7 reasons businesses should/shouldn’t go for Microsoft Surface

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	7 reasons businesses should and shouldn't go for Microsoft Surface IT pros: Assume that the new Microsoft Surface laptop and tablet represent hardware that shows off Windows 8 to its best advantage and make decisions accordingly. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar One Day Tech Seminar - BYOD & Mobile Device Management Attend and learn how to implement the top five corporate policies and security tactics that organizations must adopt to ensure they can mitigate risk while empowering a mobile workforce. BYOD & Mobile Device Management Tech Seminar - 6/26 - Boston Click to continue In this Issue In pictures: Microsoft Surface: ' A PC, a tablet and new' Surface for Windows RT vs. the iPad Microsoft's tablet: Danger, Steve Balmer, danger Dig at Windows security wiped from Mac promo: Why? Microsoft-branded, Barnes & Noble-built tablet 'makes sense,' analyst says FAQ: All about Windows RT, the OS behind a Microsoft tablet Top 10 tips for navigating Windows 8 Metro Designing SharePoint Solutions: Start with the business problem and look backwards! Microsoft's tablet, called "Surface," released to target Apple Microsoft launches own Windows 8 tablets, one a 'full PC' 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! In pictures: Microsoft Surface: ' A PC, a tablet and new' Microsoft's new Surface tablet has a 10.6-in. screen, up to a Core i5 processor and has a thin, 3mm (.11 inches) thick touch-based keyboard. It comes in two versions: The Windows RT and the Windows 8 Pro. "We're very proud of Surface just like we're very proud of Windows 8. The Surface is a PC, a tablet and new," said Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Read More Surface for Windows RT vs. the iPad A Windows 8 tablet that's thin, light and easy on power consumption naturally invites comparisons with the iPad, so here goes. Read More Microsoft's tablet: Danger, Steve Balmer, danger Look, I've not said anything nice about Microsoft in ages, so let me start with something nice here: the Microsoft Surface tablet has potential. It also has a boatload of problems, and it's way too early to predict how well this series of products will do in the marketplace. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Investment Protection and Elasticity for Your Network NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. The Iron Age is officially over. The Cloud Age is here. Learn More Dig at Windows security wiped from Mac promo: Why? There may be less behind the change than pundits will make of it, but it's still worth noting that a pointed dig at the malware vulnerabilities of Windows-based PCs has been removed from Apple's "Why you'll love a Mac" Web page. Read More Microsoft-branded, Barnes & Noble-built tablet 'makes sense,' analyst says A Microsoft-branded tablet made by Barnes & Noble makes sense if the tablet is focused on the same market as the $200 Kindle Fire, analysts said Monday. Read More FAQ: All about Windows RT, the OS behind a Microsoft tablet While Microsoft has aggressively talked up Windows 8, the company has been relatively quiet about Windows RT, the all-mobile OS destined for tablets. We fill in the blanks for you. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Ongame Uses Splunk to Optimize Gaming Services This analyst ROI case study reveals how Ongame, a leading online gaming platform, used Splunk to gain greater visibility and efficiency from their application production process. Discover how Ongame improved DevOps collaboration and reduced downtime by more than 30%. Read Now! Top 10 tips for navigating Windows 8 Metro Microsoft's radically new Windows 8 Metro interface promises fast, fluid interactions with applications, but it's not always clear how to perform relatively simple tasks. Read More Designing SharePoint Solutions: Start with the business problem and look backwards! This week, my friends from Microsoft invited me to participate in a customer meeting at one of the Microsoft Technology Centers. The challenge: helping a large global organization new to SharePoint understand the information architecture and design trade-offs for deploying SharePoint to support distributed teams. The overwhelming theme was the following: if you want to make the best possible design... Read More Microsoft's tablet, called "Surface," released to target Apple Microsoft boldly unveiled a product aimed directly at Apple's iPad market on Monday, releasing a tablet called "Surface." It will be available in two versions: One with the Windows 8 Pro operating system and the other will be based on Windows RT. Read More Microsoft launches own Windows 8 tablets, one a 'full PC' Microsoft launched two 10.6-in. tablet computers dubbed Surface on Monday, built on Windows 8, with two versions of unusual attachable Touch Covers that double as keyboards. Read More
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