Archives: February 2012

Windows 8 preview's surprises for businesses

February 29, 2012
The Metro UI trumps the old Start menu and ARM devices won't be able to connect to domains
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Study: Going green does pay for itself

February 29, 2012
Savings from server virtualization alone practically pay for document management, storage virtualization, and cloud computing
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Secunia pushes security patches without vendor consent

February 29, 2012
Secunia plans to package PC security updates in single automatic mechanism -- whether software companies like it or not
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Suse builds on Linux kernel 3.0 in major SLES upgrade

February 28, 2012
SLES 11 Service Pack 2 delivers file-system enhancements, broader virtualization support, snapshot features, and more
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Windows Live, R.I.P.

February 27, 2012
Windows Live appears to be on its last legs, with Windows 8 ushering in a new generation of monosyllabic, Metrofied analogs. Here's a scorecard of what's changing
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If it's trendy, Visual Studio 11 will do it

February 24, 2012
Microsoft's forthcoming app dev environment hits all the (expected) popular notes: agile, HTML5, touch, and devops
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Carrier Ethernet 2.0 soups up service delivery for the cloud

February 24, 2012
With broader service support and expanded management capabilities, CE 2.0 will make service delivery more reliable and less costly
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Who's making money from big data?

February 23, 2012
Research firm Wikibon finds IBM, Intel rake in most big data dollars today, but innovating upstarts will shape market's future
Big Data
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Of course Microsoft will port Office to the iPad

February 22, 2012
Everyone has been speculating whether Microsoft will release an iPad version of Office. The real question is: Which Office will Microsoft offer?
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More Facebook users are hiding their friends to protect themselves

February 22, 2012
Far fewer Facebook users are making their Friends lists public, which reduces how much third parties can learn about them
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