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	15 awesome Windows 8 'Metro-Style' apps Here are some of the best Metro-Style Windows 8 apps -- optimized for touchscreens, but functional with mouses and keyboards. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Silver Peak Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Limited bandwidth, long distances and poor network quality prohibit cost reductions for today's critical IT initiatives. Your IT organization needs WAN optimization that can be deployed anywhere, on any platform, and for the lowest cost. See how the new Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers can help. Click Here. In this Issue A deep dive into Windows 8 Consumer Preview Study: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014 Microsoft kneecaps IT elements of Windows on ARM Windows 8 preview breaks 1M download mark in first 24 hours Windows XP slide continues; Mac OS X posts record gain Microsoft wooing startups to its platforms with free software, business advice Microsoft to offer government-only cloud option for Office 365 Google Chrome share suffers with tweak of browser use calculation Why Windows 8 ought to be DOA in business networks (at least initially) Microsoft partners with Hortonworks for big data management Microsoft Azure stabilizes after leap year glitch RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Companies like Foursquare, StrongMail, and ExoIS are taking charge of cloud server security using Halo from CloudPassage, which ensures easy, scalable, and automated security for dynamic cloud environments. Register today to Secure 25 Cloud Servers for Free with Halo Basic. A deep dive into Windows 8 Consumer Preview Windows 8 Consumer Preview offers a new look at Microsoft's upcoming interface for both computers and tablets. Is one device being shortchanged in favor of the other? Read More Study: Cloud will create 14 million jobs by 2014 Implementation of cloud services will create 14 million jobs internationally by 2014, with the greatest increases occurring in emerging markets, which are not constrained in deploying cloud systems by legacy infrastructure, according to a new study from Microsoft and IDC. Read More Microsoft kneecaps IT elements of Windows on ARM They say the devil is in the details, and there are some devilish details in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Product Guide for Business document for IT users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Data Center Transformations This paper discusses ways to simplify data center transformation and introduces a new process – BOCA – Build Outs, Consolidations and Acquisitions. Learn the five stages of BOCA and see how the right remote access and IT infrastructure management tools, deployed early and continuously monitored, can dramatically improve overall efficiency. Read now! Windows 8 preview breaks 1M download mark in first 24 hours Microsoft on Thursday announced that customers had downloaded more than 1 million copies of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview in its first day of availability. Read More Windows XP slide continues; Mac OS X posts record gain On the heels of yesterday's launch of Windows 8's preview, new statistics show that Microsoft's decade-old Windows XP again plummeted in usage share and will be surpassed by Windows 7 in June. Read More Microsoft wooing startups to its platforms with free software, business advice Jun Kim, the young co-founder of a Korean software house, was recently approached by a representative from Amazon, who offered him a US$200 credit to develop on its Web Services cloud platform. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP, Microsoft & Intel Accelerate OLTP database workloads HP and Microsoft® recognize the need for compelling transactional database solutions that bring together these best of breed technologies, based on open standards and at lower total cost of ownership versus expensive one size fits all alternatives. Learn more Microsoft to offer government-only cloud option for Office 365 Microsoft will offer U.S. government agencies the option to host their Office 365 suites in a dedicated "cloud community" reserved only for government customers, the company says. Read More Google Chrome share suffers with tweak of browser use calculation A change in the way Net Applications calculates browser usage led to a slight decline in web browser market share for Google Chrome. Read More Why Windows 8 ought to be DOA in business networks (at least initially) Businesses need not rush out to upgrade to Windows 8 when it is released because deployed on desktops without touchscreen capabilities, it offers few advantages over Windows 7. Read More Microsoft partners with Hortonworks for big data management Microsoft's latest partnership with Hortonworks is a sign that it is clearly serious about supporting Big Data, the latest hyped technology that has an ever-expanding bandwagon of vendors jumping on board. Only in this case, Big Data is real, and having Microsoft on board early is good for everyone involved. Read More Microsoft Azure stabilizes after leap year glitch Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure and development service was apparently running nearly trouble-free on Thursday, following a series of outages on Wednesday that affected multiple aspects of the system. Read More
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