Windows OS phone sales are down but MS wants developers to wait for an official seminar in April? Evidently, MS has never heard of the you snooze you lose concept.
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On the surface, Win10 **seems** like it could be a lot better than the steaming pile of fail known as Windows 8. Hopefully this will be the case.
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These tips are tremendous resources. Thanks for writing them.
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As I see it BYOD pretty much turns w-2 employees into independent contractors since using one's own equipment is one prong of the test for IC vs. employee. I have to wonder how long til some penny pinching suit...
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Oracle's cloud service for the moment seems innovative. Only time will tell for how long.
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None of the wifi jammers -particularly the internet service providers- will be too worked up about the latest hot hair coming from the FCC. This is the same agency whose chair is owned/operated/controlled by Comcast....
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ERP includes a lot of components. I'm guessing you're using very basic, non-changing components or that your business unusually stable. What does you ERP system handle at your business, just sales transactions, just manufacturing?...
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"so deauthentication done for the purpose of load balancing appears to be acceptable." Actually it isn't since the death would be intentionally sent to a station not assigned to their network. Since these are part...
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TerryB, if your goal is avoiding an upgrade until a decades has elapsed, then you've sort of argued in favor of Doug's point. The business is going to change a lot over a decade. Moving ERP into the cloud would allow companies...
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@David "If Apple has the "next thing"
Do you think the Apple Watch will be the "next thing"?
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@mak63, Windows 10 does show some early signs of being the "fully baked" version of Windows 8. I think the most interesting parts of the whole announcement, though, surround all the attention being given to HoloLens and...
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So many millions! I'm not an Apple fan at all, but I see why they have so many. No other tablet maker can claim to have shipped more than 21 million devices during the holiday quarter It would be interesting to know the...
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Any of the chatter hit on expectations (or inability to hit expectations) with PCI DSS 3.0? Seems pressing for retailers small and large. Also wondering, seeing as so many have had breaches/leaks even with PCI compliance,...
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Yeah, I'd be curious to see the level in increased productivity during that same hour.
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I'm very excited with the latest Microsoft's OS.There are many things to be enthusiastic about. From Cortana to the new Start Menu, Spartan and much more, but above all for many, a free upgrade. I'm sure, and many would...
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Thanks for you thoughtful posts. As to how healthcare standards became so unwieldy, a long-time friend and colleague and former national HIT consultant, has an expression for all occasions. For this one it is "perfect...
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Absolutely. And they are catching on because people are seeing big benefits from virtualization, VDI and DaaS. Did you see this infographic that details the benefits of VDI? http://bit.ly/1BhIYiV --KB Karen...
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Au Contraire, Doug. I single handily do this now and have for many, many years. Infrastructure: If ERP server is ONLY server you use, I'll give you that point. But if it is one of many you have anyway, is it big deal?...
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@progman2000-Well, I wouldn't have bet against them between the iPod and the iPad. Not impressed with the watch. Not impressed with the later versions of their phones. I feel like they are showing signs of being a company...
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Enterprise application performance used to be about getting your application right. Now it's about getting your application and dozens of third party applications and services right. It's possible for third party code to...
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@melgross- Yes, I know that sounds crazy given the insane amounts of money they make. But I believe the problem is that the phone will hit the same general trajectory as the PC. Remember when you used to have to buy a new...
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