1. Windows gushes over new Windows client, server OSes
Microsoft used TechEd 2009 to extol the virtues of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 and to emphasize that they should be deployed in tandem.
2. Tech Watch: Virtualization-ready servers built for the job
As general server sales slump, vendors hope to jolt demand with servers tricked out for especially heavy virtualization loads.
3. Microsoft TechEd 2009 overview
For the many that did not make the trip to Los Angeles, here's all the Microsoft news out of the big show.
4. IBM, Intuit team on small-biz appliance
The "I team" combined a new Smart Cube appliance that bundles Intuit QuickBooks Enterprise with Linux or the IBM I operating system
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5. Microsoft execs re-pledge partner participation in the cloud
No way could we get through the month without a top cloud story. Microsoft's chief technologist Ray Ozzie and the head of online services Ron Markezich both pledged to cut partners in on the company's cloud action.
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