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How quickly can you respond to an audit request?
Sean Robinson, managing director of License Dashboard, gives some tips on how to deal with the prospect of a software audit Opinion
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Windows XP user? It's not the end of the world
Billy MacInnes looks ahead to the end of Microsoft Windows XP support next year, and suggests that the growing sense of urgency may be misplaced Opinion
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Can the industry learn from Football Manager 2013?
Nick Booth finds some lessons for the industry in the latest release in Sports Interactive's Football Manager video game series. Opinion
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Is Microsoft wrong to release a desktop version of Windows 8?
Billy MacInnes finds out that even before the launch next month of Windows 8 there are doubts being raised by Gartner over the speed at which customers should adopt the software Opinion
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Microsoft's Metro mystery
Microsoft may have to rename its Metro UI after a trademark dispute with a mystery European company. Billy MacInnes is on the trail. Opinion
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Microsoft's Android patent bonanza
Here's an interesting stat: according to Microsoft, it now has patent agreements with OEMs that account for over half of all Android devices. Including its latest deal with Compal, Microsoft has patent agreements with 10 Android device makers. ... Opinion
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Red Hat: on track to become a billion dollar open source software company
Amid all the reports about Red Hat's very strong performance in the second quarter ending 31 August, only one site seems to have picked up on an intriguing comment made by the vendor's CEO Jim Whitehurst in the statement accompanying the results anno... Opinion
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Can Microsoft explanation for Office 365 and Windows Live outage reassure cloud customers?
The explanation as to why Microsoft suffered an outage of three and a half hours to its Office 365 and Windows Live services on 8 September might not be too reassuring for those people out there tempted to move to the cloud. According to a blog post ... Opinion
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Who else thinks resellers can thrive in the cloud era?
I'm a bit confused by the Channel Transformation Alliance, the body which has been set up to promote and further the spread of cloud computing and managed services in the channel. It's not that I don't think it's a good idea. After all, who could... Opinion
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PCs in retreat as market prepares for tablet invasion
Poor old PC. Things are not looking good. After all the furore surrounding HP's decision to retreat from the PC arena, we now read that Gartner has downgraded its PC market forecast for 2011, suggesting the PC is "not a particularly compelling p... Opinion