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	Ballmer unveils broad Microsoft reorganization Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled what he termed is a "far-reaching realignment" of the company designed to help Microsoft innovate faster and operate in a more coherent and holistic manner as it faces a variety of challenges from rivals big and small. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Enable Faster Backup and More Effective Long-Term Archiving Read the IDC report on how EMC is well positioned to help organizations that want to consider alternatives to tape for long-term backup retention and archiving needs. Learn more. In this Issue Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up? Preston Gralla: Microsoft reorganization's hidden message: We want to be your daddy Preston Gralla: Microsoft has derailed for lack of an engineer in chief Ditch XP movement finally helps PC business Microsoft kills the enterprise cloud Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349 Michael Horowitz: Unusual behavior from the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool Targeted attacks exploit now-patched Windows bug revealed by Google engineer Ballmer pushes 'family of devices' as Microsoft's new mantra Jonny Evans: Microsoft kills the enterprise cloud Microsoft reorg could fix some problems, create others With reorg, Microsoft bets big on home-grown hardware WEBCAST: ServiceNow Software Asset Management During our Software Asset Management webinar you will learn how having asset, configuration and other service management processes together in one system of record provides the control and visibility you need to overcome these challenges. View Now! Who's who in the Microsoft shake-up? Today, Microsoft announced its biggest reorganization in years, and a lot of the new leaders have backgrounds in consumer businesses. Here's who's running the show. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft reorganization's hidden message: We want to be your daddy Microsoft today unveiled a major reorganization that will drastically change the way the company operates. But beneath the restructuring was a hidden message: Like Google, Microsoft wants to gather lots of private data about you, and use that to know what you want before you even do yourself. Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft has derailed for lack of an engineer in chief The tech companies that have surged since Steve Ballmer took over at Microsoft from Bill Gates are headed by engineers. Read More Ditch XP movement finally helps PC business Companies buying new PCs to avoid the end of support for Windows XP helped the computer industry dodge an even gloomier quarter, IDC said. Read More Microsoft kills the enterprise cloud Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be taking a page from the Apple playbook in repositioning his corporation as a "devices company", but that's just smoke and mirrors to disguise a firm that's lost its soul: its data surveillance deal with the NSA undermines its precious position in the enterprise. Here's why: Read More Microsoft chops Surface RT price to $349 Microsoft on Sunday slashed prices on its Surface RT tablets by as much as 30%, with the entry-level 32GB model selling for $349. Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Increase Efficiency and Reduce Costs with Data Deduplication This IDC Buyer Case Study explores the benefits EMC realized from the use of a range of EMC's own backup and recovery solutions that leverage deduplication technology. Learn more. Michael Horowitz: Unusual behavior from the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool The July 2013 edition of Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) installs itself twice. For years there was one edition of MSRT every month. This month, there seem to be two copies of the software but both have the same name. Is this a bug? Waiting to hear from Microsoft.      Read More Targeted attacks exploit now-patched Windows bug revealed by Google engineer Microsoft this week said a pair of vulnerabilities, including one publicly disclosed by a Google security engineer in May, had been exploited in the wild before they were patched on Tuesday. Read More Ballmer pushes 'family of devices' as Microsoft's new mantra If Steve Ballmer's words mean anything, Microsoft is about to dramatically expand the number -- and type -- of devices it makes in-house. Read More Jonny Evans: Microsoft kills the enterprise cloud Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer may be taking a page from the Apple playbook in repositioning his corporation as a "devices company", but that's just smoke and mirrors to disguise a firm that's lost its soul: its data surveillance deal with the NSA undermines its precious position in the enterprise. Here's why: Read More Microsoft reorg could fix some problems, create others Steve Ballmer's grand plan to reinvent Microsoft has garnered mixed reviews from industry analysts, ranging from enthusiastic endorsements to frowning skepticism. Read More With reorg, Microsoft bets big on home-grown hardware Microsoft's reorganization is the biggest shot yet fired against the company's core partners, the computer makers who have made the software developer a technology giant, analysts said today. Read More
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