Why can't Microsoft find a CEO?

	Analyst: Save millions, don't renew Microsoft Enterprise Agreements | Gartner gets bullish about Windows' future
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	Why can't Microsoft find a CEO? It's been more than four months since Steve Ballmer announced his plans to retire and we still don't have any white smoke coming from the chimney, figuratively speaking. Read More WHITE PAPER: Red Hat OpenStack and Red Hat: IDC White paper OpenStack is an open source cloud system software project that has broad participation from the IT Industry. In this IDC white paper sponsored by Red Hat, IDC evaluates the current situation and provides a future outlook evaluating the deployment and support model and addressing OpenStack enterprise features and support. View now In this Issue Analyst: Save millions, don't renew Microsoft Enterprise Agreements Gartner gets bullish about Windows' future Intel trumpets Android+Windows as 'more choice' Report: Ford's Alan Mulally says he won't go to Microsoft Microsoft trumps Apple in branding, takes top spot Review: Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps Android on pace to surpass one billion devices this year, says Gartner Mulally 'likely' talked to Microsoft, bowed out of CEO race anyway Windows Phone 8.0 is upgradeable to 8.1, Microsoft says Microsoft to buy Parature to bulk up Dynamics CRM 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 >> Analyst: Save millions, don't renew Microsoft Enterprise Agreements Renewing Microsoft enterprise agreements – the contracts businesses sign for bulk licensing of Microsoft products – may be an unnecessary ritual that costs businesses millions of dollars for products and services they likely won't need before the contracts run out, according to an expert who helps customers negotiate the agreements. Read More Gartner gets bullish about Windows' future Gartner said Windows will recover from its two-year slump, with total device shipments running the operating system climbing by nearly 10% in 2014 and almost 18% in 2015. Read More Intel trumpets Android+Windows as 'more choice' Intel confirmed that it will provide processors to personal computer and tablet makers that support both Windows 8.1 and Android, the two operating systems from fierce rivals Microsoft and Google. Read More 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. Report: Ford's Alan Mulally says he won't go to Microsoft The Ford CEO said he wouldn't be leaving, at least not until after 2014. Read More Microsoft trumps Apple in branding, takes top spot Microsoft came out on top in a brand survey conducted by Forrester Research, beating often-trumpeted Apple because of Microsoft's ubiquity in consumers' lives and its cross-generational appeal. Read More Review: Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps Web browser or Office suite? Microsoft's and Google's office productivity and collaboration clouds pit rich and complex against simple and lean. Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager: Online Product Demo Intelligent Investigation Manager optimizes fraud investigation and analysis and it dynamically coordinates and reports on cases, provides analysis and visualization, and enables more efficient and effective investigations. Learn More. Android on pace to surpass one billion devices this year, says Gartner This year vendors will ship 1.1 billion devices based on Android, while Windows stages a small comeback and the number of Apple machines, percentage-wise, increases the most, according to estimates from market research company Gartner. Read More Mulally 'likely' talked to Microsoft, bowed out of CEO race anyway Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally, who on Tuesday ended months of speculation that he was a top candidate for Microsoft's CEO opening, was almost certainly in talks with the company. Read More Windows Phone 8.0 is upgradeable to 8.1, Microsoft says Windows Phone 8.1, expected to launch in the spring, will be backwards compatible to Windows Phone 8.0, contrary to some earlier reports from industry sources, a Microsoft official told Computerworld today. Read More Microsoft to buy Parature to bulk up Dynamics CRM Businesses customers of Microsoft's Dynamics CRM will be able to offer their customers more self-service options, at least that's the idea behind the company's plan to buy up Parature, which specializes in cloud-based customer engagement. Read More
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