Windows head Steven Sinofsky to leave Microsoft

	Report advocates for cloud, SaaS buyers' 'bill of rights' | Report: Intel in talks to invest up to $500 million in Sharp
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	Windows head Steven Sinofsky to leave Microsoft Steven Sinofsky, the executive in charge of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system and the driving force behind its new OS, is leaving the company, Microsoft announced late Monday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Report advocates for cloud, SaaS buyers' 'bill of rights' Report: Intel in talks to invest up to $500 million in Sharp Employees Engage in Rogue Cloud Use Regardless of Security Policies WHITE PAPER: SAS Overcoming Traditional BI Limitations Interactive BI has been shown to dramatically reduce the time to deliver requested information to business managers and promotes BI self-service to offload IT from data request inundation. Read Now Report advocates for cloud, SaaS buyers' 'bill of rights' With SaaS (software as a service) having become a preferred deployment model for new software purchases, customers should be entitled to a clear-cut set of rights and expectations from vendors, a report from analyst firm Constellation Research argues. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization Today's smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often dependent on WAN optimization. Learn more. Report: Intel in talks to invest up to $500 million in Sharp Intel is in final negotiations to invest up to US$500 million in struggling Sharp of Japan, Kyodo News agency reported Tuesday. Read More Employees Engage in Rogue Cloud Use Regardless of Security Policies Studies show that employees are engaging in rogue use of the cloud, even when IT organizations say they have clear formal cloud policies and penalties for violation of the policies. Read More
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