Microsoft's Nokia acquisition is 'a necessary gamble,' analysts say

	Preston Gralla: Microsoft expects $45 billion annually in revenue from Nokia deal | Microsoft to buy Nokia's handset business in $7B deal
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	Microsoft's Nokia acquisition is 'a necessary gamble,' analysts say Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices & Services business is a necessary gamble for the software company's future growth in mobile, and for Nokia an admission that it doesn't have enough resources to successfully compete with Samsung and Apple, according to analysts. Read More   WHITE PAPER: Symantec Key Factors in Modernizing Backup and Recovery No two companies have precisely the same needs or requirements for backup and recovery solutions. However, NetBackup appliances meet the core requirements and solve the challenges associated with traditional backup and recovery approaches. They enable fast, reliable, storage, and bandwidth-efficient backups and recovery of data. Read now! In this Issue Preston Gralla: Microsoft expects $45 billion annually in revenue from Nokia deal Microsoft to buy Nokia's handset business in $7B deal Microsoft to acquire Nokia's smartphone, mobile phone business Preston Gralla: Did Nokia blackmail Microsoft into a sale by threatening to abandon Windows Phone? Richi Jennings: Goodbye Nokia. Hello new Microsoft CEO? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on acquisition of Nokia Microsoft's Nokia deal could benefit rival mobile device vendors, analysts say Windows XP's user share nose-dives Windows 8 surpasses Vista's uptake rate -- 10 months after launch Jonny Evans: Apple's Post-PC Fall begins, Microsoft's doesn't PC industry woes worsen as 'phenomenal transition' shrinks shipment numbers Microsoft sets $100 Surface Pro discounts in stone Microsoft wins jury trial in patent dispute with Motorola Microsoft takes aim at Google with Nokia's mapping apps WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Why Storage Convergence? Why Now? In this paper, Enterprise Strategy Group examines approaches to IT operational challenges and business requirements. Learn how HP Converged Storage's comprehensive approach represents a logical evolution development in storage, delivering ease, flexibility and cost-efficiency all in one. Learn more. Preston Gralla: Microsoft expects $45 billion annually in revenue from Nokia deal Talk about strategy and synergy all you want, but Microsoft's Nokia buyout is primarily about one thing: Big revenue. The company claims that it expects to get somewhere around $45 billion a year in revenue by 2018 from it. Is that number real, or is someone cooking the books? Read More   Microsoft to buy Nokia's handset business in $7B deal Microsoft will acquire the cell phone business of Nokia in a deal that gives the American software company its best chance yet to break the dominance of Google and Apple in the smartphone market. Read More   Microsoft to acquire Nokia's smartphone, mobile phone business Microsoft is to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services business, which includes the smartphone and mobile phones businesses, for Euro 3.79 billion ($5 billion), Microsoft said on Monday. Read More   Preston Gralla: Did Nokia blackmail Microsoft into a sale by threatening to abandon Windows Phone? There are plenty of theories about why Microsoft is buying Nokia, but two analysts say that the real reason was that Nokia was soon going to end manufacturing Windows Phones. Are they on target, or have they been smoking something funny? Read More   Richi Jennings: Goodbye Nokia. Hello new Microsoft CEO? Barney is prettier and more purple. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is buying Nokia (HEL:NOK1V) (NYSE:NOK), or at least the bits that we care about. For $7.17 billion, it'll get the phone-maker business, plus patent licenses. Oh, and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop returns to the Redmond fold, possibly to take over as CEO of Microsoft. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder why it took so long. Read More   Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on acquisition of Nokia Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a news conference in Espoo, Finland on September 3, 2013, on his company's plans to acquire Nokia's smartphone business. Read More   Microsoft's Nokia deal could benefit rival mobile device vendors, analysts say Microsoft's plan to buy Nokia's phone business and have a larger presence in hardware devices has so far brought little response from PC and smartphone vendors in Asia. But the deal could end up bringing dividends to Microsoft's long-time partners in the region by revitalizing the Windows ecosystem, according to analysts. Read More   WEBCAST: Workday, Inc. The Business Value of Human Capital Management for Finance See how a lack of integration between finance and HR can impede progress in reaching business and financial goals. View now >> Windows XP's user share nose-dives Maybe people are listening to Microsoft's demand that they ditch Windows XP. Read More   Windows 8 surpasses Vista's uptake rate -- 10 months after launch Microsoft got some good news Sunday as metrics company Net Applications said Windows 8's user share in August is now larger than Vista's at the same point in the latter's post-launch timeline. Read More   Jonny Evans: Apple's Post-PC Fall begins, Microsoft's doesn't   We're reaching the end of summer when Apple [AAPL] is expected to begin a flow of fresh temptations designed to give the firm top billing in the post-PC world; meanwhile Microsoft has lost the game. The new haulage company Read More   PC industry woes worsen as 'phenomenal transition' shrinks shipment numbers The PC industry's problems continue to worsen, research firm IDC said yesterday as it again lowered shipment forecasts for the year. And the personal computer business's problems are Microsoft's problems. Read More   Microsoft sets $100 Surface Pro discounts in stone Microsoft yesterday made permanent the $100 price cut to its Surface Pro tablet that it ran as a temporary sale through most of August. Read More   Microsoft wins jury trial in patent dispute with Motorola A jury in Seattle, Washington, has ruled in favor of Microsoft in a patent dispute with Motorola Mobility over standards patents, according to court records. Read More   Microsoft takes aim at Google with Nokia's mapping apps Microsoft wants to build a better mobile phone through its acquisition of Nokia's mobile phone business. One way it hopes to do that? By improving its maps applications to better compete against Google's. Read More
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