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  IN PICTURES: Asus launches the Transformer AiO

• Newvem expands to monitor Azure and Amazon clouds

  By Brandon Butler | 17 May, 2013 16:29

  Newvem, which sells a tool that allows users to track and optimize their use of cloud computing resources, has expanded its software's functionality to monitor not just Amazon Web Services, but now Microsoft Azure now as well.

• Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop

  By Tim Greene | 17 May, 2013 12:34

  Windows 8 faces an uphill battle to become a standard corporate operating system because many businesses are in the midst of or have recently completed the move from Windows XP to Windows 7 and don't have the stomach for another transition anytime soon.

• EXCLUSIVE: Channel training integral to Intel smartphone/tablet growth

  By Nermin Bajric | 17 May, 2013 10:58

  Intel worldwide reseller channel organisation general manager and sales and marketing group vice-president, Steve Dallman, has acknowledged the company is "behind and playing catch-up" in the tablet and smartphone space, and said it must crank up its activity across the product segment to become more competitive.

• In a sea of malware, viruses make a small comeback

  By Jeremy Kirk | 17 May, 2013 04:24

  The computer virus seems to be making a subtle comeback.

• Advocates call for legal protections for copyright consumers

  By Grant Gross | 16 May, 2013 21:05

  The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday.

• Microsoft responds to Larry Page remarks, but Oracle is quiet

  By Martyn Williams | 16 May, 2013 20:51

  Microsoft has responded to a high-profile put-down by Google CEO Larry Page, but Oracle, at least for now, won't be drawn into a public fight with the executive.

• Windows Phone claims third place in the smartphone wars, but challenges await

  By Ian Paul | 16 May, 2013 19:41

  Microsoft's Windows Phone may be struggling to gain a foothold in the US, but the software giant and Nokia are starting to see results on a global scale: Windows Phone was the third-most popular mobile smartphone operating system worldwide between January and March.

• Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 16 May, 2013 18:39

  Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research.

• UEFI president: We need more key providers

  By Joab Jackson | 28 February, 2013 20:51

  Since its introduction, the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface has created a fair amount of controversy. UEFI was created through an industry consortium as an evolutionary step up from BIOS, the simple firmware long used when starting a computer to initialize all the components and load the operating system. Among its advanced features, UEFI includes an option called Secure Boot, which requires that any software used before the operating system starts, or after it shuts down, has been signed by a certificate authority.

• SNAPSHOT: Avanade - Partner of choice

  By Patrick Budmar | 16 September, 2011 16:05

  Avanade Australia Country Manager, Jeyan Jeevartnam, on the company’s position in Australia and its plans for future growth.

• INSIDE STORY: Steering towards new business strategies

  By Julia Talevski | 27 July, 2011 14:19

  Distributor IPL Communications held a thought leadership event earlier this year specifically targeting 170 dealers that were a mix between telco and system integrators. This was underscored by the need to change. Julia Talevski sat down with IPL general manager, Paul Scanlan, and managing director, Stead Denton.

• PROFILE: Harnessing the power of the hybrid cloud and beyond

  By Patrick Budmar | 21 June, 2011 11:40

  With the virtualisation needs of Australian and New Zealand companies continually expanding, VMware Australia has stepped up to meet ITS ever growing expectations through the cloud. ARN spoke to VMware Australia Vice-President and Managing Director, Duncan Bennet, about his recent promotion, making virtualisation work and the journey to the cloud.

• Q&A: Microsoft's Windows marketing chief says Apple's 'scared'

  By Eric Lai | 09 June, 2009 08:51

  Do you love Microsoft Corp.'s recent TV ads? Hate its "Apple Tax" marketing campaign? Then meet Brad Brooks. As Microsoft's corporate vice president for Windows consumer product marketing, Brooks approved both campaigns as part of his goal of burnishing Windows 7's image in advance of its October launch (and tarnishing Apple's).

• Ballmer, Tucci discuss cloud vision

  By Shane O'Neill | 11 March, 2009 11:32

  Microsoft and EMC recently converged in New York City to announce a three-year extension of their alliance to work together on enterprise virtualisation, storage, security and content management products.

• Blogging with Microsoft

  By Trevor Clarke | 12 December, 2008 15:26

  When you already have a successful channel model which utilises all the traditional communication mediums, how do boost your ability to impart information and knowledge? Blog and start your own TV show. At least that’s what Microsoft has done.

• Is Windows 8 really killing the PC market?

  By Ian Paul | 14 May, 2013 00:12

  Computers just aren't selling like they used to, and many critics, analysts, and longtime Windows users point the blame finger at one culprit in particular: Windows 8. Nobody's using Windows 8, they say. It's worse than New Coke, they say. PC shipments are cratering and it's all Windows 8's fault, they say.

• Microsoft's counter-attack against Windows 8 coverage makes it 'look weak'

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 May, 2013 18:49

  Microsoft on Friday called some media coverage of its plans to update Windows 8 sensationalist and an effort to drive website page views.

• Why Microsoft won't charge for Windows Blue - this time

  By Gregg Keizer | 13 May, 2013 10:24

  Sometime soon, Microsoft will tell Windows 8 users whether they will have to pay for the upgrade code-named "Blue," and if so, how much. Analysts don't expect it to charge anything for the update.

• Analysts challenge Microsoft's commitment to Windows RT

  By Gregg Keizer | 10 May, 2013 18:17

  One of Microsoft's top Windows executives this week said the company remains bullish about Windows RT, but analysts remain suspicious of RT's chances unless Microsoft makes changes.

• Microsoft's drip-drip-drip Windows communications strategy dubbed a washout

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 May, 2013 20:22

  Microsoft's Tami Reller, the CFO and head of marketing for the Windows division, went on a mini publicity spree. But she didn't say very much.

• Opinion: Microsoft's smartwatch - Been there, didn't do that

  By Preston Gralla | 06 May, 2013 10:08

  Vendors are falling all over themselves to develop smartwatches. Will this be yet one more example of Microsoft getting to a market first and then failing to cash in?

• Would you use a Cloud-based version of Windows?

  By Ian Paul | 02 May, 2013 22:24

  It's been two years since Chromebooks running Google's Chrome OS appeared on store shelves. So far, Google's plan - to turn your Web browser into an operating system and websites into desktop-app replacements - does not appear to be catching on

• Think different: Apple's $17B debt offers stark contrast to 1996's junk bonds

  By Gregg Keizer | 02 May, 2013 11:00

  Apple's record-setting $17 billion bond offer this week stood in stark contrast to the company's darkest days, when in 1996 its millions in notes were rated as junk because investors wondered if the company would survive a thrashing by Microsoft