Month: November 2013

IT Buyers Starting to Look a Lot Like Consumer Shoppers

IT Buyers Starting to Look a Lot Like Consumer Shoppers During the dot-com boom many years ago, the then-called “New Economy” magazines boasted thick, 100-page folios chock-full of ads. At the Industry Standard, for example, there was a waiting list to buy advertising space. Magazine salespeople weren’t really selling at all; they were merely well-paid […]

Microsoft takes off the gloves with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1

Long list of updates answer criticisms and throw punches at virtualization, cloud foes In Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1, Microsoft has released a combination of operating system updates that we find very compelling. Microsoft has joined much of the rest of the industry in annual release roll-ups with feature additions, and this time, […]

Ballmer’s last decisions at Microsoft prove to be his best

Ballmer’s last decisions at Microsoft prove to be his best Departing CEO Steve Ballmer knew needed to change Microsoft, but couldn’t change himself. So he fell on his own sword. An amazing article in Monday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal gives insight into what happened to precipitate Steve Ballmer’s departure from Microsoft. As many […]

TECH Products of the week

TECH Products of the week 11.04.13 Our roundup of intriguing new products from companies such as Service Mesh and Red Lion Product name: Pertino AppScape Key features: first app store for cloud-based network services. The first available app is GeoView, a real-time network-mapping tool. Future apps: network visibility, security, optimization and more. More info. Product […]

What Google killing IE9 support means for software development

Google’s announcement that it won’t support Internet Explorer 9 is a sign of a broader move toward rapid iteration in software development. Let’s start with this: I am completely OK with this. Sure, it may be a bit of a drag for people running Windows Vista (as newer versions of Internet Explorer – 10 and […]

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