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	Dell replays Windows 8 blame card as PC sales slide Dell last week again blamed Windows 8 for contributing to a decline in PC sales revenue during the quarter that ended May 3. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8 Smart VoIP Strategies New White Paper on VoIP Advantages for Small Business! Download this new white paper today for a close look at how a VoIP phone solution can help your small business stay ahead of future challenges. Learn more. In this Issue Windows 8 is an enterprise 'non-starter' because IT sees no value in changes Preston Gralla: Can Microsoft's Surface Mini save Windows RT? Microsoft's $300M Nook investment hasn't paid off -- yet Preston Gralla: Windows Phone can finally brag, 'We're number 3!' Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July Greg Lambert: It's a two-stepping day for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales Preston Gralla: Google CEO Larry Page's hypocritical complaint: Microsoft's bad behavior "is really sad." WHITE PAPER: serVelocity Six Keys for Services to Maximize PSA Implementation Success Even for successful services organizations, transformational initiatives are simply very challenging to deliver. Spending relatively little time in the early stages of PSA implementations ensures success through agreed upon outcomes, business and process design changes, and the commitment to managing organizational change. Learn more. Windows 8 is an enterprise 'non-starter' because IT sees no value in changes Windows 8 faces a number of hurdles in the enterprise, but the biggest reason it won't replace the current corporate champion, Windows 7, is simple: IT shops don't think it's worth the upgrade hassle. Read More Preston Gralla: Can Microsoft's Surface Mini save Windows RT? Reports say that Microsoft is readying a smaller, less-expensive version of its Window RT-based Surface tablet, and may announce it as early as June. Will that be enough to save the struggling Windows RT OS? Read More Microsoft's $300M Nook investment hasn't paid off -- yet Microsoft has gotten next to nothing from its $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it may reap some rewards as it prepares to ship smaller tablets. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone can finally brag, 'We're number 3!' It might not seem like a victory to many people, but Windows Phone has finally climbed to number 3 on the smartphone popularity list, edging past BlackBerry. Even better news for Microsoft: Windows Phone shipments more than doubled in the past year. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP When App Performance is Better, Business Works Better Poor application performance can cost more than you think. In fact, Enterprise Management Associates reports that it can exceed $1 million per hour in large enterprises. Read Now! Dell's thumb PC, Project Ophelia, to ship in July Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100. Read More Greg Lambert: It's a two-stepping day for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday We are back at it again with 10 updates in Microsoft's May edition of Patch Tuesday. Two are rated Critical, with the remaining eight rated as Important.  This month's Patch Tuesday is really a story of a few steps forward followed by a step back, after the release of a seriously flawed patch released in last month's April Patch Tuesday update, which caused Microsoft to revoke, and then subsequently re-release the update. Read More Dell profit dives 79 percent on falling PC sales Dell reported another quarter of declining profits and revenue Thursday as CEO Michael Dell continues his fight to take the company private. Read More Preston Gralla: Google CEO Larry Page's hypocritical complaint: Microsoft's bad behavior "is really sad." Google CEO Larry Page zinged Microsoft for its "sad" behavior during his rambling remarks at Google I/O, complaining about the company's "us versus them" mentality. Yet only a few days earlier, Google had served Microsoft with a cease-and-desist letter to pull a Windows Phone YouTube app. Whose behavior is really sad here? Read More
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