Chromebooks' success punches Microsoft in the gut

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	Chromebooks' success punches Microsoft in the gut Chromebooks had a very good year, according to retailer Amazon.com and industry analysts. And that's bad news for Microsoft. Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Cloud Economics This paper assesses the economics of the cloud by using in-depth modeling, and then uses this framework to better understand the long-term IT landscape. View Now In this Issue Preston Gralla: Are Chromebooks killing off the Macbook? Perspective: Microsoft's CEO pick will be dubbed a dud, bragged as brilliant Unencrypted Windows crash reports give 'significant advantage' to hackers, spies As customers fume, Microsoft promises Surface Pro 2 firmware fix ASAP What's Microsoft going to look like after Ballmer? WHITE PAPER: CDW A framework for making business decisions about cloud This paper discusses how cloud computing provides organizations with new ways to deploy and maintain enterprise applications -- allowing for greater flexibility and reduced complexity. View Now Preston Gralla: Are Chromebooks killing off the Macbook? Much has been made of the threat that Chromebooks pose to Windows machines, but the real loser may well be Macbooks. That's what the latest figures from the analyst group NPD show. Can Macbooks survive the Chrome onslaught? Read More Perspective: Microsoft's CEO pick will be dubbed a dud, bragged as brilliant No matter who Microsoft names as its new CEO early in 2014, the pick will trigger comments from experts and technology leaders who question the sanity of the board, the person who took the job or everyone involved. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell and Microsoft From Cost Center to Innovator & Microsoft® & Dell™ Solutions If you feel like you're treading water rather than innovating, you're not alone. In a survey of non-IT professionals, 54% responded that they consider IT a "support or maintenance organization." View Now Unencrypted Windows crash reports give 'significant advantage' to hackers, spies Windows' error- and crash-reporting system sends a wealth of data unencrypted and in the clear, information that eavesdropping hackers or state security agencies can use to refine and pinpoint their attacks, a researcher said today. Read More As customers fume, Microsoft promises Surface Pro 2 firmware fix ASAP Even as Microsoft promised to speed up work on a re-release for a flawed Surface Pro 2 firmware update, customers continued to damn the company for the fiasco. Read More What's Microsoft going to look like after Ballmer? Like a juggler walking away with dozens of objects suspended in the air, Steve Ballmer is leaving his successor at Microsoft not only a tough act to follow but an even tougher act to continue. Read More
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