Getting around Exchange 2013 Preview installation errors
Now that the Exchange Server 2013 Preview is available for download, many IT pros are excited to install it and start poking around. Unfortunately, the Exchange 2013 Preview release can prove difficult to install. I encountered a few issues during my installation and you may as well; here’s how to When I…
Mogreet Releases APIs To Let Developers Quickly Add SMS, Video, Rich Media …
Mogreet, the Los Angeles-based startup that provides brands and marketers with a distribution platform for mobile video messaging, today announced the release of its API developer portal, which allows third party-developers to easily integrate MMS, SMS, video and in-app messaging into their applications. Launched in 2006, Mogreet has built a Today…
Microsoft EA Renewals Alleged To Contain Secret Price Hikes
A consulting firm is yet again pointing to possible "stealth" price increases that organizations may face when they renew their Enterprise Agreements (EAs) with Microsoft. Organizations can take a hit of 58 percent by renewal time when licensing the "Platform EA" bundle consisting of Windows, Microsoft Office Professional Plus and Shifting…
Free office software for schools: what’s the catch?
Simon Jones ponders the ethical question of supplying free office software and services to schoolchildren Microsoft Office 365 is to be sold to schools, taking over from the existing Live@edu service. Plans A2, A3 and A4 are similar to the enterprise plans E2, E3 and E4, but seem to be…
When is the Best Time to Turn Your SharePoint Intranet into a Social Intranet?
There’s a social enterprise revolution going on and your intranet is right in the middle of it. The social tsunami that has swept the consumer space has also spread to the corporate world, where social enterprise tools have been gaining user traction and executives are getting excited and anxious in…
Microsoft Office 2013’s enhanced protection scheme cracked ahead of official …
In addition to a host of improvements and other changes, Microsoft beefed up the encryption scheme used to secure users’ data in Office 2013. With Office 2010, Microsoft used an SHA-1 class algorithm with a 128-bit key to encrypt plain-text password-protected documents. With Office 2013, though, Microsoft has moved to A post on…
Iran Removes Gmail Block
Gmail users in Iran Monday regained access to their accounts via HTTPS for the first time since the Iranian government began blocking Gmail on September 24. While regular HTTP access to Gmail had remained unblocked, according to news reports, the Iranian government blocked encrypted access to Gmail via HTTPS, later admitting…
How to move from Hotmail to Outlook.com
Late in July, Microsoft unveiled Outlook.com, a new Webmail service designed to take the place of the aging Hotmail. For anyone still using the old service (and as of July of last year, some 360 million users were signing into their accounts every month), this undoubtedly raises some questions As…
nGenx Hosted Virtual Desktop Offers Exchange, QuickBooks Support
nGenx is now offering its nFinity Desktop SMB virtual desktop product, which provides a host of business-critical applications, as well as data backup in secure servers. nGenx, which makes hosted application and desktop products for enterprises, is looking to bring its offerings to a whole new market with the nFinity…
Windows 8 guide: Convert your user account to a Windows account
Windows 8 works best when if you sign in with a Microsoft account, whether it be a Live, Hotmail or Outlook.com account. It is simple to convert your existing user account if you chose not to use one during installation or want to sign up for the first time. Read…
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