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• Surface RT $900M pounding renews calls for Office on iPad

  Armed with a $900 million argument, an analyst raised the Office-on-iPad banner, saying that the flop of the Surface RT gives Microsoft a chance to make billions in lemonade from its lemon.

• Software to be biggest tech spend in 2013: Forrester

  The biggest investment CIOs are making this year is on custom-built software, applications and middleware, which will reach US$542 billion globally, according to Forrester Research’s latest forecast.

• Microsoft teases 'Office Lite' for Windows' touch UI

  Microsoft today briefly previewed an Office application designed for the Windows "Modern," ne "Metro," user interface, and said it would launch the touch-enabled suite next year.

• High expectations pressure Microsoft to deliver at BUILD

  Microsoft today must deliver on expectations that have been mounting since the sluggish start of Windows 8 eight months ago, analysts said.

• Papers please! Microsoft creates second-class citizens with Office iPhone app

  Microsoft erred when it decided that the new Office Mobile for iPhone would be available to Office 365 customers but not to those who purchased a traditional "perpetual" license to Office 2013, an analyst argued

• How to Evaluate the Risk of Outsourcing Locations

  IT organizations and CIOs don't contract and outsource to countries, they contract and outsource to companies. Given that, it's time to stop assessing location-based risk in a vacuum because sometimes the 'riskiest' suppliers may have the most innovative solutions.

• Microsoft sticks it to the iPad with Windows-first Office strategy

  Microsoft's surprise launch of Office Mobile for the iPhone shows that the software giant continues to favour Windows' future over Office's fortune, analysts said.

• Microsoft seizes floor space in Best Buy for Windows mega mini-stores

  Microsoft has struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs.

• Thanks to IT, more people can work from home

  Unless you're working at Yahoo, where CEO Marissa Mayer has banned telecommuting, there's a very good chance you are working from home or at a coffee shop.

• IT doesn’t see much value in making Windows 8 enterprise standard: Forrester

  While Microsoft may be eager to sell its “re-imagined” Windows 8 to enterprises, Forrester research reveals that IT leaders are not keen to move onto the operating system any time soon.

• Forrester: Windows 8 faces uphill battle as corporate desktop

  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.

• 5 reasons to build an enterprise mobile app store

  IT departments can keep employees from using malware-infested mobile apps by creating an internal store of company-approved apps. The store can also collect feedback from users about their preferences.

• How big is Cloud's impact? Depends on who's asking

  Is Cloud computing really catching on in the enterprise? Well, that depends on who you talk to, recent surveys have found.

• Windows 7, iOS, BYOD redefine enterprise OS landscape

  Led by Windows 7, Microsoft's operating systems still control the enterprise, but the software giant's days of dominance are waning. As a recent Forrester report highlights, mobile devices and BYOD have made the state of enterprise operating systems far more complex.

• Startup Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices

  Startup Armor5 makes its debut Wednesday with a cloud-based security and management service for mobile devices that works without needing client-based software.