Collaborate Disseminate
Microsoft’s betting big that your enterprise will buy into the cloud — and it wants an ecosystem to get you there
Last minute filing could delay encryption standoff
In an iPhone encryption case that has pitted Apple against the FBI, the White House, and every major presidential candidate, there is at least one more last-minute twist: In a motion filed tonight, Department of Justice lawyers said that an “outside party” has approached the agency with what it claims is a method of unlocking the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters — without Apple’s help.
Continue reading DOJ delays Apple fight after outside party offers help cracking iPhone
As tablets struggle to find market, Apple doubles down with smaller iPad Pro
There were few surprises at today’s Apple event, but there was at least one conspicuously absent announcement that had people talking: Apple didn’t update its line of laptops, which have been gaining marketshare but haven’t seen any updates in over 300 days.
Blame it on Skylake supplies if you’d like, but Apple executives had one key refrain: The iPad truly is the future of personal computing,
according to Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive.
Continue reading Cook on iPad: “It truly is the future of personal computing.”
The future of business tablets still uncertain
Today Apple is reportedly announcing the latest addition to its iPad Pro line, a smaller, 9.7 inch device. There’s been a lot of mixed reviews regarding how well (or not) the iPad has been selling, but one thing is almost universally agreed on: Tablets have not reworked the world of business computing as many thought they might.
Continue reading As Apple unveils new iPad Pro, one question: Do businesses want them?
Customers wary of US data policies can now tap into Azure Deutschland
Microsoft announced a number of new cloud offerings today, including, notably, the availability of Azure Deutschland — a German cloud region that will offer Azure services that come not directly from Microsoft, but from the German data trustee
Deutsche Telekom.
The service, launched in Preview today, is interesting because Microsoft works hard to keep itself at arm’s length from customer data in this region, and to make sure that the data is kept on German grounds.
Continue reading Microsoft opens up Azure cloud in Germany even it can’t access easily
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After Surface challenges, “Redstone 2” held up for hardware
While originally slated for a late 2016 release, Redstone 2, the fourth major update to Windows 10, is reported… Continue reading Fourth major Windows 10 update reportedly pushed back to 2017
Through many years of delivering training on Microsoft Unified Communications products such as Office Communication Server (OCS), Lync Server 2010 and 2013 and now Skype Business server 2015.
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Over the past 3 days the first-ever TechNet Virtual Conference delivered Microsoft’s vision of the future for IT Pros. As a proud media sponsor of the event, we here at IT/Dev Connections hope you enjoyed our live stream and also our unique eng… Continue reading Microsoft TechNet Virtual Conference Next Steps