One might argue that Angry Birds could have done the trick for Microsoft if they had been able to act sooner, but, at this point, I think it's unlikely that a game can make it happen. Microsoft's best way to increase...
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You can share apps between your desktop, laptop and tablet on windows 8. This has not be realized yet, by many buyers. For the price of an Apple laptop, you can get a Windows 8 laptop and tablet. I can run software that...
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It's a quite decent tablet and great deal for $99 despite the limited app selection, but at $199 not so much. For example, the Kindle HDX has been selling on Amazon for $179 (bought one for my wife for Christmas, actually)....
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Hi, Dak3 - That is a common lament. I suggest we keep in mind that these are economic entities we're talking about, not people. So any "reputational damage" *must* reflect in higher costs or lower revenue. While that is...
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Shane, "Social media is such a very bad place to vent. Breathe and count to 10 before you broadcast your emotional reactions." That's a good piece of advice. The problem with venting in social media is that there is always...
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There is some really great commentary posted on this site most of which hits the nail on the head.---------------------------------------------------------------As an Information Management & Technology professional...
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That's why I say, just get a Tablet and normal PC. There are so many great Tablets and if you read the right reviews at places like http://tabletreviewer.org you will end up witha pretty cool device.
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Those pretending that the problems being encountered are glitches, kinks, or simply bugs to be fixed and hoping that the problems will simply dissipate with the relaunch need to cease their wishful thinking. It is time to...
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We are talking PaaS here, right? Neither VMware/Pivotal or RedHat are among the PaaS leaders, assuming you are talking about number of developers and deployments. Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce.com, Google are...
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More competition is certainly good for businesses. At DriveHQ, we believe IaaS costs businesses more money in the longer term. For startups, it can save some time managing hardware. However, IaaS cannot reduce the amount...
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Even in other sectors like Payments fraud is creating issues http://letstalkpayments.com/fraudsters-make-hay-sun-shines-payment-system-attacks/
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It's nice to see AT&T getting more competitive. It can only be good news for consumers (especially around the holiday season).
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Businesses forget how important a personal touch is when it comes to customer service, and it's sad how rare it's become. The phone trees, voice command promts -- they all drive me insane when all I want to do is have a...
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I wonder if more people use third-party Twitter apps instead of the official Twitter app. I know I rarely visit the desktop version because apps like Hootsuite and TweetDeck make it much easier to consume Twitter's stream...
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@turquhart201 -- you nailed it. Young employees can groan about how older ones just "don't get it" and older ones can groan on about how young ones have no respect. The more important realization is that both bring...
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I don't think the prediction software would watch that exactly - I think you could say, in a call center, measure changes in productivity over time and likely find common behaviors for those people who leave soon. In...
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Interesting article - but I think the analogy comparing this to Minority report is incorrect. Leaving aside for stake of this point whether or not such predictions are useful or ethical, I don't see HR departements...
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Juniper's "SSL VPN" is a usability disaster. Only works out of the box on one particular combination of versions of Java, MS-Windows, and MS-IE. I got our compiler guy to figure out how to run the executable...
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The biggest problem is that managers hate when I ground them lying.
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IT isn't doing its job to empower if employees prefer to work at home due to superior gear and connectivity.
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InformationWeek December 2013 Special IssueHybrid cloud standards promise a more open future, free of inflexible ties to vendors.
Multicloud Infrastructure & Application Management
Enterprise cloud adoption has evolved to the point where hybrid public/private cloud designs and use of multiple providers is common. Who among us has mastered provisioning resources in different clouds; allocating the right resources to each application; assigning applications to the "best" cloud provider based on performance or reliability requirements.
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