Microsoft remains shackled to strategy after $900M blunder

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	Microsoft remains shackled to strategy after $900M 'absolute abomination' of a blunder Microsoft's massive $900 million Surface RT gaffe may have been, as one analyst put it, "an absolute abomination" in operations, but the company will not -- cannot -- give up on the ARM-based platform, experts contended today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Globanet Beyond Data Migration Best Practices When managing a migration, performance optimization is at the heart of the process. With millions (or even billions) of items to move, ensuring that you mitigate any expected environmental or configuration bottlenecks is essential. Read Now! In this Issue Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector Microsoft embraces Surface RT price cut -- and $900M write-down -- by poking fun at Apple's iPad SAP reveals road map details for its HANA in-memory platform Novell serves up enterprise printing for BYOD era Apple acquires Locationary for local listings Panasonic pleads guilty to laptop battery pack price fixing Sharon Gaudin: Robots prep NASA spacecraft for human Mars mission Preston Gralla: Latest numbers show the consumer market may be dying for Microsoft Jonny Evans: Apple purchases Locationary to make accurate crowd-sourced Maps JR Raphael: 4 hidden settings to make Chrome for Android even better WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Next Generation Backup and Recovery Read this IDC analysis of ten midsize companies that have deployed EMC backup and recovery solutions to learn key IDC findings including: - Average payback period of 7 months ROI of 450% over 3 years - Reduced restore times from 17 to 2 hours - Reduced backup windows from 11 to 3 hours Learn more. Cyber drills like Quantum Dawn 2 vital to security in financial sector Cyber exercises, like the Quantum Dawn 2 drill carried out by dozens of Wall Street firms this week, can be useful in helping financial firms close critical gaps in their incident response capabilities, analysts said. Read More Microsoft embraces Surface RT price cut -- and $900M write-down -- by poking fun at Apple's iPad The day after Microsoft took a $900 million charge against its Surface RT tablet -- sparking rumors it would dump the poor-selling device -- the company unveiled a new ad that took on Apple's iPad by touting the Surface RT's lower price of $349. Read More SAP reveals road map details for its HANA in-memory platform SAP has provided an extensive window into the future direction of its HANA in-memory database platform, which has emerged as the central pillar of the company's product strategy. Read More Novell serves up enterprise printing for BYOD era Seeking a foothold in more enterprises running Microsoft software, Novell has introduced an application to streamline the process of connecting employees to workspace printers, even if they are using non-Microsoft computers and mobile devices, such as iPhones. Read More Apple acquires Locationary for local listings Apple has acquired Locationary, a start-up based in Toronto that provides a platform for aggregating and managing local business listings. Read More WHITE PAPER: EasyVista Domtar Case Study Domtar, the largest integrated manufacturer and marketer of uncoated free sheet paper in North America, centralized IT worldwide with EasyVista. Learn More Panasonic pleads guilty to laptop battery pack price fixing Panasonic and its subsidiary Sanyo have agreed to plead guilty to price fixing conspiracies involving laptop battery cells and automotive parts. They will pay a total of $56.5 million in criminal fines, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. Read More Sharon Gaudin: Robots prep NASA spacecraft for human Mars mission When it comes to getting astronauts home safely from a Mars mission, building Orion's heat shield is a hot topic. Read More Preston Gralla: Latest numbers show the consumer market may be dying for Microsoft Microsoft's latest earnings numbers make one thing perfectly clear: Enterprises love the company, but consumers are staying away in droves. In the quarter, revenue for businesses was up solidly, while consumer revenue was far more problematic. Does this mean that the consumer will eventually be dead for Microsoft? Read More Jonny Evans: Apple purchases Locationary to make accurate crowd-sourced Maps Apple has made a significant technology acquisition designed to massively improve its ill-starred Maps service, purchasing Canadian start-up, Locationary. Read More JR Raphael: 4 hidden settings to make Chrome for Android even better Google's Chrome for Android provides a powerful browsing experience by default -- but if you know where to look, you can unlock extra power-user features that make the browser even better. Read More
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