Microsoft remains shackled to strategy after $900M 'absolute abomination' of a blunder

	Preston Gralla: Latest numbers show the consumer market may be dying for Microsoft | Office revenue smells sweet even as PC sales stink it up
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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 cannot give up on the ARM-based platform, experts said. Read More WHITE PAPER: Plantronics, Inc. eBook: Why Voice is Critical for your UC Deployment The ability for your team members to have all points of communication brought together in one platform is compelling. And allowing team members to collaborate from virtually anywhere should be appealing. Read Now! In this Issue Preston Gralla: Latest numbers show the consumer market may be dying for Microsoft Office revenue smells sweet even as PC sales stink it up Microsoft writes off nearly $1B to account for Surface RT bomb Microsoft embraces Surface RT price cut -- and $900M write-down -- by poking fun at Apple's iPad Microsoft stumbles in Q4, takes $900M Surface RT charge Microsoft, Google not doing enough on smartphone thefts, says SF DA Windows To Go: The Forgotten Version of Windows 8 Preston Gralla: Nokia's booming Windows Phone sales set a world record. So why is Lumia dying in the U.S? WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation EMC Service Assurance Suite Discover how you can get visibility into virtualized environments, the cloud and software-defined date centers, analyze availability and performance, optimize the environment and control costs with end-to-end performance, capacity management and reporting. Learn 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 Office revenue smells sweet even as PC sales stink it up Microsoft's Business Division, the company's biggest money maker for 10 out of the last 11 quarters thanks to its Office cash cow, was not immune to the historic decline in PC sales. Read More Microsoft writes off nearly $1B to account for Surface RT bomb Microsoft today took an unexpected $900 million charge to account for what it called "inventory adjustments" for the Surface RT, the poor-selling tablet that debuted last year. 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 WHITE PAPER: HP Intelligent IT Operations: Making IT Smarter Consolidating IT event management in a centralized operations bridge can help you increase efficiency in the short term while setting the stage for greater competitiveness over the long term. Read Now! Microsoft stumbles in Q4, takes $900M Surface RT charge Microsoft closed its fiscal year with a less-than-stellar earnings report, missing Wall Street's revenue and profit expectations and taking a gigantic charge related to its Surface RT tablet sales. Read More Microsoft, Google not doing enough on smartphone thefts, says SF DA San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón speaks on July 19 about the reaction of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google to his call for more to be done about smartphone thefts. Read More Windows To Go: The Forgotten Version of Windows 8 The ability to carry a Windows 8 image on a USB stick, plug it into any Windows 8 PC and separate corporate and personal data should appeal to anyone who frequently travels or simply hates lugging a laptop around. But Windows to Go isn't catching on. Will Windows 8.1 change that? Read More Preston Gralla: Nokia's booming Windows Phone sales set a world record. So why is Lumia dying in the U.S? Nokia had its best quarter ever for its Lumia Windows Phone line, with 7.4 million devices sold worldwide. But North American sales are lagging -- in fact, they haven't budged since at least late 2011. What does this mean for the future of Windows Phone? Read More
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