Microsoft goes big data with new Hadoop Azure service

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	Microsoft goes big data with new Hadoop Azure service In much the same way that Microsoft brought spreadsheet crunching to the business world through its now-ubiquitous Excel, the company is hoping to make a similar impact with big data analysis with its new Windows Azure HDInsight service. Read More   WEBCAST: HP & Intel®   Cloud Knowledge Vault According to market research, more than 60 percent of enterprises will have adopted some form of cloud computing by 2013. Learn how your organization can benefit from the scalability, flexibility, and performance that the cloud offers through the short videos and other resources in this HP & Intel® Cloud Knowledge Vault. View Now In this Issue Microsoft grows earnings, revenue in Q1, helped by server software Why wireless carriers are discounting Windows Phones Microsoft couldn't be Microsoft without Word/Office Microsoft's WebApps fizzle as brands pull 'apps' Say hello to the text-friendly office chair Microsoft masks Windows, Office performance with new reporting format The Windows world already has a few iPad Airs of its own Microsoft Surface 2 deep-dive review: Better hardware, but still with Windows RT Microsoft's Big Data Service Available After a Year in Preview WHITE PAPER: Stratacache   Accelerating In-Store Mobile Apps at Retail In this whitepaper, we examine how on-premise caching technology can take the guesswork out of mobile retailing with staggering results. Learn More. Microsoft grows earnings, revenue in Q1, helped by server software Microsoft's revenue and earnings per share grew more than 15 percent each in its first fiscal quarter of 2014, during which enterprise server software products sold particularly well. Read More   Why wireless carriers are discounting Windows Phones Sales of Windows Phone are weak because of a shortage of apps, but carriers also need to move inventory to make room for a crush of new iPhones and other devices. Read More   Microsoft couldn't be Microsoft without Word/Office As Microsoft Word turns 30 on Oct. 25 it is not only the world's most pervasive word-processing applications, it is a cash cow for the company. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CDW Software Asset Management: Getting Started Find out what steps to take that can lead your organization down the smooth path to SAM deployment. This SAM primer can help you and your organization mitigate software non-compliance issues and optimize software license management while containing costs. Read Now Microsoft's WebApps fizzle as brands pull 'apps' Microsoft's decision to post websites of popular brands as Windows Phone "apps" appears to be slowly backfiring, as several "WinApps" have vanished from Microsoft's app store. Read More   Say hello to the text-friendly office chair Bringing mobile technologies to work can lead to new aches and pains as workers hunch over small devices and tap at tiny keypads. Veteran furniture maker Steelcase studied changing postures in the workplace and designed Gesture, a new office chair geared for people who juggle multiple devices. Read More   Microsoft masks Windows, Office performance with new reporting format Microsoft's new financial reporting format makes it much harder to get a grip on how two of its most important software franchises, Windows and Office, are performing, an analyst said. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Kaspersky Your Data under Siege: Protection in the Age of BYODs Download Kaspersky Lab's new whitepaper, Your Data under Siege: Protection in the Age of BYODs, to learn about: - How a mobile workforce stretches your secured perimeter - Why saying "no" is not an effective BYOD policy Learn More. The Windows world already has a few iPad Airs of its own With the introduction of the iPad Air, Apple has changed the game once again. "Thinness" is once again the watchword, and every upcoming tablet will be compared against Apple's thinner, lighter tablets to see if they measure up. Read More   Microsoft Surface 2 deep-dive review: Better hardware, but still with Windows RT Microsoft has upgraded its Windows RT tablet: The new Surface 2 offers a well-built case, better performance, a great display and the same old operating system. Read More   Microsoft's Big Data Service Available After a Year in Preview After a year of in-the-field testing, the Windows Azure HDInsight Service, which allows customers to spin up Hadoop clusters in the cloud, gets the green light for release into general availability. Read More
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