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	Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates Windows 8's user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the radically-overhauled OS a year ago, an analytics company said Friday. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology The Importance of Performance Monitoring in the Midmarket Midmarket organizations are transforming their IT infrastructure to better accommodate the needs of the business. Two major pieces of this transformation are virtualization and cloud computing, which rely heavily on network performance to ensure success. View Now In this Issue Preston Gralla: Game over: Microsoft Office is killing Google Apps and anemic iWorks Richi Jennings: Microsoft fixes Surface Pro 2 battery-life bug Preston Gralla: Windows Phone beats iPhone in Italy. Is all of Europe next? Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: From Microsoft, more Windows fail Microsoft CodePlex gems: 12 open source tools every Windows admin will love Apple puts the ball in Microsoft's court Robert L. Mitchell: Flashback: Remembering the 386SX WHITE PAPER: Network Instruments How Will IPv6 Impact Your VoIP System? The background of IPv6 is well known. Given how long OS vendors and Cisco have been ready for the change, you would think upgrading VoIP systems would be an easy thing. The truth is not all VoIP vendors are prepared and it's up to you to take charge. Learn More Preston Gralla: Game over: Microsoft Office is killing Google Apps and anemic iWorks If you've thought that Microsoft might have serious competition for the office suite business, you can end that thought. It's now clear that Microsoft Office not only dominates today, but will tomorrow, and far into the foreseeable future. Read More Richi Jennings: Microsoft fixes Surface Pro 2 battery-life bug Firmware update gives 25% boost. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has made the Surface Pro 2 better. With a big increase in battery life, thanks to a bug fix, it's made its 'full-fat' Windows 8.1 tablet-cum-Ultrabook a more attractive proposition. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if it's too little, too late. Read More Preston Gralla: Windows Phone beats iPhone in Italy. Is all of Europe next? Windows Phone has overtaken the iPhone in Italy, and it may well be a harbinger of things to come. Given the big gains it's made in the last year, it could beat the iPhone throughout Europe. Where in the world is next?  Read More WHITE PAPER: Absolute Software BYOD Policy Implementation Guide This BYOD implementation guide from Absolute Software provides three simple steps to legally secure and manage employee-owned devices within a corporate environment. Learn More Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: From Microsoft, more Windows fail Is Windows 8.1 better than Windows 8? Yes. Is it any good? No. Read More Microsoft CodePlex gems: 12 open source tools every Windows admin will love We mined Microsoft's open source hosting repository to unearth 12 invaluable Windows admin tools -- and they're all free. Read More Apple puts the ball in Microsoft's court Apple's decision to give away OS X upgrades and other software, including the iWork productivity suite, is seen as both an offensive and a defensive move that challenges Microsoft to respond. Read More Robert L. Mitchell: Flashback: Remembering the 386SX What the heck is a 386SX? If you're old enough to know the answer, then you may just be old enough to have read this comparative review in the August 1990 issue of BYTE Magazine. Read More
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