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	Microsoft previews free, updated Power BI business intelligence tool Aiming at a mass business-user audience, Microsoft has released a preview of the next version of its cloud-based data visualization software, Power BI, with a promise to maintain a free option even after its general release. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Selecting a Web Content Management Solution According to Ovum, selecting an appropriate web content management (WCM) system has become a challenge for organizations due to the array of products available. Read their latest report and find out: -How the WCM market is evolving -Why IBM Customer Experience Suite is considered a market leader Learn More In this Issue Windows 10: The best tips, tricks, and tweaks Is the ASUS X205 Microsoft's Chromebook killer? Get ready for the 24-hour laptop: Battery life hits new highs Microsoft to release Office 2016 later this year Get a first look at what to expect at Microsoft Ignite! – the place to be from May 4-8, 2015 Microsoft's stream processing engine boosts Bing, Azure services Rooting your Android device: A guide for the accident-prone OneDrive adds 'Albums,' will soon add automatic photo import from PC Cyberthreat sharing must include strong privacy protections, advocates say WHITE PAPER: PC Connection | EMC 8 Questions to Ask While Considering VDI Storage Solutions Does it offer the best user experience? How flexible is the deployment model? Will it support future requirements? Does it reduce other costs? See how you can ensure success with VDI. Learn More Windows 10: The best tips, tricks, and tweaks Digging deep into Windows 10Despite still being very much an early preview, Windows 10 is already brimming with dozens of handy tweaks and tricks—and, because the operating is still in preview, a handful of those tricks unlock powerful functionality hidden to everyday users. Read More Is the ASUS X205 Microsoft's Chromebook killer? The ASUS X205 is one of three Windows 8.1 notebooks, all released in November, designed to halt the encroachment of Chromebooks into the low-end Windows notebook market. (The other two are the HP Stream 11 and HP Stream 13.) Read More Get ready for the 24-hour laptop: Battery life hits new highs Tired of carting around that power cord? Have patience, the 24-hour laptop is almost here. A handful of new systems are promising more than 15 hours' battery life on a single charge, or 20 hours with an optional second battery installed. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Improving the Management and Governance of Unstructured Data Maximize efficiency with deeper insight to data value and automated, policy-based compliance, retention & disposition. Read Now Microsoft to release Office 2016 later this year Even as Microsoft pushes Office 365, it will keep the classic product the same. Read More Get a first look at what to expect at Microsoft Ignite! – the place to be from May 4-8, 2015 Ignite is a combined event that is bringing together people who may have attended the Microsoft Exchange, Lync, Project, SharePoint, MMS, or TechEd conferences in the past. While many sessions are focused towards the technical community, there will definitely be sessions for business decision makers who want to learn about the changing landscape of the IT world. Read More Microsoft's stream processing engine boosts Bing, Azure services A streaming analytics engine developed by Microsoft Research is giving advertisers on the company's Bing Web search service more timely analysis on how their ad campaigns are faring, according to the company. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Quintillion Case Study Hedge fund administration company Quintillion doubles its asset and investor portfolio while keeping staff levels almost flat, by working with Insight 2 Value to deploy an efficient content management solution, based on IBM Case Manager. Read Now Rooting your Android device: A guide for the accident-prone I am the person IT people are talking about when they say "he knows just enough to be dangerous." I can't deny it. I've broken many more computers and phones and other gadgets through attempts at tinkering than I've improved. Read More OneDrive adds 'Albums,' will soon add automatic photo import from PC Microsoft has launched an Albums feature for organizing photos stored on its OneDrive cloud service, bringing it one step closer to parity with competitors Dropbox and Google. Read More Cyberthreat sharing must include strong privacy protections, advocates say U.S. lawmakers should put strict privacy controls into planned legislation to encourage companies to share cyberthreat information with government agencies and each other, some advocates said. Read More
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