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	7 possible reveals at Microsoft's Surface event Microsoft stands poised to unveil the next chapter in the ambitious, yet tumultuous Surface saga on Tuesday, with a quote-unquote "small" Surface event in New York City. The date's concrete, but the details are murky. Just what is Microsoft going to unveil? The Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 were only launched in late October, after all. Read More   : Network Instruments New study: SDN adoption trends and challenges Emerging network technology options are bountiful. See how you stack up against the results of the Seventh Annual State of the Network study. Learn what aspects of SDN have gained traction, what is driving adoption and how you can avoid potential pitfalls. Learn More In this Issue 25 years of Microsoft Office roadkill Windows XP's U.S. farewell tour to last most of '14 No Surface Mini from Microsoft on Tuesday Microsoft's money pit: Surface has lost $1.2B Can Microsoft's new efforts reverse Windows Phone's struggles? SAP apps heading to Microsoft Azure cloud Microsoft CEO Nadella aces first-100-day test PowWow customizes desktop, Web apps for tablets and smartphones More fake antivirus programs found in Google Play, Windows Phone Store Home routers: Broken windows to the world WHITE PAPER: IBM 3 capabilities to fuel today's dynamic forecasting IBM Cognos software can provide businesses with the business insight they need to be prepared, not scared. Cognos software allows businesses to analyze performance, model business strategies and processes, and contribute to a common set of business objectives. Learn More 25 years of Microsoft Office roadkill Love it or hate it, Microsoft Office has torn up the competition, leaving all manner of software carrion in its wake. Read More   Windows XP's U.S. farewell tour to last most of '14 Last-minute moves by businesses to scrap Windows XP may have offset the continued free fall in consumer spending, but that gift from XP won't help the PC industry for long. Read More   No Surface Mini from Microsoft on Tuesday Microsoft will not unveil a smaller-sized Surface tablet tomorrow, according to multiple sources familiar with Microsoft's plans. Read More   WHITE PAPER: RES Software   Bridging the Gap Between Business and IT There's a growing gap between business users and IT services. Differences between what users want and what IT can provide are driving a wedge between these two camps. Learn how this gap can be closed with the RES IT Store delivering automation in an easy-to-use and easy-to-implement package. Learn more Microsoft's money pit: Surface has lost $1.2B Microsoft has lost more than $1.2 billion so far on its Surface tablet business, an expensive experiment that makes tomorrow's revelations of new hardware an important milestone for the "devices" side of its corporate-refashioning strategy. Read More   Can Microsoft's new efforts reverse Windows Phone's struggles? Two new reports put Windows Phone's market share at just 3% worldwide, which begs the question of how much more pain Microsoft can tolerate before it finally throws in the towel in favor of Android. I'm of the line of thought that it will never happen. Read More   SAP apps heading to Microsoft Azure cloud Microsoft and SAP's long-standing partnership is being strengthened with the pending certification of SAP's ERP (enterprise resource planning) software for deployment on the Azure cloud infrastructure service. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments Your Guide to Troubleshooting VoIP Real-time voice communications are sensitive to delay and variation in packet arrival times. This paper guides you through the essentials of VoIP troubleshooting, including common problems as well as the metrics you should employ to fix and prevent them. Learn More Microsoft CEO Nadella aces first-100-day test If Satya Nadella is celebrating his first 100 days as CEO of Microsoft today, no one can blame him, a corporate leadership expert said. Read More   PowWow customizes desktop, Web apps for tablets and smartphones PowWow, a privately held upstart in the enterprise mobile software market, promises to simplify the porting of Windows or Web applications to smartphones and tablets by using virtual application delivery and tailor-made user interfaces. Read More   More fake antivirus programs found in Google Play, Windows Phone Store Last month Google offered refunds to users who bought a fake antivirus app from Google Play, but the scam seems to be catching on and security researchers have recently identified similar apps in both the Android and Windows Phone app stores. Read More   Home routers: Broken windows to the world For most people, a home router is their window to the world -- the World Wide Web. Read More
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