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Microsoft Windows Server R2 capbilities to be aware of and consider as part of an IT stratgey. With any server operating system upgrade, IT is always looking for the hooks that help motivate the upgrade process and deliver additional value. Sometimes it is as simple as better performance, a single […]
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The 20 greatest milestones of Android’s first five years Android, this is your life. Happy birthday, Android! Although you were technically announced six years ago, it wasn’t until October 22, 2008 that you made your debut. Apple tried stealing your thunder this year by hosting an event or something on […]
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Many IT leaders admit their spending is too heavily weighted toward keep-the-lights-on projects. Here’s how to tip the balance. Social! Mobile! Big data! BYOD! You probably already know what your company’s executives most want to see from your IT organization. But unless your company is very new, or you’re unusually […]
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Public donates $76,000 to take on patent troll Having amassed a war chest of $76,000 in public donations and identified crucial “prior art,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation yesterday filed a formal challenge aimed at killing a patent being wielded by Personal Audio LLC against podcasters such as “The Adam Carolla […]
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At the same time, though, permanent IT hiring may be rising as well, researcher says The percentage of contract workers on IT staffs reach 17% last year and 15% this year in large organizations — the highest level of contractors to staff since the late 1990s, according to Computer Economics. […]
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Ballmer hammers home Microsoft’s ‘high-value’ strategy in final letter to shareholders Unlike last year, no surprises in CEO’s last letter to investors In his last letter to shareholders before retiring, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hammered on the same themes he and other executives struck three weeks ago in front of […]
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Windows 8 Update: New Kindle takes on Microsoft Surface 2 in workplace Also, nobody but Microsoft will touch Windows RT, Bill Gates gets his purple wish The new Kindle Fire HDX tablet is giving Microsoft’s Surface 2 a run for its money as a business device even though the Surface […]
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Microsoft may be well-served to bring in an outsider to replace departing CEO Steve Ballmer. Here are two strong candidates. As I said in a prior blog post, I feel Microsoft’s problems are too big for an insider to handle. This person will have allegiances, friendships and biases that may […]
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‘Misalignment of expectations’ caused by Windows 8 disconnect with traditional computing devices, says pollster The jarring combination of Microsoft’s radical reinvention of Windows with old-style hardware caused the average satisfaction score of PC makers to slip in the last year, a pollster said today. Meanwhile, Apple again took top honors […]