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	Why April 9th might be IT's worst day of 2014 Microsoft officially ends support for Windows XP Service Pack 3 on April 8. April 9 might be the worst day of the year for you, if not your life. Here's why. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Key Security Considerations for the Data Center Your Data Center firewall security will soon need to support throughput over 100Gbps. John Grady, in an IDC Analyst Connection answers key questions regarding protecting the heart of the Enterprise. Learn more >> In this Issue NSA exploits targeting Windows Why Microsoft will never catch Google or Apple Microsoft shares climb 34 percent, add $3.2B to Ballmer's wallet 11 must-have apps for your new Windows Phone Microsoft buys Parature for customer self-service software INSIDER CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? Asus' new PC convertible can switch between Windows and Android in five seconds Excellent apps to install on your new Windows tablet Gates will surrender Microsoft shareholder crown to Ballmer in 2014 Some Yahoo ads found to spread malware, Mac users not affected 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. NSA exploits targeting Windows Let's look at some of the ways NSA spies and tailored-access operations can hack us via Windows. Read More Why Microsoft will never catch Google or Apple It's all about the apps and delivery. Read More Microsoft shares climb 34 percent, add $3.2B to Ballmer's wallet Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was nearly $3.2 billion richer yesterday than he was a year ago, his good fortune driven by a 34.5% increase in Microsoft's share price during 2013. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Improving the XenDesktop experience for with CloudBridge A successful initiative for desktop virtualization ensures that the user experience is the same or better than what employees receive through traditional methods. Unfortunately, WAN can degrade the performance of virtual desktop solutions. Learn how WAN affects virtualization and how Citrix CloudBridge platform can solve this challenge. Learn more 11 must-have apps for your new Windows Phone While the Windows Phone app market continues to mature, there are plenty of good grabs within the 200,000-plus strong ecosystem right now. We've highlighted 11 Windows Phone apps that will make your mobile experience as smooth as Steve Ballmer's scalp. Read More Microsoft buys Parature for customer self-service software Microsoft is rounding out its Dynamics CRM (customer relationship management) product by acquiring Parature, maker of cloud-based software companies can use to create self-service portals for customers. Read More INSIDER CIOs and CMOs: Power couple or strange bedfellows? Marketing departments are shifting significant amounts of their own budgets toward IT-related products and services, independent of what the IT department spends, to the extent that Gartner predicts that by 2017 chief marketing officers (CMO) will spend more money on IT than chief information officers (CIO). Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Big Data, Big Opportunity New platforms like Hadoop are being used to gain a competitive advantage through big data. Learn More Asus' new PC convertible can switch between Windows and Android in five seconds PC maker Asus is taking the Windows-Android hybrid concept to another level with a convertible laptop that can switch between the two OSes with the click of an on-screen button. Read More Excellent apps to install on your new Windows tablet Microsoft's app marketplace may not be quite as flush as its competitors, but roughly 140,000 apps still reside in the Windows Store. And frankly, as with any app store, a lot of them are junk. How does a Windows tablet owner know which apps are worth installing? Read More Gates will surrender Microsoft shareholder crown to Ballmer in 2014 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' once-invulnerable position as the company's biggest stockholder continued to erode in the fourth quarter of 2013. Read More Some Yahoo ads found to spread malware, Mac users not affected For years, one of the touted advantages of being a Mac user was that you didn't have to worry (as much) about issues like malware. It's not necessarily that the Mac OS was impervious to malware, but rather that the Windows platform, with over 90% of the market, made for a much more attractive target. Read More
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