Computerworld Weekly Top 10: January 30, 2015 ===============================================================
Microsoft touts $7-per-user monthly pricing for Windows subscription packages Microsoft has released details on the first-ever per-user Microsoft Windows subscription. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716949/17/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=c5fdb170 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5 Tips for Success with Customer Analytics Discover five tips for success with customer analytics, and how a better understanding of your customers in context increases revenue and deepens loyalty. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716950/18/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=e461ce1a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. All signs point to the demise of Microsoft's Surface tablet http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716951/19/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=f596ca5b 2. JR Raphael: Android essentials: 13 apps I can't live without http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716952/20/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=1b83f21a 3. Anti-H-1B senator to head immigration panel www.computerworld.com/article/2873670/anti-h-1b-senator-to-head-immigration-panel.html?phint=newt%3Dcomputerworld_weekly_top_10&phint=idg_eid%3D8f4f07cd1dcc9c0da19bde386b23362e#tk.CTWNLE_nlt_wktop10_2015-01-30 4. Enterprises: Get ready to pay to go slow on Windows 10 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716953/21/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=a8241ccd 5. IT Blogwatch: Wikileaks staffers are SHOCKED that FBI read their Gmail http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716954/28/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=fbbb9351 6. Which mobile data provider is best? (And will you make a switch?) http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716955/29/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=bc4bf35c 7. Amid blow-out quarter, Apple barely mentions Mac sales http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716956/30/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=ae29c6a6 8. Why Surface Hub is more interesting than HoloLens http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716957/31/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=d46761aa 9. IBM may be preparing for a round of job cuts http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716958/32/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=c7230713 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consolidating Remote Servers and Storage for Security Most remote office backup processes put data at risk. A new kind of storage architecture allows IT to consolidate remote servers and data in the data center by decoupling storage from its server over any distance even thousands of miles and still get the same performance as if storage were local. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716959/33/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=8ae1290c ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All signs point to the demise of Microsoft's Surface tablet Microsoft is within a whisker of calling it quits on its failed experiment with the Surface tablet. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716951/34/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=d3e17d21 JR Raphael: Android essentials: 13 apps I can't live without These are the apps I need to make a device do what I want it to do, and they might work wonders for you, too. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716952/35/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=012e9623 Anti-H-1B senator to head immigration panel The Senate's two top Republican critics of temporary worker immigration, specifically the H-1B and L-1 visas, now hold the two most important immigration posts in the Senate. www.computerworld.com/article/2873670/anti-h-1b-senator-to-head-immigration-panel.html?phint=newt%3Dcomputerworld_weekly_top_10&phint=idg_eid%3D8f4f07cd1dcc9c0da19bde386b23362e#tk.CTWNLE_nlt_wktop10_2015-01-30 Enterprises: Get ready to pay to go slow on Windows 10 Microsoft's faster-paced release cadence for Windows 10 will require enterprises to either adapt or pay for the privilege of going slow. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716953/36/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=fd3bda47 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eliminating the Challenge of Branch Office Recovery In todays global economy, companies are increasingly distributed. That puts IT in a precarious position, especially when it comes to disaster recovery. Branch converged infrastructure delivers local performance, stores data safely in the datacenter, and enables instant recovery. Learn how to recover faster, reduce risk, and save money. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716960/37/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=d4c6ee91 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IT Blogwatch: Wikileaks staffers are SHOCKED that FBI read their Gmail Wikileaks really needs your donation -- to purchase an email server. Three Wikileaks staffers, working for an organization hated by the US government, led by a man critical of the both the US and Google, decided to use Google's Gmail -- because its so good. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716954/38/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=f4ce8951 Which mobile data provider is best? (And will you make a switch?) Computerworld readers rate AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon on data connection speed, reliability, customer service and more. Find out which carrier gets the most cheers and which the most jeers from our 2014 survey respondents. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716955/39/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=47312ab0 Amid blow-out quarter, Apple barely mentions Mac sales Almost unnoticed during Apple's earnings call on Tuesday, the company said it sold 5.5 million Macs, a record for the final quarter of the year. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716956/40/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=ee01872b Why Surface Hub is more interesting than HoloLens By the time Microsoft ships their augmented reality headset, it will be an also-ran banality. Their re-invention of "desktop" computing is what really matters. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716957/41/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=a607262c IBM may be preparing for a round of job cuts IBM tries to keep its layoffs out of the public eye as much as possible although it fails miserably at this. The company took the unusual step of denying that it was on the cusp of a gigantic layoff amid reports of a possible new round of job cuts that may begin this week. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/716958/42/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF93ZWVrbHlfdG9wXzEw&03f17c32=OGY0ZjA3Y2QxZGNjOWMwZGExOWJkZTM4NmIyMzM2MmU%3d&x=1dcc35de ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Digital Spotlight: Mobile Security Read how to make your workers smart about mobile security by moving beyond policies and penalties and embracing an approach designed to identify and correct specific problem behaviors. [Registration required] http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9118512/69165/693449/43/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=aff7f7e5 Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. 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