• 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.

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  Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says

  Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research.

• How big is Cloud's impact? Depends on who's asking

  Is Cloud computing really catching on in the enterprise? Well, that depends on who you talk to, recent surveys have found.

• Startup Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices

  Startup Armor5 makes its debut Wednesday with a cloud-based security and management service for mobile devices that works without needing client-based software.

• Office for iPad in 2014? Big mistake

  A purported Microsoft roadmap for future releases of its Office suite showed a fall 2014 launch date for Office on Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile operating systems, according to an online report.

• 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.

• As BYOD explodes, IT managers learn to cope

  Pity the poor IT manager trying to get his arms around the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement.

• 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.

• 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.

• Oracle faces 'dilemma' with its Fusion Applications

  Oracle spent years developing its next-generation Fusion Applications and finally put them into general availability nearly a year-and-a-half ago, but some new evidence suggests that it's been less than successful at enticing customers to move up.

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  BYOD Adoption Goes Beyond Devices And Requires Completely Rethinking The Network And Security

  The rapid adoption of Internet-enabled consumer devices has had a major impact on enterprise mobility strategies. This research shows that many BYOD programs are initially driven by access to email, and also indicates that organisations may be underestimating the implications for security and network architectures. View the full research paper.

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  A Green IT Action Plan for printing and imaging

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