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Word that Windows 8 isn't selling well is probably only surprising to the people that have bought Windows 8 devices so far, because in enterprises around the world the OS has barely gotten any attention other than by the same tortured souls that tried...
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May 09, 2013
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I can't believe we have to have this conversation again. Microsoft's plans for their update to Windows 8 (codenamed Windows "Blue") have started to leak out, and many are claiming it will kill the desktop. <sigh> So since I know you're probably...
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Brian Madden
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April 01, 2013
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Are you looking for an independent overview of desktop virtualization solutions and curious about the different strategy questions? Do you want detailed information about the features and functions each desktop virtualization vendor is offering!? If so...
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March 10, 2013
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As a continuation of the management features of Windows 8 that I wrote last week , today's article is about how Office, Office 365, and SkyDrive fit into the equation. Office is obviously a huge part of business, and Office 365 is creeping into the collective...
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Gabe Knuth
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February 06, 2013
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Most people, myself included, are happy to take the wait-and-see approach to Windows 8. This is partly because we're now only fifteen months away from the end of Windows XP, knee-deep in Windows 7 rollouts, and partly because of lack of inspiration. The...
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Gabe Knuth
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January 31, 2013
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Earlier this week I wrote an article (well, a rant) about Microsoft Surface tablets running Windows RT. (Actually it was a rant against Windows RT in general.) I closed the rant by saying, "By the way, I'm looking forward to the Surface Pro and the other...
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Brian Madden
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January 24, 2013
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Okay, I know that everyone is dogging on the Microsoft Surface RT tablet these days. I knew Windows RT had its issues, but beyond some cursory playing around, I never really sat down and tried to use one until today. And let me tell you—it's bad...
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January 22, 2013
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Not too long ago, mobile workers viewed Microsoft Office as their productivity savior -- the one app that would break their last PC chains and make them true road warriors. Microsoft executives probably felt the same way, envisioning the day when Office...
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December 12, 2012
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I've been all over the US this year speaking about desktop virtualization and the future of Windows, and part of that discussion is what, if anything, should people do with Windows 8. I maintain now, as I did before the launch, that Windows 8 should be...
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Gabe Knuth
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November 27, 2012
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The Internet lit up last night with the news that Microsoft's head of Windows Steven Sinofsky has left the company, effective immediately, according to a company-wide email sent by CEO Steve Ballmer. ( Business Insider , AllThingsD , TechCrunch ) Should...
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Brian Madden
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November 13, 2012
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Last Friday we received our Microsoft Surface RT, and, like thousands of other bloggers, I spent the weekend playing with it and writing a review. Brian is somewhere on the other side of the world, so you’re just getting my impressions for now....
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Jack Madden
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October 29, 2012
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One of the ugly realities of the desktop computing world is that many (if not most?) of the apps that enterprises use are Windows-based desktop applications that have been designed to run on a desktop or laptop with a keyboard and mouse. This has been...
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Brian Madden
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October 15, 2012
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One of the great (if not the greatest) new features of Windows 8 and Office 13 is the integration with Microsoft's cloud storage platform called SkyDrive . At first glance, you might think that SkyDrive is nothing more than "Microsoft's version of Dropbox...
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October 08, 2012
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Sometimes even a "business lunch" results in shop talk, and at a recent lunch I had with BriForum speaker and blogger Dan Brinkmann in Denver, I learned about ClassicShell . ClassicShell is a project that lives on SourceForge, and is a simple app that...
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Gabe Knuth
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September 21, 2012
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Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Brian & Gabe LIVE. Here's what we talked about this week: Brian and Gabe review their experience with Windows 8 and the UI formerly known as Metro How is Microsoft going to close a product that became...
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Gabe Knuth
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August 20, 2012
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Tim Mangan is at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference , in Toronto Canada, this week, and sent in this report on the happenings there: Following up on the Report from Day 1 of the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference I am now into Day 3. The day...
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July 12, 2012
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Tim Mangan is at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference , in Toronto Canada, this week, and sent in this report on the happenings there: I am at my first WPC this week, along with about 16,000 other of the 640,000 people working for Microsoft Partners...
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Tim Mangan
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July 09, 2012
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Microsoft announced this week that upgrading to Windows 8 Pro will only cost $40 . The upgrade price is for a digital download of Windows 8 Pro via Windows.com and if you p refer to use the DVD version for the upgrade it will cost $70. Raise your hands...
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July 03, 2012
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Listen above or right click this link and select "Save link as..." to download the mp3 This week Colin and I were joined by Andi Mann ( @AndiMann ), VP of Strategic Solutions at CA Technologies. Covered in today's show: The relationship between systems...
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Jack Madden
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June 21, 2012
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I guess we have to talk about Microsoft's Surface tablet. There are literally thousands of other articles describing what it is. ( BW , NYT , Engadget ) So instead of re-hashing that, let's get right into the real conversation that's missing from the...
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Brian Madden
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June 19, 2012
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