CIOs tell Microsoft: Take the time you need to pick the right CEO

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	CIOs tell Microsoft: Take the time you need to pick the right CEO CIOs are waiting anxiously for Microsoft to pick a new CEO, but they don't mind that it's taking its time; the way they see it, Microsoft can't afford to make a mistake in the selection process. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Cisco Mobile Security Survey: Research Highlights Integrating mobile devices into the workplace is a rising security challenge. Read the results of the recent Cisco Connected World--International Mobile Security survey to see research highlights and discover solutions for productive, flexible, and secure network access. Read now >> In this Issue Surface 2 Pro owners: Where's our @#$%&! firmware update? Update: Microsoft pushes firmware fix to more Surface Pro 2 owners Preston Gralla: Was 2013 one of Microsoft's worst years ever? Office 365 administration made easy HP sticks thumb in Microsoft's eye, discounts consumer Windows 7 PCs Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015 Windows 8's complexity tax shackles Microsoft Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft breaking the law with its secret Xbox stealth marketing campaign? Preston Gralla: Microsoft kills stealth Xbox marketing campaign: Was the FTC on its tail? Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Windows 9 in 2015: Desperation isn't pretty Gates talks Microsoft CEO search: Nothing to see, move along WEBCAST: PC Connection Achieve the Benefits of a Converged Infrastructure Learn how the Dell PowerEdge VRTX and makes it possible to achieve the benefits of a converged infrastructure in a small office environment (small business, remote offices, or mobile environments) with this versatile, simple, and efficient platform. Learn More Surface 2 Pro owners: Where's our @#$%&! firmware update? After a month-long wait, some owners of Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 tablet this weekend said that they received a fix for a faulty firmware update that exhausted their batteries and caused sleep mode problems. Read More Update: Microsoft pushes firmware fix to more Surface Pro 2 owners Numerous owners of Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 tablet said that their devices had received the long-awaited firmware update meant to fix problems introduced by a faulty December update Read More Preston Gralla: Was 2013 one of Microsoft's worst years ever? 2013 was a year of big ups and downs for Microsoft -- ups like the purchase of Nokia and the Xbox launch, and downs like the continuing problems with Windows 8. Did the downs outstrip the ups, and was it one of Microsoft's worst years ever? Read More Office 365 administration made easy Going beyond Office 365's native admin GUI, 365 Command provides powerful Exchange admin capabilities without the need to run PowerShell Read More HP sticks thumb in Microsoft's eye, discounts consumer Windows 7 PCs Hewlett-Packard today launched a new online promotion that discounts several consumer PCs by $150 when equipped with Windows 7, saying the four-year-old OS is "back by popular demand." Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Software Forrester Workload Automation Paper commissioned by BMC In "Industrializing IT Workload Automation," Forrester Consulting and BMC Software analyze the results of a comprehensive survey that addressed job scheduling on the ground today. Read Now! Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015 Microsoft will continue to offer its malware scrubbing program to Windows XP users for more than a year after it stops patching the operating system in April. Read More Windows 8's complexity tax shackles Microsoft Complexity may be Windows' downfall, and Microsoft has not only failed to address the problem, but exacerbated it by shipping the dual-threat, two-UI Windows 8. Read More Preston Gralla: Is Microsoft breaking the law with its secret Xbox stealth marketing campaign? A stealth marketing campaign in which Microsoft is paying for Xbox One endorsements on YouTube may bring Microsoft more than a spate of bad publicity -- it could also violate Federal Trade Commission guidelines about misleading product endorsements. I've got details, including a look at the FTC regulations Read More Preston Gralla: Microsoft kills stealth Xbox marketing campaign: Was the FTC on its tail? Only hours after Microsoft defended a stealth marketing campaign in which it secretly paid for Xbox endorsements on YouTube, the company killed the operation. Did Microsoft do it of its own volition, or was the Federal Trade Commission on its tail? Read More Steven J. Vaughan Nichols: Windows 9 in 2015: Desperation isn't pretty Yes, Windows 8's been a failure. It's been worse than Vista. But is the solution really to push out a new operating system in double-quick time? Read More Gates talks Microsoft CEO search: Nothing to see, move along Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates dodged questions yesterday about the lengthening search for a new chief executive to run the company he co-founded nearly 39 years ago. Read More
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