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Organisations of all sizes can achieve significant costs savings by adopting core infrastructure best practices for their key server workloads. Using Microsoft's Core Infrastructure Optimization Model as a framework, your organisation can progress over time from a "basic" level of infrastructure optimisation through "standard" and "rationalised" levels to a fully optimised and highly efficient "dynamic" level.
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Savvy companies are doing something about the disparate communication silos that have long dominated the workplace, such as voice, instant messaging, audio/video conferencing, and e-mail, by adopting unified communications.
Learn how Microsoft Unified Communications helped one company create efficiencies across the globe.
Harness the power of software to make it easier for people to communicate.

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SharePoint 2010 enables robust business collaboration for the enterprise and the Web by offering a fuller breadth of capabilities and new enterprise-class management tools.
SharePoint usually becomes so popular that organisations quickly want to expand its use beyond the corporate firewall. That's because businesses, besides sharing information via SharePoint internally, also want to share it externally, by providing vendors, business partners, and clients access to their SharePoint sites.
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Ron Markezich, Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Online Services, comments on the U.S federal government's cloud-based computing vision and initiatives.
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Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V environment.
Download a framework for evaluating the potential financial impact of upgrading from a previous version of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008.
Windows Server 2008 R2 addresses cost savings in a number of areas, including streamlined management, less reliance on expensive third-party software, and more scalable application serving.
SQL Server 2008 can immediately help your business meet the challenges of today's economic environment and prepare for tomorrow's opportunities.
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Google Set to Release Chrome OS in Late Fall
The company said the ship date is late Q4 2010 when Chrome OS was first announced, so it's right on track.
Microsoft Previews Windows Embedded Compact
New community technology preview gives developers a look at the compact version of embeddable Windows.
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One of Microsoft's biggest shows of the year kicks off Sunday and will feature announcements surrounding Office, Visual Studio, SharePoint, cloud computing, and more.
Will Microsoft Join the iPhone Party at WWDC?
Rumors swirl of several moves Microsoft might make in support of Apple, including announcements at next week's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC).
HPs Cloud Computing Push Leads to Layoffs
The computer giant says it will cut 9,000 services jobs, though it also plans to invest heavily in data center automation technology that will lead to more hiring.
Scareware Targeted by FBI
The FBI has moved to nip one of the largest so-called "scareware" Internet scams going. How big has the damage been to date?
Microsoft Reorg Shakes Up Smartphone Group
Two key executives, Robbie Bach and J Allard, are let go in a restructuring to Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division.
Microsoft Speeding Bug Alerts for Governments
Responding to requests from government officials across the globe, Microsoft unveils two new programs that aim to share threat information faster than its normal monthly cycle.
Capgemini to Sell Microsoft Online Services
The global consulting giant signs on to sell and support the software titan's hosted IT services on a worldwide basis.
New Vulnerability Surfaces in 64-Bit Windows
Its the second unpatched zero-day flaw revealed by Microsoft in recent weeks.