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	Microsoft likely to leash iOS Office apps to Office 365, say analysts Microsoft will probably tie Office apps for the iPhone and iPad to its Office 365 'rental' subscription plans to prevent the mobile apps from cannibalizing sales and to skirt the 'Apple tax,' analysts said today. Read More WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Strategies for Managing Distributed IT Environments Protecting your network architecture continues to be extremely critical. Distributed networking and computing spaces often times go unmanaged. Learn more about the importance of managing these distributed IT spaces including strategies for maintaining availability and energy cost savings opportunities. Learn more. In this Issue 7 new Windows 8 tablets Michigan man charged with selling counterfeit Microsoft software Preston Gralla: HP warns consumers: Downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7 at your own risk, we won't support you Microsoft slates first Windows 8, RT patches since launch HP urges consumer customers not to downgrade new PCs to Windows 7 After a tough year, Intel and HP push ahead on Itanium Microsoft's Cloud Services Mix Leaves Many Vendors in the Dust RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: EMC IT's Next Transformation To remain competitive organizations need to manage the relationship between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerization, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. Read the interactive guide to learn more. 7 new Windows 8 tablets The introduction of Microsoft Windows 8 has spawned a variety of new and exciting devices. Here are 7 tablets that were built especially to accommodate the new operating system. Some include keyboards and other add-ons, but will those extras -- and the promise of Windows on a tablet -- be enough to lure buyers away from the iPad and Android tablets? Read More Michigan man charged with selling counterfeit Microsoft software A man from Michigan was arraigned in a U.S. federal court on Thursday on charges of mail fraud and selling counterfeit software worth over US$1.2 million that he purchased from China and Singapore, the U.S Department of Justice said Thursday. Read More Preston Gralla: HP warns consumers: Downgrade from Windows 8 to Windows 7 at your own risk, we won't support you Those who buy HP Windows 8 PCs and decide they want to downgrade to Windows 7 are in for a shock: Consumers will be on their own if there are Windows-related problems on the machines, and HP won't offer support. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Leading the Revolution of Device Independence As employees bring their own devices to work, employers must respond with effective strategies to secure and manage a plethora of new devices containing business-critical data. A Computerworld QuickPoll survey found approximately four in 10 smartphones and tablet devices in the enterprise are owned by employees. Learn More Microsoft slates first Windows 8, RT patches since launch Microsoft will issue six security updates next week, including three for Windows 8 and its tablet spin-off Windows RT. Read More HP urges consumer customers not to downgrade new PCs to Windows 7 Hewlett-Packard (HP) has advised consumer customers not to downgrade new PCs equipped with Windows 8 to the earlier Windows 7. Read More After a tough year, Intel and HP push ahead on Itanium It has been a rough stretch for Itanium. HP and its customers were startled after Oracle abruptly announced its intent to discontinue software development on HP's Itanium servers. But neither HP nor Intel has backed away from Itanium, and last week's announcements appear to affirm that. Read More Microsoft's Cloud Services Mix Leaves Many Vendors in the Dust IBM became 'Big Blue' because it leased hardware and provided free software, but its collapse divorced the two. The growth of the cloud has caused another marriage, one that brings together software and services. Vendors such as Amazon, Google and especially Microsoft understand this, CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle says, and they are bound to leave those trying to sell a 'cloud solution' in their dust. Read More
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