Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft Forefront UAG 2010 Alleviates Direct Access Headache
Microsoft’s Forefront Unified Access Gateway 2010 addresses many of the shortcomings of the company’s new always-on remote connectivity solution, DirectAccess, providing sorely needed measures of performance and availability scaling, global management, and backward compatibility to help move DirectAccess beyond mere pilot projects to actual deployment on real networks. While Forefront UAG 2010 has its own… Read more
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Virsto Tackles Storage Virtualization
VMware remains by far the market leader in server virtualization, and many VARs have told Channel Insider that they wouldn’t put production servers on anything else, even if their customers may be testing Microsoft’s Hyper-V somewhere in the enterprise. But storage virtualization startup Virsto is placing its initial bet on Microsoft’s Hyper-V. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based… Read more
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Microsoft Updates Mobile Phone Software
(Reuters) – Microsoft launched its new mobile phone operating software on Monday, introducing a range of music, gaming and networking features aimed at expanding its appeal beyond its core business customers. The world’s biggest software company, which is trying to wrest back market share from Apple’s iPhone and Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, said new phones… Read more
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Polycom Adds Video Conferencing to Microsoft Exchange
Polycom this week unveiled tighter integration of its video conferencing systems with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 and Microsoft Exchange e-mail server, and has also introduced a new 42-inch all-in-one HD video conferencing solution. The moves come as Polycom has sharpened its focus on tighter integration with other vendor partners for video conferencing and unified… Read more
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Microsoft Tells Channel To Embrace Hosted Services
A new global SMB study from Microsoft shows that IT is definitely a business enabler, helping to drive higher revenues, and that the hosted services segment is growing much more rapidly than the classic channel model. "If they’re a [classic VAR] not thinking about hosted solutions, that’s something they should be doing," says Elliot Curtis,… Read more
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Kerio Connect 7 Undercuts Microsoft Exchange Price
Cross-platform e-mail server vendor Kerio is taking its technology to a broader audience, introducing Kerio Connect 7, which increases scalability and groupware functionality, and introduces the capability to serve multioffice deployments. The San Jose, Calif.-based company is introducing the major update to its Kerio Mail Server at Macworld in San Francisco this week. Available on… Read more