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Computerworld First Look Oct 29, 2018 Windows revenue remains in a $4.6B rut Microsoft's quarterly earnings this week showed that while commercial sales of Windows 10 PCs are on the rise, consumer interest remains slack. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Amazon opens up Alexa for Business to third-party devices • Study for Cisco's IT certification exams with this $39 prep training • Woody Leonhard: No, Windows 10 Home isn't 'good enough' for the Surface Pro 6 • Jonny Evans: Macs@IBM: An interview with IBM CIO Fletcher Previn • Woody Leonhard: It's time for Microsoft to fix the Surface Pro 4 mess • Updated: Tech event calendar 2018-19: Upcoming shows, conferences and IT expos White Paper: Hitachi ID Systems, Inc. Securing Privileged Access with Hitachi ID Privileged Access Manager (PAM) Privileged accounts, like their name suggests, are accounts designed to provide broad access to systems and data. They are an integral part of every IT infrastructure and play a key role in a large variety of day-to-day operations. Read More ▶ Amazon opens up Alexa for Business to third-party devices The move allows the the voice-activated digital assistant to push further into the enterprise by expanding the variety of devices in which it's embedded. Read More ▶ DealPost Study for Cisco's IT certification exams with this $39 prep training Expand your understanding of the IT basics, virtual networks, cloud computing, and more. Read More ▶ Woody Leonhard: No, Windows 10 Home isn't 'good enough' for the Surface Pro 6 With the way features are currently skewed, and the lousy quality of recent patches, every new PC should be configured with Windows 10 Pro. If you're going to buy a Win10 Home PC, spend an extra $100 for the upgrade to Pro. Read More ▶ Jonny Evans: Macs@IBM: An interview with IBM CIO Fletcher Previn I spoke with Previn to discuss IBM's adoption of Apple's platforms, and to get some insight into how to run a successful choice program. Read More ▶ Woody Leonhard: It's time for Microsoft to fix the Surface Pro 4 mess While some folks with congenital Surface Pro 4 problems get free exchanges, others don't get the time of day. We could use some consistency in the exchange policy — and sympathy for those who bought the worst Surface device ever. Read More ▶ Updated: Tech event calendar 2018-19: Upcoming shows, conferences and IT expos Our sortable chart offers information, dates and locations for a variety of IT-focused events coming up over the next year. Read More ▶ White Paper: Bronze Drum Consulting How Powerful New Technologies are Powering a Real-Time Revolution in Capital Markets Discover how machine learning, informed by rich, streaming data, is helping business leaders transform financial services is this white paper from Bronze Drum Consulting. By leveraging cloud services, financial service firms now have the power to put real-time streaming data to work. Read More ▶ Subscribe to Computerworld First Look Sign up for our popular daily newsletter. You'll get Computerworld's top stories, first thing in the morning. We deliver breaking news and in-depth features on topics like Windows 10 and enterprise mobility, as well as authoritative analyses of moves made by tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, IBM and HP. Sign up now ▶ Get the Deep Technology Insights You Need Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — in-depth articles available only to Insider members. You get access not only to Computerworld's Insider content but to selected Insider content from InfoWorld, CIO.com, Network World, CSO, and other IDG publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶

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