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The Rapid Rise in Adoption Will Lead to a Major Shortage of IT Professionals
Sep 22, 2013The rapid rise in adoption of cloud technology will lead to a major shortage of IT professionals with the right mix of skills that companies require to architect, deploy, build and manage software in the could, a cloud computing expert has ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Cloud Computing
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Microsoft to Hand Over Its Most Recent Version of The Operating System Windows 8.1 to OEMs
Jul 10, 2013Microsoft will hand over its most recent version of the operating system Windows 8.1 to OEMs in late August, Microsoft's Windows marketing chief told its partners on Monday morning. Speaking at its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), Tami ...
Tags: Windows 8.1, Microsoft
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Sinofsky Agreed to Not Compete with Microsoft by Accepting a Job at Certain Competitors
Jul 5, 2013Microsoft's former head of Windows 8 development has agreed not to badmouth Microsoft or work for some of its competitors and in return will receive a pay-out for unvested stock in the company, according to a regulatory filing Wednesday. ...
Tags: Computer Products, Windows 8, Microsoft
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Former Windows Chief Steven Sinofsky Defended Windows 8's Performance in The Market
Jun 2, 2013Former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky on Thursday defended Windows 8′s performance in the market, saying, “It’s hard for me to look at selling 100 million of something and not feeling great about it.” Microsoft ...
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Microsoft Defended Its Windows Information Disclosure Strategy
May 17, 2013Microsoft's head of corporate communications defended his company's Windows information disclosure strategy Tuesday, denying that Microsoft has adopted Apple's "cone of silence" approach to imparting news. "We know we're not Apple," Frank ...
Tags: Windows 8, Computer Products, Microsoft
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Microsoft Garnered Just a "Niche" in The Global Tablet Market in The First Quarter of 2013
Apr 28, 2013Microsoft garnered just a "niche" in the global tablet market in the first quarter of 2013, following a period of user confusion after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, analysts say. According to Strategy Analytics, Windows ...
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Today Marked One of The Biggest One-Day HP Events Ever to Hit The Middle East
Apr 16, 2013Today marked one of the biggest one-day HP events ever to hit the Middle East, with its Road To Innovation show stopping off at the Jumeriah Beach Hotel in Dubai. As well as hundreds of delegates, customers and guest speakers, it was also ...
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Windows Vista Now Accounts for Less Than 6% of All Windows Machines
Feb 18, 2013Six years after its long-delayed but well-publicized release, Windows Vista now accounts for less than 6% of all Windows machines, a metrics company said earlier this month. According to Net Applications, Vista's usage share of all ...
Tags: Windows Vista, usage share, Windows PC
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Steve Ballmer Is Not The Right Choice for Microsoft CEO
Jan 23, 2013Steve Ballmer is not the right choice for Microsoft CEO, and is holding onto a power base by removing those who may challenge his position. So alleges ex-senior vice-president Joachim Kempin. A day ahead of the release of a tell-all book ...
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Microsoft Will Take Time for Customers to Digest The New Operating System
Jan 14, 2013Defending Windows 8 against reports that sales have been sluggish, one of Microsoft's top executives said it will take time for customers to digest the new operating system and for device makers to ramp up production of the hardware users ...
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Apple Raised Tim Cook's Salary by 55% for 2012 and Awarded Him a $2.8 Million Bonus
Jan 5, 2013Apple raised CEO Tim Cook's salary by 55% for 2012 and awarded him a $2.8 million bonus, but said the chief executive's pay was still "significantly below the median" of comparable firms. "Mr. Cook remains significantly below the median ...
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Microsoft Has Sold 40 Million Licenses of The Windows 8 OS Since Its Launch a Month Ago
Dec 31, 2012Microsoft has sold 40 million licenses of the Windows 8 OS since its launch a month ago. "We believe Windows 8 is shaping up is as one of the company's most successful products," said Tami Reller, Microsoft's chief marketing officer and ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, US, IT industry
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Sinofsky Would Teach at The Harvard Business School This Spring
Dec 28, 2012Steven Sinofsky Computerworld - Steven Sinofsky, the former Microsoft executive ousted as the head of its Windows group five weeks ago, yesterday said he would teach at the Harvard Business School this spring. Sinofsky, 47, announced the ...
Tags: Steven Sinofsky, Microsoft executive, Windows group, Harvard
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Now That Microsoft Has Finally Launched Its Next-Generation Operating System
Dec 27, 2012Now that Microsoft has finally launched its next-generation operating system, Windows 8, it must tackle what may be the most daunting marketing challenge it has ever faced. Once the supreme leader of personal computing, Microsoft is now ...
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Microsoft Will Webcast The Two Keynotes of Its Build Developers Conference
Dec 26, 2012Microsoft said it will webcast the two keynotes of its BUILD developers conference, starting with today's at noon ET (9 a.m. PT). The company has not published a list of keynote speakers, but with the conference's emphasis on Windows 8, ...
Tags: Microsoft, keynotes, BUILD developers, ET