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	Microsoft extends Azure's reach to China, Japan, and Australia Seeking to pad its billion(ish)-dollar Azure business with yuan, yen, and dollarydoos, Microsoft will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to expand its hybrid cloud platform to China, Japan, and Australia. The move, which makes Microsoft the first multinational organization to make public cloud services available in China, represents a significant investment in the company's cloud strategy. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: VMware Innovation Awards Now Accepting Submissions - VMware Innovation Awards Winners will be selected by a prestigious panel of judges and honored at VMworld on August 27th in San Francisco. VMware Innovation Awards Winner will receive: Your story featured in Computerworld, 2 conference passes to VMworld 2013, and more. Submit an entry for this prestigious award and showcase your innovative projects, visit: http://events.computerworld.com/VMwareNominationform2013CW In this Issue Apple: No tax gimmick left behind Survey: Mobile now top priority for corporate app builders Google Glass breaks into business Windows 8 users snub Metro apps, stick to traditional Windows software Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Itanium® Plan your mission critical future Outlines the four steps to prepare your infrastructure for the future of mission-critical computing by consolidating your UNIX platforms with x86 systems. See HP and its Intel-based solutions can give you a future-ready foundation that leverages today's investments. Learn more. Apple: No tax gimmick left behind Tim Cook did Steve Jobs proud at this week's Congressional hearings into Apple's tax avoidance practices. During his testimony the CEO pulled a mind trick or two out of his iPocket, rivaling even the late Apple visionary in his ability to weave reality distortion fields. The Senate report released prior to Cook's testimony detailed Apple's "complex web" of offshore entities set up to avoid paying taxes. Yet in his testimony before a Senate subcommittee, Apple's CEO defended the company, saying Apple uses "no tax gimmicks." Read More Survey: Mobile now top priority for corporate app builders Mobile applications are becoming the principal focus of corporate software development efforts, according to a survey by PHP tools vendor Zend Technologies. Zend's Developer Pulse survey this quarter found that 91 percent of developers plan to deliver content and services to a mobile audience. This compares to 66 percent in a survey the company took in 2012. "Mobile applications are rapidly becoming the primary focus of corporate application development teams," Zend's report on the survey states. "Apps are the driving force for companies adopting a mobile-first strategy." Read More Google Glass breaks into business While Google Glass is currently being viewed as a consumer technology, IT shops and mobile workers are likely already champing at the bit to be able to use a hands-free technology to do their jobs. "The same way that tablets followed smartphones into the enterprise on the backs of employees bearing the cost, Google Glass will also flow the same way," said Chris Hazelton, research director for Mobile & Wireless at 451 Research. "This will also drive acceptance. So, you may see tools that will directly manage Google Glass." Read More Windows 8 users snub Metro apps, stick to traditional Windows software A majority of consumer and small business Windows 8 PC users launch fewer than one "Metro" app a day, signaling that they're spending most of their time on the classic Windows 7-style Desktop, according to data released this week. Read More Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud. The desk-side thin clients also have advanced virtualization features for virtual desktops to host multiple applications in one session. They were announced at the Citrix Synergy conference in Los Angeles. Read More
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