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	No hard feelings, Alan? Ford reportedly will dump Microsoft's Sync Ford Motor, the company whose CEO was the discussion of furious speculation as a potential CEO for Microsoft, is set to dump Microsoft's Sync software used to control the in-car system due to poor performance. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Top 10 Internet Applications Most Likely to be Mobilized Effective mobile application performance management optimizes application availability and response time, ensuring the best user experience. Learn the difference the right management tools make and why tools that monitor the network or focus only on performance at the device level are not enough. Read now! In this Issue Former BlueHat Prize winner pwns Microsoft Breaking down Microsoft's Mobile World Congress announcements (so far) Microsoft urges customers to ditch XP, Office 2003 Ultimate cloud speed tests: Amazon vs. Google vs. Windows Azure Windows 8: Learn to love it Ex-Microsoft architect's startup focuses on SaaS integration Microsoft's 'go-low' play puts Windows revenue on the line Management vendors show Windows Phone some love AMD boosts Android on Windows PCs and tablets powered by its chips Why Ford is dumping Microsoft for Blackberry's QNX OS WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Getting Agnostic about Mobile Devices The need for flawless, high-performing mobile apps is critical, yet many organizations struggle. This paper explains how to accurately analyze performance of mobile apps, calculate the cost of app failure, and how to develop, deploy and test mobile apps so that malfunctions don't happen. Read more! Former BlueHat Prize winner pwns Microsoft At BSides security conference in San Francisco, Bromium Labs' security researcher Jared DeMott showed attack code capable of bypassing "all of the protections" in Microsoft's free Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) 4.1. Read More Breaking down Microsoft's Mobile World Congress announcements (so far) The smartphone world is gathering in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual Mobile World Conference show, and while Microsoft and Nokia will be there, there won't be any new hardware shown. However, that doesn't mean Windows Phone is slipping as a priority. Far from it. Read More Microsoft urges customers to ditch XP, Office 2003 Microsoft has again painted a grim picture for customers who remain on Windows XP and Office 2003 after it ends support for the old OS and suite in early April, but it's unclear if the company is succeeding in its campaign to convince holdouts to upgrade. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism The 2013 Mobile App Performance Management Report Most enterprises are looking for ways to leverage their investments in web technology to handle mobile app performance, but between monitoring, OS variants, screen sizes and OEMs, this can be a costly and complex approach. This 2013 Mobile APM Report highlights best practices for meeting mobile app challenges and ensuring mobile app performance. Read more! Ultimate cloud speed tests: Amazon vs. Google vs. Windows Azure A diverse set of real-world Java benchmarks shows that Google is fastest, Azure is slowest, and Amazon is priciest Read More Windows 8: Learn to love it If you're having a rough time with your Windows 8 computer, several options are available to smooth out the bumps. Read More Ex-Microsoft architect's startup focuses on SaaS integration A former Microsoft architect has founded a startup called Azuqua aimed at tackling the problem of joining together and automating business processes from multiple SaaS (software-as-a-service) applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Performance Management: The Mobile App Development Playbook This comprehensive 16 page Forrester Research, Inc. report, authored by Jeffrey Hammond, Forrester VP and Principal Analyst, details a number of valuable, commonly collected metrics and describes the tools and frameworks that can help you collect them. Read now! Microsoft's 'go-low' play puts Windows revenue on the line Analysts were uncertain whether the recent stretch of "go-low" moves by Microsoft means that the company has tweaked its strategy to emphasize services at the expense of devices. Read More Management vendors show Windows Phone some love IBM-owned Fiberlink and BlackBerry are adding Windows Phone to the list of platforms they can manage and protect, as enterprise interest for the smartphone OS is increasing. Read More AMD boosts Android on Windows PCs and tablets powered by its chips Advanced Micro Devices has optimized a version of Android for tablets and PCs containing its chips, and will sell it on new PCs through retail stores in Europe. Read More Why Ford is dumping Microsoft for Blackberry's QNX OS Ford is reportedly set to replace the Windows-based Sync platform in its cars with an open-source based system used by several other automakers. Read More
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