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- June 17, 2013
17 Jun'13
Q&A: Microsoft's Erwin Visser on Windows 8.1 updates, security
Microsoft's Erwin Visser discusses Windows 8.1 features, how IT can keep pace with faster update cycles and Windows security enhancements.
- June 14, 2013
14 Jun'13
Telerik updates Windows 8 app development tools
Telerik's updated DevCraft tool for developing Windows 8 apps helps IT to deliver business apps to end users on PCs and tablets.
- June 12, 2013
12 Jun'13
Microsoft ADK for Windows 8.1 arms IT with Windows deployment tools
With the ADK for Windows 8.1, Microsoft has armed IT administrators with the tools they need to deploy the future Windows 8.1 in the enterprise.
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- June 11, 2013
11 Jun'13
In mobile device era, Hewlett-Packard recommits to PCs at HP Discover
IT pros are encouraged by Hewlett Packard's new support services plan for PCs, but would like to see mobile devices from the company.
- June 08, 2013
08 Jun'13
Mysteries of Remote Desktop Connection in Windows
I have half-a-dozen different notebook PCs in my office, and three desktops total, all of which I like to manage remotely from my primary production desktop, because it's got two great big honkin' ...
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Eliminating the App Learning Curve for Users Speeds Up Digital Transformation
Sponsored by Citrix - Digital transformation changes how business processes are completed, with new apps and services being essential elements in the entire process. Understandably, the focus of many businesses has been on the design, creation, and deployment of these apps. But they are beginning to realize that they cannot afford to ignore perhaps the most important aspect of launching new software: user adoption. Put simply, if workers don’t use the new apps and digital services, nothing has transformed. Costly digital transformations can come to naught. This is not an edge case that most organizations don’t have to worry about. According to a McKinsey study, 70% of digital transformation initiatives fail, with much of the problem resulting from a lack of adoption. See More
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The Life of the Cloud Architect Part 2: 3 Steps to a Hybrid Multicloud Experience
Sponsored by NetApp - Here’s a simple truth for cloud architects of any background, whether developers, line-of-business managers or traditional IT: Nobody wants to—or even can—use yesterday’s practices to build the applications of tomorrow. See More
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Three Tenets of Security Protection for State and Local Government and Education (SLED)
Sponsored by DellEMC - Security is the utmost priority for IT decision-makers in state and local government and education. Government agencies, schools and citizens are frequent, highly visible targets for cybercriminals, and their systems contain personal data that is extremely valuable on the Dark Web, such as Social Security numbers. See More
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Microapps Empower the Modern Workforce
Sponsored by Citrix - Digital transformation has rewritten the processes and activities that support the modern organization. Many of these changes have improved the employee experience, but perhaps none so much as the move from monolithic applications to microapps. See More
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- June 07, 2013
07 Jun'13
Why hundreds of techies stood in line for hours to buy a Surface Pro
I did it. I agonized and waffled about it for days but finally caved in. I just had to experience why anyone on earth would stand in line for the Surface RT and Surface Pro fire sale. They're first ...
- June 06, 2013
06 Jun'13
Rufus Beats Windows 7 USB Download Tool, Hands Down
These days ultrabooks and tablets make DVDs passé for Windows installs. UFDs (USB Flash Drives, that is) are the way to go. I'd discovered the free Microsoft Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool at the ...
- June 06, 2013
06 Jun'13
Cisco Press Launches Annual Geeks-only Sweepstakes
OK, come on: you may balk at the "Geeks-only" term in my blog headline, but who else could possibly care about the Cisco Press Facebook Sweepstakes now underway? Here's the deal: register to win, ...
- June 05, 2013
05 Jun'13
Sony Fires Off New Haswell Ultrabooks
Yesterday, a flurry of stories announced a couple of new Sony VAIO touch-equipped ultrabook models equipped with Haswell processors that give us some pretty good intimations of what lies ahead. The ...
- June 05, 2013
05 Jun'13
Windows 8.1 security, management enhancements entice enterprise IT
Microsoft missed the boat on the enterprise message for Windows 8. Can it win over IT with security features and other enhancements in Windows 8.1?
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- June 03, 2013
03 Jun'13
Microsoft's Windows 8.1 update cycle expected to burden IT
Microsoft made good on its Windows Blue initiative with a preview of the Windows 8.1 update, but some say faster updates will burden IT departments.
- June 03, 2013
03 Jun'13
In Wake of Computex, First Surface Pro 2 Hints Start Circulating
OK, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that MS has to do something to boost Surface Pro battery life, not only to establish parity with other emerging Windows 8 tablets, but also ...
- May 27, 2013
27 May'13
Could AMD really leapfrog Intel with its new graphics-intensive mobile CPUs?
Well, well, well. It's been forever since the worm turned and AMD got a leg up on Intel--almost seven years, in fact, since the introduction of Intel's Core family of processors whipped the ...
- May 24, 2013
24 May'13
Analysis of Windows 8.1 "Blue" APIs Reveals Cool Coming Attractions
Over at PC World, Mark Hachman reports on a terrific bit of Windows 8.1 (Microsoft's now-official name for the next upcoming Windows desktop release, preview due out on later this month) code ...
- May 23, 2013
23 May'13
Soluto Survey Shows Only Minimal Use of Tile-based Windows 8 Apps
Call them "Windows Store apps," "Modern UI apps," or even "Metro apps," the latest monthly report from Soluto reveals that these apps don't figure much into how actual users employ their Windows 8 ...