"It's a leadership issue, being able to pick the right innovations." Bingo. There's no shortage of awesome stuff happening at Microsoft. But the company has misjudged when and how to bring a lot of tech to market. Nadella's...
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Thanks Kristin!
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It's true that Gartner and IDC statistics are questionable. And even if they were accurate, I think market share is less important than ecosystem revenue, product margins, etc. Market share isn't unimportant, and with high-growth...
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How's your experience with that, SaneIT? There've been a lot of rumors that Microsoft might officially sanction Android apps in Windows. And Nokia X and Intel's Dual OS are actually real. Do you think Android apps would...
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There's gold in them thar bills!
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CoverOregon was meant to be a a National demonstration for the potential of Obamacare, leveraging decisions at the heart of the Oregon Health Plan which was a major success of Governor Kitzhabers first two terms. What...
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I think you're bringing up a noteworthy distinction, UberGoober. There are a ton of iPads in the enterprise, but a lot of them are used as secondary devices for information access, as you say. One of the big research firms...
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I guess we will have to agree to disagree. Bluetooth keyboards and cases like Zagg with built in keyboard (have you tried? really great) mean you do not have to type on tablet screen. I know lots and lots of sales people...
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^^Ha, a very timely caption.
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No. 10 is especially important for businesses launching an internal social network. Gartner says that 80% of social business initiatives fail -- why? One reason is because companies tend to "set it and forget it."
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Interesting point, UberGoober. Some of the same people who leaked accurate Update 1 rumors claim that windowed Modern apps will arrive in Windows 9 next year. But by then, too little too late? It seems like a feature that...
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That happens to me, too. I can understand their reasoning -- since more people are accessing the site on mobile instead of desktop, real estate is that much more important on smaller screens. I'm okay with photos filling...
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I don't suppose you would care to make a small wager on how most tablets are used, would you? Yes, many are used essentially as big-screen smart-phones in business, but even then, the vast majority are used for information...
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I'm with you on wanting to be able to customize filtering of my news feed.
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Agreed, Laurie. I find tablets limiting for certain kinds of productivity, but I think it's inaccurate and myopic to whitewash tablets as consumption devices. We explored various workplace tablet use cases in a magazine...
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I disagree with Josh Mckenty, or anyone who may think that the PaaS community could benefit from RedHat abandoning OpenShift and joining the CF Foundation. What the world needs right now the most is PaaS interoperability. 1. ...
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Oh, PowerShell... There's an industry of Microsoft partners who exist just to make PowerShell less difficult to deal with. Anyhow, you bring up an interesting point. Microsoft brought a bunch of enterprise capabilities...
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@Gigabob Was there something about Cover Oregon that made it more complex than other state projects that did incorporate some off-the-shelf software as a starting point? Also not clear what you're saying about Sheehan:...
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I would disagree that tablets are primarily "entertainment-consuming platforms." In all manner of industries, salespeople are using tablets as primary device now -- at home office and in the field. Many knowledge workers...
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Thanks for sharing, Gary, sounds really cool. Is the project ongoing? It sounds like it was successful, and cost-effective. Have the benefits spurred growth in the program? Any of our readers who are involved in education...
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