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Dell is a trademark of Dell Inc. ©2010 Dell Inc. All rights reserved. Untitled-8 3 6/15/10 3:20 PM Untitled-4 1 1/10/11 10:26 AM Redmond The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT CommunityContentsMARCH 2011 REDMOND REPORT 9 The Long Road to ARM- Based Windows Servers Chipmakers are gearing up for Windows Servers based on the ARM low-power architecture, but ARM-based machines COVER STORY aren’t ready for prime time. 12 Top 10 Infl uential Executive Exodus Microsoft Pundits Microsoft has famously lost—or ousted—eight top executives since 2008, Without these folks, we’d including luminaries Ray Ozzie and Jeff Raikes. The change of leadership be in the dark about the might have questionable long-term effects, but isn’t likely to change much goings-on at Redmond. in Redmond for the time being. TECHNET PRACTICAL APP Page 28 23 Delivering Intelligence with SharePoint Dashboards FEATURES Integrate data from disparate sources into 39 The 2011 Microsoft scorecards with rich data Product Roadmap visualization for interactivity Coming off one of the largest product and workfl ow automation. waves in its history, Microsoft has a fresh crop of wares in the pipeline this year. COLUMNS 6 Barney’s Rubble: Doug Barney Ask Doug 47 Keep the Lid on Social Networking Social media has opened a whole new can of worms for companies, just as they were getting e-mail under control. Despite the challenges, it’s possible to get social networking applications 50 Decision Maker: under control, too. Don Jones It’s Time to Invest in Your Team REVIEWS 54 Windows Insider: Product Reviews 19 Disk Defragmentation: Greg Shields 15 Cutting to the Core Lite Is Right The Security Mentality Core Confi gurator greatly Diskeeper 2010 comes with that Really Works eases the process of deploying plenty of bells and whistles, 56 Foley on Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 in a but it fails to get a few basic Mary Jo Foley Server Core environment. functions right. How Microsoft Measures Its Success ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 4 Redmondmag.com | 8 [email protected] | 55 Ad and Editorial Indexes RAY OZZIE PHOTO BY JASON GROW/ BOB MUGLIA BY RICK DAHMS Redmondmag.com MARCH 2011 ADTmag.com Questions with ... Development Shops Lee Pender Redmond Executive Loosen Purse Strings Editor of Features Lee Pender discusses bright spot in the application development space: A recent survey by changes in the Aapplication lifecycle management solutions provider Serena Software Inc. Microsoft executive showed that dev shops are no longer as tightly focused on reducing costs. lineup, which he Michael Desmond writes: “When asked to identify top application develop- explores in this ment priorities, 61 percent of survey respondents included ‘Deliver applications month’s cover story, Lee Pender faster’ among their primary goals. By contrast, ‘Reduce app costs’ was identi- “‘Execudus’ in fi ed by only half the respondents. The results mark a sharp shift in attitudes.” Redmond.” Read Pender’s Blog According to Desmond, Serena VP of Corporate and Community Marketing (Redmondmag.com/Pender0311) Adam Frankl said: “Over each of the last three years ... reducing application for more on his thoughts about development costs was by far the No. 1 priority. There has been such a focus on Microsoft and its leadership team. cost cutting these last three years.” Read more about the survey results and what they mean for IT pros. 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All products and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Untitled-13 1 2/2/11 4:11 PM Barney’sRubble by Doug Barney Redmond THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE MICROSOFT IT COMMUNITY REDMONDMAG.COM MARCH 2011 ■ VOL. 17 ■ NO. 3 Editorial Staff Editor in Chief Doug Barney Ask Doug Executive Editor, Features Lee Pender Editor at Large Jeff rey Schwartz Managing Editor Wendy Gonchar Associate Managing Editor Katrina Carrasco ’m not an IT person. I’m merely a passionate observer. Contributing Editors Mary Jo Foley Don Jones Fortunately, Redmond readers—who are real IT people— Greg Shields Art Staff overwhelm me with information. My expertise is directly Art Director Brad Zerbel I Senior Graphic Designer Alan Tao derived from yours. That’s why I feel comfortable giving Online/Digital Media Online News Editor Kurt Mackie advice: I’m really just channeling your great knowledge. Executive Editor, New Media Michael Domingo Director, Online Media Becky Nagel Associate Web Editor Chris Paoli Here’s what I’ve gleaned from your sounds good, go for it. If not, shut the Site Administrator Shane Lee Designer Rodrigo Muñoz many letters and comments. old pie hole. Relax: The world isn’t going to get Down to Business: IT is not just a any better if you stress, nor will your bunch of wires, processors and lines of job, or the economy, or your networks code. It’s perhaps the most important President Henry Allain and computers. Stress just makes aspect of your company’s business. Vice President, Publishing Matt Morollo things worse. You may not turn gray Here’s what to do. First, understand Vice President, Editorial Director Doug Barney Director, Marketing Michele Imgrund (though I seem to be going from dirty the business imperatives. 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