 |  | | April 7, 2009 | | | Get the news. Fast. Microsoft news feed  | | Welcome to Microsoft in Government, a monthly newsletter delivering information on issues, training, products and events exclusive to the federal and state & local government community. | | Time is short Stay on top of your stimulus programs |
News & Highlights | | To make Web 2.0 practical for government, enterprise strategies are required-that is, an information technology strategy that provides appropriate security, scalability, and interoperability. Download paper (1.2MB) | | | At the recent CIO summit, CEO Steve Ballmer said that the outlook for IT, despite challenging times, was not as bleak as for some other sectors and that IT may be part of the answer to resetting the economy. - Federal Computer Week | | | Microsoft and NASA are collaborating to develop the technology and infrastructure needed to make NASA content available through Microsoft's Worldwide Telescope site. - The Channel Wire | | | Working together with Microsoft, government leaders are using technology to help solve some of the world's toughest issues while helping prepare citizens to succeed in the workforce of tomorrow. Watch keynote addresses and news announcements from Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Craig Mundie from this year's GLF Americas near Washington, D.C. |
| Government solutions | | | | | Since deploying Microsoft Dynamics GP, the Greater Cleveland Chapter has dramatically increased productivity, cutting annual warehouse costs in half and reducing staffing requirements by more than 50 percent while increasing its annual endowment from U.S.$7.5 million to U.S.$9 million. | |  | | | Alabama Gov. Bob Riley's open government initiative uses Microsoft Virtual Earth as part of the solution to increasing government transparency and making a practical difference to Alabamans. - Government Technology | | |
Technology Updates | | Experience out-of-the box supercomputing power free for 180 days with the latest version of Windows HPC Server 2008. | | | Download the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit and bypass the labor-intensive task of locating and discovering SQL instances. Migration to SQL Server 2008 is faster and easier when you use the MAP Toolkit for your assessment and planning needs. | | | Available on demand starting April 13, this series introduces Windows 7 with an emphasis on new features that will be of most interest and use to developers. |
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| | April 15 | Albany, NY
Sessions will cover Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Virtual Earth 6.2, and F# Programming Language. | | | April 27-May 1 | Las Vegas, NV
MMS is the premier event of the year for IT Pros, offering deep technical info and training on the latest IT Management solutions from Microsoft. | | | May 11-15 | Los Angeles, CA
Tech.Ed is a great place to learn smart strategies for making the most of your technology investments. | | |
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