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	From worst to first: Microsoft named most wanted place to work in IT Despite the challenges of the past year, Microsoft tops a global employee survey. Read More WHITE PAPER: GT Nexus The Procure-to-Pay Process Manufacturers seek new ways to partner with suppliers to ensure their health, strong performance and optimal delivery of inventory. IDC points out that P2P is a key step in achieving these goals by enabling better planning, execution and access to capital for suppliers. View now>> In this Issue Microsoft to offer three new ways to store big data on Azure Microsoft's Nadella sets lofty cloud goals Is Google worried about Amazon in the cloud? Microsoft helps developers gear Windows 10 for the post-PC era Edge: A uniquely un-unique name for new web browser Microsoft brings Visual Studio to Linux, Macs Microsoft refines Azure management portal preview to give IT pros more control Build 2015: Windows 10 in 3 minutes Microsoft preaches the gospel of universal apps at Build 'Project Spartan' no more: Microsoft's new browser is called Edge WHITE PAPER: PC Connection Big Changes to SQL Licensing This document we focuses on SQL migration and how licensing changes may impact you. You may be asking, what programs are available to me? Rest assured there are options for you to evaluate and we're here to assist you in determining which the best fit for your organization is. Learn More Microsoft to offer three new ways to store big data on Azure Microsoft will soon offer three additional ways for enterprises to store data on Azure, making the cloud computing platform more supportive of big data analysis. Read More Microsoft's Nadella sets lofty cloud goals Less than a week after reporting that Microsoft's enterprise cloud business is currently on an annual run rate of US$6.3 billion, CEO Satya Nadella says the company's goal is to increase that figure to $20 billion by fiscal year 2018. Read More Is Google worried about Amazon in the cloud? Google is seen by many as one of the big three public clouds in the IaaS market today, but by most analysts estimate it's behind Amazon Web Services and some say Microsoft Azure, too. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Accelerate Business Operations with Cloud IBM Software-as-a-Service solutions for business operations accelerate innovation and deliver secure, always up-to-date collaborative solutions. Learn More>> Microsoft helps developers gear Windows 10 for the post-PC era Microsoft is supporting cross-platform development like never before, introducing tools to port iOS and Android apps to Windows and allow software to run across multiple form factors, from smart phones to virtual reality headsets. Read More Edge: A uniquely un-unique name for new web browser There was no way Microsoft could stick with Project Spartan as the name for its newfangled Windows 10 web browser. After all, there are just too many darned things already named Spartan or Spartans, from the Michigan State University nickname to those Spartan obstacle course races. Read More Microsoft brings Visual Studio to Linux, Macs Breaking out of its Windows ecosystem, Microsoft has introduced a version of the Visual Studio development tool that can run on Linux and Apple Mac machines. Read More WHITE PAPER: Globanet Next Generation Archive Migration Tools Data migrations and the products used to perform them have substantially advanced in recent times. This guide is designed to demonstrate the new features of Migrate, and how these features directly benefit data migration customers and providers. View more Microsoft refines Azure management portal preview to give IT pros more control Microsoft has upgraded an IT management portal it's developing for Azure that's intended to calm the nerves of IT pros wary about moving on premises applications to the vendor's cloud. Read More Build 2015: Windows 10 in 3 minutes Microsoft wants Windows 10 on one billion devices in three years. Android and iOS developers will now be able to bring their apps and games to Windows 10. (video) Read More Microsoft preaches the gospel of universal apps at Build With its universal Windows apps concept, Microsoft is promoting the notion of apps that can be developed once and run across a variety of form factors. Unsurprisingly, the universal apps effort will be prominent at this week's Microsoft Build 2015 developer conference. Read More 'Project Spartan' no more: Microsoft's new browser is called Edge Microsoft is kicking the 'Project Spartan' codename to the curb, revealing 'Microsoft Edge' as the official name of its new web browser. Read More
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