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	How to boost Windows 8 performance Want your Windows 8 machine to run faster? Of course you do. These tools and techniques can help. Read More WHITE PAPER: Salesforce.com 7 Tips to Accelerate Sales Performance Picking up the phone is not only one of the best ways to connect with customers, it's one of the best prospecting tools you can have in your arsenal. It's the way to take the lead and succeed. Read now! In this Issue Windows Store app growth stalls How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft Preston Gralla: 6 reasons Tony Bates should be the next Microsoft CEO Richi Jennings: SHOCK! Microsoft HR kills its hated 'stack-ranking' Microsoft, Xamarin simplify cross-platform development Microsoft preps Visual Studio tools for post-production duties Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories urge ditching old, weak crypto algorithms Preston Gralla: Here's why Xbox is key to Microsoft: It kills Apple and Google in the living room Microsoft: No, we're not ditching on-premise Exchange Microsoft abandons employee-ranking system Android, Windows Phone grow in smartphone share, while iPhone drops WHITE PAPER: Exablox Storage Switzerland: Unstructured Data Storage Unstructured data (data that's outside of databases), is growing at an out-of-control pace in organizations of all sizes. Read now! Windows Store app growth stalls Developer interest in Windows 8 apps waned from August through October, slowing the growth of Microsoft's Windows Store total app tally. Read More How Apple is playing hardball with Microsoft Tucked in amongst Apple's several hardware debuts last month was word that the company will stop charging for OS X and iWork. Why is Apple willing to forgo this small revenue stream? How might it affect IT buyers? The move is interesting on several fronts. Read More Preston Gralla: 6 reasons Tony Bates should be the next Microsoft CEO Of the rumored potential replacements for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, there's one who is clearly the best bet: former Skype CEO and current Microsoft Executive Vice President Tony Bates. Here are six reasons he'd be the best choice. Read More Richi Jennings: SHOCK! Microsoft HR kills its hated 'stack-ranking' Et tu, brutal Microsoft? Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is eliminating its much-maligned way of evaluating staff performance and deciding on pay and bonuses. Its forced ranking distribution method, known as "stack ranking" has been blamed for causing the decline of the company in recent years. But, in IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder whether the new system will be any better. Read More Microsoft, Xamarin simplify cross-platform development Microsoft has joined forces with development platform vendor Xamarin to make it easier for Windows developers to create cross-platform apps for smartphones, tablets and PCs. Read More WHITE PAPER: Verizon Wireless As Data Grows, IT and Business Turn to Cloud Businesses are choosing the cloud to help control IT costs, build and deploy applications quickly, and more easily expand the size and scale of their infrastructures. Despite these benefits, however, moving to the cloud also involves challenges. Learn More Microsoft preps Visual Studio tools for post-production duties Recognizing how organizations need to produce and update their software more quickly, Microsoft has added an array of services around its Visual Studio IDE to help developers update and manage their software after it goes into production. Read More Microsoft Patch Tuesday advisories urge ditching old, weak crypto algorithms Microsoft patched serious vulnerabilities Tuesday in Windows, Internet Explorer and Office, but also urged customers to stop using the aging RC4 cipher and SHA-1 hashing function in their systems and services. Read More Preston Gralla: Here's why Xbox is key to Microsoft: It kills Apple and Google in the living room There have been increasing calls for Microsoft to sell off its Xbox division, including from a CEO candidate, but selling it would be a big mistake. One reason: It slaughters Apple and Google in the living room. Read More Microsoft: No, we're not ditching on-premise Exchange Microsoft today shut down talk that it would soon stop shipping new versions of its Exchange Server, promising it would continue to develop and release the popular email software for on-premise use. Read More Microsoft abandons employee-ranking system Microsoft is abandoning a ranking system that has been blamed for hampering innovation and pitting employees against one another. Read More Android, Windows Phone grow in smartphone share, while iPhone drops Android grew to 81% of all smartphones shipped globally in the third quarter, while Apple's iPhones slipped to 12.9% compared to 14.4% a year ago, according to IDC. Read More
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