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  Papers please! Microsoft creates second-class citizens with Office iPhone app

  Microsoft erred when it decided that the new Office Mobile for iPhone would be available to Office 365 customers but not to those who purchased a traditional "perpetual" license to Office 2013, an analyst argued

  By Gregg Keizer | 19 June, 2013 18:50

  Tags: Microsoft, ios, software, operating systems, Forrester Research, mobile apps

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  Microsoft sticks it to the iPad with Windows-first Office strategy

  Microsoft's surprise launch of Office Mobile for the iPhone shows that the software giant continues to favour Windows' future over Office's fortune, analysts said.

  By Gregg Keizer | 14 June, 2013 21:23

  Tags: IDC, Microsoft, ios, software, operating systems, Forrester Research, mobile apps

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  Microsoft seizes floor space in Best Buy for Windows mega mini-stores

  Microsoft has struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs.

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 June, 2013 20:44

  Tags: Apple, retail, Microsoft, Windows, software, industry verticals, operating systems, Forrester Research, Best Buy

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  Thanks to IT, more people can work from home

  Unless you're working at Yahoo, where CEO Marissa Mayer has banned telecommuting, there's a very good chance you are working from home or at a coffee shop.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 03 June, 2013 10:15

  Tags: consumerization of IT, management, Yahoo, Networking, IT careers, IT management, Forrester Research

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  Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop

  Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon.

  By Tim Greene | 17 May, 2013 12:34

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, EE, PC, Microsoft, Windows, hardware systems, software, Data Center, operating systems, Forrester Research

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  How to build a private cloud

  A private Cloud looks and acts like a public Cloud, giving your corporation all the speed, agility and cost savings promised by Cloud technology, only it's single-tenant, and that tenant is you, right? Well, that's the goal, but it's not quite the reality yet for most enterprises.

  By Christine Burns | 03 June, 2013 11:17

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Cloud, hardware systems, Data Center, cloud computing, Forrester Research, internet, OpenStack, eucalyptus, Gartner

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  Smacking SharePoint into shape

  More than half of all SharePoint shops have had to add functionality to the core software, which came as a surprise to a number of them. Here's what they're doing.

  By Todd R. Weiss | 29 May, 2013 11:23

  Tags: applications, IBM, Windows, SAP, software, X1, operating systems, Forrester Research, project management, Oracle, Lotus, Microsoft

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  Windows 8 is an enterprise 'non-starter' because IT sees no value in changes

  Windows 8 faces a number of hurdles in the enterprise, but the biggest reason it won't replace the current corporate champion, Windows 7, is simple: IT shops don't think it's worth the upgrade hassle.

  By Gregg Keizer | 17 May, 2013 14:43

  Tags: Apple, Windows, hardware systems, desktop pcs, software, operating systems, Forrester Research, PCs

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  Windows Blue and Microsoft's continuous upgrade strategy

  Microsoft yesterday confirmed Windows "Blue," an upgrade to Windows 8, but analysts remained uneasy about how the faster release cadence that Blue represents will be digested by businesses.

  By Gregg Keizer | 27 March, 2013 16:06

  Tags: Apple, Microsoft, Windows, hardware systems, desktop pcs, software, operating systems, Forrester Research, PCs

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  The sequester will hurt tech nationally

  The federal government's automatic budget cuts, due to begin Friday, may accelerate cost savings measures already in place. But there will be damage to IT spending, and a period of uncertainty as the government reacts to the cuts.

  By Patrick Thibodeau | 01 March, 2013 11:08

  Tags: Government IT, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, regulation, Kno, government, Forrester Research

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