Thursday, February 06, 2014

Paas, iWatch, and Microsoft's new leadership

Satya Nadella: Microsoft's new captain sets course for a changing IT world | What Bill Gates can do to save Microsoft

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BY IDG ENTERPRISE
February 06, 2014
InCITE Your twice weekly digest of the most important developments in the consumerization of IT

The PaaS naysayers are wrong -- here's when it makes sense

For developers and enterprises willing to brave a sea of vendor FUD and competing standards, PaaS represents a middle ground between infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and software-as-a-service that can result in huge gains in productivity and scalability for even the smallest developers. Here's what you need to know.

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Satya Nadella: Microsoft's new captain sets course for a changing IT world

Microsoft's new CEO is Satya Nadella, head of its Enterprise and Cloud business. What does his new role mean for the company?

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Lead the consumerization culture shift

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What Bill Gates can do to save Microsoft

Actually, Microsoft does not need to be saved, and the last thing it needs is two CEOs. But Gates could do a lot to get the company back on its winning path.

Microsoft's activist shareholders are already getting half of what they want

Is Microsoft using ValueAct to run a bait and switch on all its activist investors? Under Nadella Microsoft might back off on Windows but don't expect Bing or Xbox or any other consumer services to go away.

Apple's rumored iWatch faces a steep regulatory climb

Apple's sensor-laden iWatch could face severe hurdles from the regulatory bodies like the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration. Even with regulatory approval, Apple may need to convince the healthcare community that there's real, usable data being recorded by the device.

Trifacta aims to ease the pain of cleaning up data for visualizations

Trifacta is offering software designed to make it much easier for users to clean up data before feeding it into a data visualization or BI product.

Google's enterprise strategy: Infiltrate, entice, embrace

Google targets most of its products and services toward consumers, but it is a growing presence in the enterprise. Here's a rundown of what it offers, and how it's slowly creeping into organizations of all sizes.

Windows 8.1 updates may yet ease users into the Modern UI

If a leaked build of a forthcoming Windows 8.1 update proves true, Microsoft may be moving in the right direction toward helping users ease into the new Windows 8 user interface.

Apple, Google, Microsoft, and the struggle to remain on top

Google, Apple and Microsoft all face a variety of pressure that threaten their dominance, and while none faces any kind of imminent danger, competitors are constantly looking for a way to take them down.

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