News and Announcements
Microsoft’s Surface Pro Tablet Changes the Gamehttp://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/10/microsofts-surface-pro-tablet-changes-the-game/
Windows 8 – 60 Million Licenses Soldhttp://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2013/01/08/windows-8-60-million-licenses-sold.aspx
Tesco rolls out Microsoft Office 365http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240175847/Tesco-rolls-out-Microsoft-Office-365(Ok we know this is a retail story but thought you might be interested!)
Snow Day Special – Lync
I love this 3rd party blog post by Tom Morgan on thoughtstuff …Snow Forecast for the UK: Stay at Home, Stay Safe, Stay Productivehttp://thoughtstuff.co.uk/2013/01/snow-forecast-for-the-uk-stay-at-home-stay-safe-stay-productive/
Why Choose Lynchttp://lync.microsoft.com/en-us/why-choose-lync/Pages/why-lync.aspx(Includes Economic Justification whitepaper and other reference materials)
Finance on Windows Magazinehttp://www.onwindows.com/Financial-Services/PrintedMagazine.aspx
Financial Services Innovation UK – Bruce’s Facebook Grouphttps://www.facebook.com/financialservicesuk
Booz Allen Announces Top 10 Financial Services Cyber Risk Trends for 2013http://www.boozallen.com/media-center/press-releases/48399320/cyber-top-ten-2013-press-release
Events and Training
.Net in the City: forum for Senior Developers and Architects in the Finance SectorDate: 5th March 2013Time: 6 for 6.30, finish 8.30Location: 3rd Floor, International House, 1, St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1UN
6pm – Arrival and refreshments6.30pm – Building Apps for Windows 8 Platform7.20pm - MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer) – the value of certification for developers7.45pm – Drinks and Nibbles
To register: mailto:ukvs@microsoft.com?subject=Financial%20Services%20Developer%20Forum%20:%205th%20March%202013
Microsoft Hybrid IT Roadshow events – Reading (29/01/2013), Manchester (26/02/2013), London(05/03/2013),Edinburgh (19/03/2013)
To register: http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/enterprise/events/default.aspx
The Microsoft BI Experience –London; 18th February
To register contact your Microsoft Account representative
Microsoft Engage Roadshow - Microsoft's vision and roadmap for Enterprise Social
Learn about Microsoft's vision for enterprises using Yammer and SharePoint as EnterpriseSocial Solutions to transform the way people work.Registration links:Social Business Roadshow - London24th Jan 2013 10:00 to 15:00 (GMT)Social Business Roadshow - Edinburgh13th Feb 2013 10:00 to 15:00 (GMT)
Microsoft UK TechDayshttp://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/techdays/default.aspx
Chris Dye’s Windows 8 App Centre of Excellence Sessions –London and TVP
Contact your Microsoft Account Representative for details
Microsoft Technology Centre Application Platform Workshops – TVP and London
CyberSecurity for Financial Services
Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit Newshttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/dcu/
More security information
STOP. THINK. CONNECT. http://www.microsoft.com/security/resources/ncsa.aspx
Security and Privacy Blogshttp://www.microsoft.com/about/twc/en/us/blogs.aspx
Security Response Center http://www.microsoft.com/security/msrc/default.aspx
Security Intelligence Reporthttp://www.microsoft.com/security/sir/
Security Development Lifecycle http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx
Malware Protection Center http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/
Security for IT Proshttp://technet.microsoft.com/security/
Security for Developershttp://msdn.microsoft.com/security/
Privacyhttp://www.microsoft.com/privacy
Trustworthy Computinghttp://www.microsoft.com/about/twc/en/us/default.aspx