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• Updates to Exchange and Microsoft Installer drive Patch Tuesday testing

  12-11-2021 21:04
  
  This is a relatively light Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft, though wo significant vulnerabilities in the Windows platform (CVE-2021-38631 and CVE-2021-41371), both relating to Remote Desktop Protocol handling, have been disclosed and are lending some urgency to applying Windows updates. And we have another technically challenging update to Microsoft Exchange Server to manage as well.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Jamf CEO welcomes Apple Business Essentials

  12-11-2021 15:47
  
  Apple arguably jumped inside the rapidly evolving Apple device management space when it introduced Apple Business Essentials this week. But how do people in the industry feel about the company’s debut?Jamf CEO welcomes the opportunity
  “When Apple innovates, Jamf celebrates,” Jamf CEO, Dean Hager said, on learning about Apple Business Essentials. “We believe this expected announcement is good news and presents Jamf with a terrific opportunity.”To read this arti
  
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• Nvidia re-envisions the metaverse as a collaboration platform

  12-11-2021 14:10
  
  Disclosure:  Nvidia is a client of the author.Nvidia’s GTC conference was once my favorite conference due to its focus on gaming; it has evolved to be my favorite conference for predicting the future. The Nvidia of today is so different from the company I first engaged with several decades ago that, were you to put them side by side, the older firm would look like a small subsidiary of today’s Nvidia.  It’s gone from changing engineering and gaming to being the
  
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• How to hold better, shorter meetings

  12-11-2021 13:00
  
  Meetings are an essential part of business life, and, whether you find them exhausting or energizing, you’d probably agree that most could make better use of your time. The people at intelligent calendar assistant maker Clockwise say the time people are spending in meetings has jumped 25% since pandemic-related lockdowns began, and that trend is unlikely to reverse itself any time soon.I’ve picked up a few tricks over the years for making the meetings I host more productive. For exa
  
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• Apple’s message for everyone: Keep up

  12-11-2021 12:01
  
  Three weeks after Apple unveiled its new MacBook Pro laptops, orders for virtually all models still extend out for weeks — as they have pretty much from the start. If you didn’t order right away on Oct. 18 or manage to snag one in an Apple store after Oct. 26, you’ll be waiting a while.Supply chain issues are part of that problem, but the long-awaited transition from Intel’s chips to Apple’s custom ARM-based system-on-a-chip also highlighted the built-up in demand
  
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• A handy hack for the Pixel's new shortcut system

  12-11-2021 12:00
  
  All right, Pixel pals: We've talked about plenty of buried treasures you can dig up on your oh-so-Googley phone, thanks mostly to Android 12's arrival. But there's one fancy new feature you can make even more useful with a quick bit of crafty customization.I'm talkin' about the Quick Tap system introduced on the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro last month and also now available on the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a 5G.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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