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	Demise of Cius offers lessons for Windows 8 With Cisco more or less pulling the plug on its business tablet Cius, Microsoft tablets based on Windows 8 have an opportunity and a challenge. The opportunity: Give businesses an alternative to the popular iPad that employees bring in as part of sanctioned BYOD programs. The challenge: For Windows 8 to succeed in a BYOD environment, employees first have to bring Windows 8 devices to the workplace. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Deliver Cost-Effective Business Continuity IBM DB2 provides application cluster transparency technology that equips organizations running OLTP applications with the ability to deliver high availability and continuous uptime for transactional data, plus the flexibility and capacity they need to remain competitive. Learn More In this Issue Windows 8 Update: Steve Ballmer's 80-inch Windows 8 tablet 8 ways to customize Windows 8 Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption Android, Apple own 80% of global smartphone market; Microsoft's share, 2.2% Most OpenOffice users run Windows How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes (Network World classic: from the archives) Pocket marvels: 40 years of handheld computers Top 20 Windows 8 features Windows Phone 8, or 'Apollo,' debuts next month at San Francisco conference WHITE PAPER: Dell SAN vs. NAS: The Critical Decision The factors affecting whether to deploy SAN or NAS storage have changed. This paper highlights the pros and cons of each approach, as well as the value of a combined solution, so that you can meet your organization's storage and data access needs, while staying within your budget. Learn More Windows 8 Update: Steve Ballmer's 80-inch Windows 8 tablet While it lacks the mobility usually associated with this class of device, there's an 80-inch tablet serving the head of Microsoft as a wallboard and as a substitute for other work-related gear. Read More 8 ways to customize Windows 8 The Consumer Preview of Windows 8 -- which was made available to the public to download, install, and use for free until the new Microsoft OS is officially released -- has its share of the good and not-so-good. Fortunately, you can tweak various things to make it work the way you like, particularly if you're not fond of its radically new Metro UI. Read More Microsoft clarifies Ballmer's claims of massive Windows 8 adoption Reports earlier this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer predicted unprecedented sales of Windows 8 were wrong on multiple counts, Microsoft and independent analysts agreed. Read More WHITE PAPER: Extreme Networks Cloud-Scale Networks Using Open Fabric Architectures Virtualization and cloud are driving new requirements for data center network performance, VM support, automation and simplified orchestration. This paper outlines Extreme Networks® open fabric approach to high speed, low latency networks for modern data centers. Learn more. Android, Apple own 80% of global smartphone market; Microsoft's share, 2.2% What a difference a year makes in the booming smartphone market. Read More Most OpenOffice users run Windows Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache. Read More How to solve Windows system crashes in minutes (Network World classic: from the archives) A system crash: If you're lucky, it only ruins your day. More than likely, you're in for several bad days followed by a few stressful weeks or months. After all, systems rarely fail only once. Rather, they keep crashing until you find the cause and fix the problem. Read More WHITE PAPER: Limelight Limelight Accelerate Your users won't wait. Reward them with fast interactions, personalized experiences, and dynamic web pages that load in real time. Limelight Accelerate combines browser-based acceleration with a robust network platform to maximize Time to Action—the time it takes for visitors to engage with the content on your site—even on mobile devices. Learn More! Pocket marvels: 40 years of handheld computers From the first pocket scientific calculator through '80s organizers to today's tablets, check out 15 ingenious devices that have driven the handheld computing revolution. Read More Top 20 Windows 8 features From Metro Start to reduced hardware requirements, here's a look at the best new features Windows 8 users will love. Read More Windows Phone 8, or 'Apollo,' debuts next month at San Francisco conference June is turning into Developer's Month. Along with Microsoft's TechEd, there's Apple's WWDC, Google I/O, and a two-day Windows Phone developer conference in San Francisco that will be the coming out party for Windows Phone 8, otherwise known as "Apollo." Read More
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