Cloud Service Models (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS) + How Microsoft Office 365, Azure Fit In
Cloud is a hot, but ambiguous buzzword in the IT industry. A Sofware Developer may describe the Cloud in a different way than a System Admin, while a Database Admin may have an altogether different definition. What constitutes the cloud is a rather complicated question. However, there is one common…
Pirate Bay co-founder plans Hemlis, an encrypted messaging app where ‘no one …
In the wake of recent revelations about NSA surveillance efforts, the co-founder of The Pirate Bay has launched a drive to crowdsource funding for a new mobile messaging app one so secure that its creators say they couldn’t turn over people’s messages even if they wanted to. Hemlis (it means…
It is Saudi-backed military coup in Egypt, Obama just dragging his heels over it
Afshin Rattansi is a journalist, author of "The Dream of the Decade the London Novels" and an RT Contributor. He can be reached at afshinrattansi@hotmail.com. Published time: July 10, 2013 12:25 The Egyptian developments aren’t American backed, but a Saudi-backed military coup. Many of the ruling establishment are Saudi puppets and…
Microsoft Releases Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 2
Exchange Server 2013 Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) became available on Tuesday, in keeping with Microsoft’s new update release cycle for Exchange 2013. The updates for Exchange 2013 are released quarterly. Microsoft released CU1 for Exchange 2013 in April, and explained its new cumulative update policy earlier this year. Essentially, Cumulative Updates are full New in…
Accusoft Updates Popular SharePoint Document Viewer to 7.2 with Service Pack …
Accusoft, the leading provider of document, content and imaging solutions, today announces the release of Prizm Content Connect for SharePoint v7.2. The service pack update for the company’s popular embeddable document viewer for SharePoint environments now fully supports enhanced digital rights management (DRM) in SharePoint and saving of multiple named…
Saskatoon group looking for trees and pickers
Out of Your Tree, an urban fruit sharing group in Saskatoon, is looking to branch out and find more people willing to have their trees and bushes picked and volunteers to do the picking. "It’s fascinating how many people don’t harvest their whole tree or they barely touch it," said…
WPC: Tier 3 Launches ‘Cloud Blueprints’ for Microsoft Offerings
Public cloud infrastructure and cloud management platform provider Tier 3 has launched new enterprise cloud templates for deploying Microsoft (MSFT) Lync, Exchange and SharePoint on the service provider’s public cloud infrastructure. Announced at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2013 (WPC13) this morning, the new "Cloud Blueprints" are intended to accelerate the "Enterprise IT…
Xbox Live is Down 07-09-2013
If you’ve tried to login to Xbox Live tonight, you may be out of luck as Microsoft has just released a service alert for Xbox Live sign-ins. The service alert was issued, by Xbox Support, notifying us that users may see issues signing into Xbox Live on all platforms. This…
Concept Searching Announces Availability of New Release of conceptClassifier …
Concept Searching, a global leader in semantic metadata generation, auto-classification, and taxonomy management software, and developer of the Smart Content Framework, is pleased to announce the immediate availability of major enhancements for conceptClassifier for SharePoint for Office 365. According to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, Office 365 is now the fastest growing New…
Review: Microsoft’s Office Mobile for iPhone app will disappoint most users
A few weeks back I took a first look at Microsoft’s new iOS offering, Office Mobile for Office 365, aka Office Mobile for iPhone. My initial conclusion remains the same now as it was then: Office for iPhone may be a nice addition to your existing Office workflow, but the Office…