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	Preston Gralla: Microsoft makes it official: We're all in with Android Any doubt that Microsoft sees Android as an important part of its future should be erased with a just-announced deal with an Indian handset maker to manufacture dual-boot Windows-Android phones, and with Microsoft asking HTC to include Windows Phone as a dual boot option on its Android phones. That's on top of Nokia's new line of low-cost Windows Phone devices. Is this a way to extend Windows Phone's life, or an admission of the platform's failure? Read More   WEBCAST: IBM Tame the data explosion with IBM Real-time Compression Learn about IBM's unique Real-time Compression technology that can enable storing up to 5x as much data in the same storage space. Learn More In this Issue Richi Jennings: Two Microsoft execs fade away: Reller and Bates are out Michael Svilar: The Internet of Things and real-time analytics Richi Jennings: Microsoft taking chance on free Windows 8.1 giveaway? Preston Gralla: Smile, Kinect users. The Brits may spy on you with your camera. Sharky: In fairness, the problem WAS found and fixed WEBCAST: VMware Case study: Columbia Sportswear Discover why Columbia Sportswear chose vCloud Hybrid Service and how they plan to deliver value back to the business. Learn more! Richi Jennings: Two Microsoft execs fade away: Reller and Bates are out   Tami and Tony taken out behind the barn. Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) new CEO is doing some spring-cleaning. Looks like Tami Reller's getting the blame for Windows 8, and there's simply no reason to keep Tony Bates hanging around like the metaphorical bad smell. In other news, Scrooled-meister Mark Penn is getting a promotion. Oh brother. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers eyeroll until their extraocular muscles scream for mercy. Not to mention: MC Chris crosses the nerdcore streams, in tribute to Harold Ramis... Read More   Michael Svilar: The Internet of Things and real-time analytics Joseph Schumpeter, one of my favorite economists, coined the term "creative destruction" to describe the way in which innovation disrupts how things are done, and in the process, gives rise to new companies and new ways of operating. What's been called the Internet of Things -- the rapidly proliferating connection of all devices, sensors, machines and people -- is set to create disruption on a huge scale. This ups the ante significantly for analytics and real-time computing. Read More   WHITE PAPER: LogMeIn Service and Support as a Strategic Imperative Customer service has evolved from a reactive activity viewed largely as a cost center-based tactical necessity, to a proactive management task that can in many ways set a company apart from the competition. Learn More Richi Jennings: Microsoft taking chance on free Windows 8.1 giveaway? Pass, go, or collect? This is not a Nigerian "419" scam, a method to earn millions browsing the web from home, or an attempt to sell a bridge in Brooklyn. However, some bloggers are having a hard time believing rumors that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will soon give Windows 8.1 away for free. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers are skeptically optimistic and optimistically skeptical. Read More   Preston Gralla: Smile, Kinect users. The Brits may spy on you with your camera. A report that Britain's spy agency GCHQ has snooped on and stored webcam images from millions of Yahoo users has potential dangers for Kinect owners. The surveillance agency has been evaulating using Kinect's camera to spy on its owners as well. Read More   Sharky: In fairness, the problem WAS found and fixed Flashback to the days before Y2k, when this systems engineer pilot fish is sent to a customer site -- and he can't come back until he's solved the problem there. Read More
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