10 surprising facts about Microsoft

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	10 surprising facts about Microsoft This week marks the 20th anniversary of Windows 95, the seminal Windows release which firmly cemented Microsoft's position as the market leader in desktop computing. Microsoft, though, has a storied history which stretches all the way back to 1975. While there are many aspects of the Microsoft story which are well known, here are 10 interesting and surprising facts about the company. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Information Lifecycle Governance Requirements Kit Use this requirements kit from CGOC to find the tools and technology you need. Read More. In this Issue Microsoft goes back-to-back in winning top networking award Top 25 computer science colleges, ranked by alumni earnings Microsoft tests SharePoint 2016 and enterprise cloud hybrid search 4 overblown Windows 10 worries IDC lowers its 2015 outlook for the PC and tablet markets Despite Microsoft partnership, NFL leans on Amazon to store new stats data Technology, the law and you: Open-source software VMware updates desktop virtualization software for Mac and PC Windows through the ages STEM fields dominate ranking of college majors WHITE PAPER: CDW The Social Business: Advent of a New Age As the world becomes more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent and the population continues to embrace social computing, today's enterprises face the dawn of a new era--the era of the Social Business. View Now Microsoft goes back-to-back in winning top networking award Last week was a big one for Microsoft's Albert Greenberg: The networking expert delivered the keynote address at SIGCOMM 2015 in London AND received the annual SIGCOMM Award, recognizing lifetime contribution to the field of communication networks. Read More Top 25 computer science colleges, ranked by alumni earnings University of California, Santa Barbara, is the top computer science school in the U.S., according to a new salary-centric report from compensation specialist PayScale. The research company ranked 187 colleges and universities with computer science programs based on the median pay of the schools' compsci alumni. Read More Microsoft tests SharePoint 2016 and enterprise cloud hybrid search Microsoft is giving IT administrators a glimpse of the future with two betas the company launched Monday. SharePoint Server 2016 is the latest version of Microsoft's popular team collaboration software, and the just-released beta is designed to give IT administrators an early portrait of what's coming when Microsoft releases its official update next year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Absolute The Cost of Data Breach: Healthcare Settlements With a host of new data protection regulations and increasingly high settlement fees for data breaches, data security has never been more important to Healthcare organizations. Download this whitepaper to read about some of the most costly data breaches that resulted from lost or stolen devices. Learn More 4 overblown Windows 10 worries Not long after Windows 10 was released late last month, it received a different kind of publicity than Microsoft wanted -- concerns about everything from its privacy practices to fears about a new feature called Wi-Fi Sense to unhappiness with the way updates are delivered, and more. Read More IDC lowers its 2015 outlook for the PC and tablet markets IDC has revised its 2015 forecasts for the PC and tablet markets, saying shipments in both will fall more than it had anticipated due in part to economic challenges, a hardware surplus and waning interest among businesses and consumers to upgrade. Read More Despite Microsoft partnership, NFL leans on Amazon to store new stats data When the NFL season kicks off next month, fans will have new information at their disposal thanks to the league's Next Gen Stats program, which will provide previously-undisclosed data to fans like players' speed and acceleration. However, that information will be reaching them in part through Amazon's cloud, despite Microsoft's technology partnership with the American professional football league. 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Read More Windows through the ages In 1985, Microsoft released version 1.0 of the graphical desktop operating system known as Windows. Over the next 25 years, the industry would see over 16 significant versions of the now-ubiquitous OS. In honor of this anniversary, let's take a look back at Windows' major revisions through the ages. Read More STEM fields dominate ranking of college majors The top 25 bachelor-level majors all have mid-career median pay numbers above $100,000, and the vast majority of them are STEM majors. Read More
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