[TechRepublic] Five reasons why Windows 8 has failed

The Editor's Daily Picks TechRepublic Member | March 04, 2013

Five reasons why Windows 8 has failed The numbers are in and they don't lie. Windows 8 market adoption numbers are well behind Microsoft's greatest previous operating system failure, Vista. Read more Resource of the day On-demand Webcast: IBM's Approach to ERP Transformation and Vendor Selection Have you been thinking of implementing an ERP solution or upgrading your current legacy systems? Join us for this webcast series discussing what companies should consider when its comes to evaluating their ERP options. More from TechRepublic   Cloud: Cheaper and safer? Not necessarily In the post-PC era, information security must adapt to new realities World class SaaS: Building a durable competitive asset Enterprise software: Win over the staff and you'll win over the business The legal basics of software licensing News from ZDNet   Java zero-day malware 'was signed with certificates stolen from security vendor' IDC: PC market expected to continue decline for second year in a row Overwhelming: 91 percent say SaaS meets expectations Cloud compliance: What you need to know in US, EMEA, Asia, and Australia IBM takes cloud software, services to OpenStack Where's most of the post-PC revenue going? Clue: It's not to Apple Is the desktop dead? Scoble and friends face-off on mobile White House: It's time to legalize cell phone unlocking 'iWatch' could 'be a $6 billion opportunity for Apple,' says analyst Cloud Sherpas releases open-source framework for short-cutting Google Apps development Ubuntu-based XPS Sputnik developer ultrabook goes on sale in the UK Linus Torvalds switches back to Gnome 3.x desktop Today's recommended downloads Live Webcast: Keeping the Edge in Business Communications (Citrix Online) Network Performance Monitoring (Global Knowledge) GFI Case Study: Brevard Public Schools (GFI Software) On-demand Webcast: IBM's Approach to ERP Transformation and Vendor Selection (IBM) Choosing Between Room, Row, and Rack-based Cooling for Data Centers (APC by Schneider Electric)   About this newsletter The Editor's Daily Picks newsletter gives you my picks for the top tech stories of the day on the products, people, and ideas that are revolutionizing the planet. Jason Hiner Editor in Chief For real-time updates on the latest tech stories, follow my Twitter feed (@jasonhiner) or my Google+ feed (+Jason Hiner). Connect with TechRepublic A true cloud model vs. 'cloudwashing' by vendors Thoran Rodrigues says that while true cloud software is necessarily SaaS, not all software sold as a service really fits into the true cloud model. What are the distinguishing characteristics? TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Week in Review Big Data Analytics Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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