Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8

	OS X Mountain Lion's torrid upgrade pace cools | Microsoft co-founder dings Windows 8 as 'puzzling, confusing'
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	Poor pre-launch showing plagues Windows 8 With just weeks before the public launch of Windows 8, users are five times less likely to be running the new OS than they were Windows 7 at the same point in its countdown, an analytics firm said today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Improve IT Productivity with LogMein Rescue LogMeIn Rescue lets you do more. With Rescue, IT can quickly access, diagnose and solve IT problems anywhere, worldwide. The result: Improved productivity for IT staff, improved customer satisfaction and more time for the important stuff. Stop letting cludgy remote support tools get in your way of delivering great IT support to PCs and Smartphones Do More. Try Rescue today In this Issue OS X Mountain Lion's torrid upgrade pace cools Microsoft co-founder dings Windows 8 as 'puzzling, confusing' Microsoft's long-term Windows 8 app strategy may backfire, say analysts Microsoft preps MSN version for Windows 8 and IE 10 Oracle adds more cloud finesse to Solaris Preston Gralla: Bad news for Windows 8: Pre-launch adoption numbers are dismal WHITE PAPER: VMware Indiana University Virtualizes Mission-Critical Databases The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University deployed VMware Infrastructure which decreases costs, streamlines server deployment, and reduces energy consumption. Read now! OS X Mountain Lion's torrid upgrade pace cools More Mac users took to OS X Mountain Lion last month even as the explosive growth of August slowed dramatically, Web measurement company Net Applications said Monday. Read More Microsoft co-founder dings Windows 8 as 'puzzling, confusing' Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen today called Windows 8 'puzzling' and 'confusing initially,' but assured users that they would eventually learn to like the new OS. Read More Microsoft's long-term Windows 8 app strategy may backfire, say analysts As the countdown clock ticks toward Windows 8's launch later this month, Microsoft has still not shown that there will be enough apps to drive users toward the new OS, said analyst Patrick Moorhead. Read More WEBCAST: VMware Desktop Total Cost of Ownership: Gartner Research Declining hardware and software costs have an impact on total cost of ownership (TCO), but how desktop PCs are managed remains the most critical factor in reducing TCO. This Gartner article illustrates how a higher management level for desktops can achieve lower TCO and improved user productivity. Read Now! Microsoft preps MSN version for Windows 8 and IE 10 Microsoft will debut a major redesign of its MSN consumer web portal with a new layout and navigation scheme optimized for the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. Read More Oracle adds more cloud finesse to Solaris Further emphasizing Larry Ellison's fresh enthusiasm for cloud computing, Oracle has updated its Solaris Unix operating system with a number of new capabilities to give it greater cloud capabilities, including a new distributed storage file system and SDN (software defined networking) features. Read More Preston Gralla: Bad news for Windows 8: Pre-launch adoption numbers are dismal Early signs point to bad news for Windows 8's launch. The new operating system's pre-launch adoption numbers are extremely low, lagging those of Windows 7 at the same pre-adoption point by a factor of five. Read More
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