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	Richi Jennings: Windows 9 Threshold download release date ''soon'' Morrissey celebrates Microsoft ditching the Charms Bar, with gladioli. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be giving up on the whole Charms schtick. Windows 9 -- the assumed name for codename Threshold -- will instead move those Metro controls into a title bar. So here's the obvious question: Is Redmond on the threshold of greatness or irrelevance? (And other lame puns.) In IT Blogwatch, bloggers pamper life's complexities, when the leather runs smooth on the passenger seat. Not to mention: Will nature make a man of me yet?… Read More   WEBCAST: Box Top Mobile Management Questions Answered How can IT provide seamless and secure mobile communications and collaboration for all? Take a look at this on-demand Webcast where IDG asks an expert panel pressing questions surrounding mobile security and management. Prepare to have with your mobility questions answered! Learn more In this Issue Jonny Evans: Chinese government bans Apple, really? Preston Gralla: Pointless Windows 8.1 Update 2 shows Microsoft has given up on Windows 8 Barbara Krasnoff: Amazon's new Fire Phone -- and razor blades Sharky: Sounds like a blueprint for disaster, all right WHITE PAPER: SAS Unlocking the Promise of Demand Sensing & Shaping Many organizations have limited insight into big data. These limitations have significant opportunity costs and can have a negative effect on identifying and understanding customer demand patterns and related supply constraints. This paper explains how the use of advanced analytical techniques and big data can enhance supply chain networks. Learn more Jonny Evans: Chinese government bans Apple, really? The situation for US tech firms in China has certainly become more difficult as a result of US surveillance activities. Read More   Preston Gralla: Pointless Windows 8.1 Update 2 shows Microsoft has given up on Windows 8 The fat lady has finally sung for Windows 8. With a list of non-features slated to be rolled out next week in what was once called Windows 8.1 Update 2, Microsoft has made clear it's given up on improving the struggling operating system, and instead focusing on Windows 9. Read More   WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies   Integrated Cross-Enterprise Performance Management Everyone uses e-commerce websites, but did you know that means accessing mainframe computers? This infographic shows how the end-to-end visibility offered by a single integrated set of solutions for cross-enterprise performance management is the best way to pinpoint the root cause of a performance issue. Learn more Barbara Krasnoff: Amazon's new Fire Phone -- and razor blades Remember the razor/razor-blade model of sales? Why hasn't Amazon picked up that lesson for its new Fire Phone? Read More   Sharky: Sounds like a blueprint for disaster, all right Pilot fish is the sole IT staffer for this 400-user organization, and it's turning out to be almost impossible to improve the situation left behind by her somewhat underqualified predecessor.Case in point: disaster planning. Read More
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