13 great Windows Phone apps for IT pros

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	13 great Windows Phone apps for IT pros A baker's dozen of mostly free apps for server monitoring, remote access, network troubleshooting, password management, even scripting -- right from your Windows Phone. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Online Detecting and Dealing with Toxic Teams Join Paul Glen, CEO and author of Leading Geeks, on Thursday September 26 at 10AM PDT/ 1 PM EDT. as he explains the 5 warning signs that indicate you have a toxic team and how to restore your team to 100% health. Learn big solutions for big problems! View now In this Issue Preston Gralla: Microsoft's Surface 2 shows why Windows RT will die Microsoft tries again with new Surface tablets Microsoft's latest Surface tablets don't dazzle industry analysts Barbara Krasnoff: Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablets: Are they sufficiently covered? Microsoft's most loyal users ask for Surface trade-in program Microsoft is sole Windows RT tablet vendor as Dell's XPS 10 is 'unavailable' Richi Jennings: Surface 2 and 2 Pro are better, but still overpriced Microsoft joont venture eyes China gaming market Hands on: Microsoft's Remix Project music app Microsoft puts Windows XP laggards in a pinch Microsoft sharpens Office 365 BI tool to slice and dice data Microsoft sails past Oracle in bringing Java SE to cloud Microsoft's SkyDrive stumbles, becomes latest glitchy cloud app WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Applying Best Practice DevOps for Mission Success Joe User has a great idea for a new application that could help him and other agency users do their jobs better and faster. How can Joe's agency take this vision and transform it into a real working app that will move the agency mission forward? Read now! Preston Gralla: Microsoft's Surface 2 shows why Windows RT will die If you're looking for evidence why Windows RT won't be around for the long haul, just take a look at Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablet. It highlights everything wrong with RT, and points the way towards the operating system's eventual demise. Read More Microsoft tries again with new Surface tablets The Surface Pro 2 will run Windows 8.1 on Intel's Haswell processors. Aimed at power users and professionals it will cost $899. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More Microsoft's latest Surface tablets don't dazzle industry analysts Microsoft's second-generation Surface tablets didn't dazzle analysts on Monday, even with improved processor speeds, better cameras and longer battery life. Read More Barbara Krasnoff: Microsoft's new Surface 2 tablets: Are they sufficiently covered? Microsoft has expanded the range of covers that will be available for the Surface 2 -- including one that is not yet available, but which was, for me, one of the most interesting gadgets shown at the tablet's introduction. Read More Microsoft's most loyal users ask for Surface trade-in program One of the most common questions posed to Microsoft's Surface team Monday was whether the company would buy back used tablets so that customers could upgrade to the newest models set to ship in a month. Read More Microsoft is sole Windows RT tablet vendor as Dell's XPS 10 is 'unavailable' Dell's XPS 10 tablet models with Windows RT have been removed from the company's website, which analysts said could leave Microsoft as the only vendor selling ARM-based tablets running versions of Windows RT. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Corporation Give Your Users What They Want with Cloud and Mobile Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 Time: 2:00 PM EDT You will learn: - How moving to the cloud can help accelerate mobile adoption in your organization. - The benefits of combining the power of cloud with the freedom and functionality of mobile. Learn More. Richi Jennings: Surface 2 and 2 Pro are better, but still overpriced And you thought bloggers would change their minds? Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) releases its second try at the Surface convertible-tablet line. They're faster, with better battery life and new accessories. Redmond's hoping second time's a charm. But, in IT Blogwatch, bloggers haven't changed their minds. Read More Microsoft joont venture eyes China gaming market Microsoft is entering China's gaming market with a new joint venture, the latest sign that its Xbox console soon arrive in the country. Read More Hands on: Microsoft's Remix Project music app Trying to attract a hipper audience, Microsoft's Remix Project lets musicians and DJS remix songs using a Windows 8.1 application, Surface tablet and special hardware pad in place of a keyboard. Read More Microsoft puts Windows XP laggards in a pinch Microsoft last week painted Windows XP consumer and small business customers into an even smaller corner when it said it could not recommend that they upgrade to Windows 8.1, the update to Windows 8 slated to ship Oct. 18. Read More Microsoft sharpens Office 365 BI tool to slice and dice data Microsoft has added features to Power BI for Office 365, a data analysis tool to complement Excel that the company hasn't yet released in final form. Read More Microsoft sails past Oracle in bringing Java SE to cloud While Oracle CEO Larry Ellison focuses his attention on the America';s Cup sailing race, Oracle is rushing to keep up in another race, the one to get its Java SE in the cloud. Read More Microsoft's SkyDrive stumbles, becomes latest glitchy cloud app Another day, another cloud app gets stung by a bug. Microsoft's SkyDrive cloud storage service began malfunctioning on Tuesday afternoon, a day after Google's Gmail got tripped by a network breakdown. Read More
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