone addict. The reason is simple: It's a little embarrassing to claim the moniker of "smartphone addict" ...

Virsto Updates Hyper-V Offering, Brings Storage Virtualization to VMware vSphere

I recently interviewed Gregg Holzrichter, the VP of Marketing for Virsto Software, about two of his company's recently announced products: Virsto 2.0 for Hyper-V, and the first ...

ITC Attorney Claims Barnes & Noble Isn't Violating Microsoft Patents

An on-staff attorney with the ITC believes that ebook reader maker Barnes & Noble should win a patent-infringement lawsuit brought against it by Microsoft.

Top Six things to know about Exchange 2010 archive mailboxes

A couple of recent questions about the exact nature of archive mailboxes prompted consideration of the topic. It’s the nature of software deployment that the finer points of ...

The Consumerization of IT Is Not a Victimless Crime

The trend toward the consumerization of IT has dramatic ramifications for end users who have unwittingly forced their employers to accept these changes.

Q. How can I write a long command, over multiple lines, in either the command prompt window or a batch file?

Writing multiple line scripts? This line continuation character can help.

Obviously, Smartphone Shipments Exceeded PC Sales in 2011

Market researchers from Canalys announced that overall sales of smartphone handsets exceeded those of PCs in calendar year 2011.

Q: How can I tell which virtual machines are using Virtual Machine Device Queues with Hyper-V?

Here's a Windows PowerShell script that tells you if the port is using VMDq.


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