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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 11:18 AM

IT Professional Top Licensing FAQs May 2009

Q) Can I downgrade Microsoft Windows Vista Business or Ultimate purchased pre-installed on a new PC? A) As an end user you have the right to downgrade as set out in your Software Licence Terms. Example: You’re buying a new computer system and it needs
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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 2:28 PM

TechNet Conference goes Virtual on June 19th

The very first TechNet Virtual Conference will be going live on June 19 th 2009. It features a dedicated IT Management auditorium, including sessions on How IT will change over the next 10 years and Growing Business and Managing Costs from Microsoft UK's
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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 11:56 AM

The UK Community Council

Over the past few months, the UK TechNet team has been working on a little project which has just been launched called the “UK Community Council”.   The purpose of this is to work with a number of IT professionals out on the field to get their viewpoint
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:40 PM

The results are in: TechNet Virtual Conference

The IT Manager track is coming along nicely. We have some excellent speakers that featured at TechEd EMEA 2008, as well as our very own IT Manager here at Microsoft UK. Whilst that is progressing, thanks to all of you that voted in the TechNet Virtual
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:52 AM

3 IT Projects that you can get signed off according to silicon.com

Steve Ranger has done an interesting article on Silicon.com based on IDC’s prediction that IT projects around the following will be most likely to get approved: 1) Risk management 2) Post-acquisition integration 3) Cost-cutting Read the full article her
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Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:40 PM

Business & IT Goals disconnected?

I noticed on vnunet.com yesterday that an IT Governance Institute (ITGI). study suggested there are still significant barriers that prevent IT projects adding to the value of a business The survey of 250 chief executives found that the most significant
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009 3:34 PM

CIO Scorecard Fosters Strategic Performance Management Culture

Microsoft IT (MS IT) falls under strict corporate scrutiny to demonstrate its business value and return on investment. The CIO Scorecard at Microsoft helps to strategically align the organisation with corporate and fiscal objectives, manage organisational
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Friday, February 20, 2009 9:38 AM

Invest your way to success with up to 10% discount

Need to start saving money today? Well that's an ovious question and even more obviosu answer. The challenge is that whilst there are lots of things you can do to cut costs with what you have already, there is also a good case in certain situations to
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Thursday, November 27, 2008 1:52 PM

Computer Weekly calls out mobile computing as key for SMEs to beat credit crunch

Research found that that 84% of SMEs feel that technology becomes more important in a slower economy and as a result 47% have considered implementing a flexible working policy within their organisations as a means to reduce overheads to meet the challenges
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Monday, November 24, 2008 11:11 AM

Cutting IT costs

With the news that the Daily Mail and General Trust had a recent IT shake-up which meant the centralisation of 2 IT departments into one under a single CIO, it has become apparent that with the current climate IT is under the microscope Paul Michaels
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Friday, November 07, 2008 3:45 PM

Microsoft to offer start-ups free software

The Daily Telegraph picked up on this news BizSpark is relevant to companies who have a turnover of less than £630,000 ($1 million) and means that they would only need to pay a nominal $100 fee after 3 years Those entrepreneurs selected would also gain
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Friday, October 17, 2008 10:01 AM

Mother May I?

I read a very interesting article yesterday on Information Week , which looks into IT spend amidst these uncertain economic times. It had a few really interesting take outs. The CIO of H.B. Fuller said "it made me go down the hall to talk to the
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 9:42 AM

Gartner’s Top 10 strategic technology trends for the next year

Not much of a surprise of what is included in this list, but I would have expected Green IT to appear higher. I would also have expected social networking/enterprise mash-ups to still be in early days of adoption and exploration, rather than in the top
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Friday, October 10, 2008 10:01 AM

IT Managers struggle with Consumer Technology

I was reading an interesting article yesterday on how IT managers are increasingly challenged by the amount of consumer technology that is creeping into the office through its employees – MP3s, IM, Facebook, USBs I think there are 2 key factors that will
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 5:41 PM

Windows Vista Deployment - Best Practices from the Microsoft UK IT Manager

Great article from Asif – who is also a genuinely nice guy…… In today's world, technical growth is inevitable. While it brings added functionality and improved productivity, it should be managed with careful consideration for the accompanying business
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