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	Windows 9 rumors freeze corporate Windows 8 uptake With Windows 9 rumored to be coming out early next year, there's little reason for businesses just transitioning off Windows XP to ever deploy Windows 8, experts say. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Gartner's Unified Communications as a Service Report See what Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory firm, has to say about choosing the right Unified Communications solution for your business. Gartner's Magic Quadrant compares 16 of the leading UCaaS providers and names 8x8 a leader based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Learn more >> In this Issue 12 modern PCs that run the Windows you really want Bill Gates cranks out viral video Gates talks Microsoft CEO search: Nothing to see, move along Hortonworks Brings Hadoop 2.0 to Windows Update: Microsoft pushes firmware fix to more Surface Pro 2 owners Microsoft extends malware protection to XP foot-draggers Salt keeps server automation simple Tablet trends for 2014: More Windows tablets, 3G/4G and phablets Security nightmare worsens for Windows XP's end of days PS4 and Xbox help AMD to a profit, but outlook disappoints WHITE PAPER: IBM A Smarter Approach to CRM: An IBM Perspective Read this white paper, created in collaboration with Frost & Sullivan, to see how a customer relationship management (CRM) solution can help you respond on the customers' terms. Learn More. 12 modern PCs that run the Windows you really want Here are 12 good laptops and desktops that will run Windows 7 for a very long time. Read More Bill Gates cranks out viral video Bill Gates apparently has bigger fish to fry than stepping in for outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. He appeared with late night talk show host Jimmy Fallon to try to make a video go viral to promote the 2014 Gates Annual Letter and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is fighting disease and poverty around the world. Read More Gates talks Microsoft CEO search: Nothing to see, move along Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates dodged questions yesterday about the lengthening search for a new chief executive to run the company he co-founded nearly 39 years ago. Read More WHITE PAPER: Code42 Apple-ization of the Enterprise Forrester research indicates that 1 in 5 employees are currently using Apple products in the workplace. This white paper examines the rise of Apple in the enterprise and its important implications for IT and for next-generation software development. Learn More. Hortonworks Brings Hadoop 2.0 to Windows The Hadoop specialist has announced the general availability of Hortonworks Data Platform 2.0 for Windows, which is designed to bring the power of Hadoop 2.0's YARN-based architecture to Windows data centers. Read More Update: Microsoft pushes firmware fix to more Surface Pro 2 owners Numerous owners of Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 tablet said that their devices had received the long-awaited firmware update meant to fix problems introduced by a faulty December update. Read More Microsoft extends malware protection to XP foot-draggers Microsoft ends support for Windows XP in April, but it will keep updating anti-malware software for the operating system for more than a year afterwards. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Future-Proofing Your Data Center Storage Learn how investing in increased flexibility and automation can provide additional agility for businesses to respond to new opportunities quickly. Learn More Salt keeps server automation simple Salt brings simplicity, flexibility, and high scalability to Linux and Unix server infrastructure management -- it does Windows too. Read More Tablet trends for 2014: More Windows tablets, 3G/4G and phablets Android and iOS tablets will both begin to lose global market share in 2014, while Windows ramps up slightly, according to research firm IDC. Read More Security nightmare worsens for Windows XP's end of days You all know (or better know) by now that Microsoft will end all support for Windows XP on April 8. Now the company is doubling down, saying it will end support for the XP version of Microsoft Security Essentials, the company's free security and antivirus application. That means no more updates, no more additions to the antivirus signatures, nothing. Read More PS4 and Xbox help AMD to a profit, but outlook disappoints Advanced Micro Devices has reported a profit for the fourth quarter, thanks largely to the sale of its chips in the latest game consoles from Microsoft and Sony. Read More
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