Errors stymie Windows 8.1 updates on some devices

Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint Ballmer touts 'value' in final shareholder letter IT News Daily October 21, 2013 Share this email Errors stymie Windows 8.1 updates on some devices Microsoft customers have been plagued with problems that have foiled attempts to install the Windows 8.1 update, according to widespread reports on the company's support forums. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint 2. Ballmer touts 'value' in final shareholder letter 3. Industry cuts the cord on electric car charging 4. SAP reports strong revenue growth from HANA and cloud 5. Microsoft yanks Windows 8.1 update for Surface RT after 'Blue Screen of Death' reports 6. Ailing Obamacare site to get a "tech surge" WHITE PAPER: www.zetta.net Enterprise Cloud Backup: Case Studies for IT Buyers If cloud backup sounds too good to be true, then deployment will lead to disillusionment. That's been the path of many IT organizations looking at cloud backup and DR-as-a-Service. This paper will provide tips – based on case studies from real IT organizations – for practical IT buyers. Read now! Q&A: Clement Lefebvre: The man behind Linux Mint Linux Mint, an Ubuntu and Debian-based Linux distribution, has seen tremendous growth in community support and installed base in recent years. Since arriving on the scene in 2006 with its first release called "Ada," Mint has become the most popular FOSS operating system on DistroWatch.com, surpassing both Ubuntu and Debian themselves. READ MORE Ballmer touts 'value' in final shareholder letter In his last letter to shareholders before retiring, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer discussed the company's ongoing transformation to a 'devices-and-services' company and its continued reliance on enterprise sales to generate revenue. READ MORE Industry cuts the cord on electric car charging Automakers and municipal governments are testing new technologies that would make it possible to offer wireless charging stations embedded in the pavement or even in manhole covers -- thus removing the power cords from electric vehicles. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: CDW Protect Your Business & Simplify IT Restore entire virtual guests and critical virtualized Microsoft applications across VMware and Hyper-V. Learn about the features in Backup Exec V-Ray that deliver disk and tape backup and recovery across both your physical and virtual infrastructure with a single solution. Read Now SAP reports strong revenue growth from HANA and cloud SAP reported strong revenue growth in its HANA in-memory database and cloud businesses, but also saw revenue from software decline in the third quarter. READ MORE Microsoft yanks Windows 8.1 update for Surface RT after 'Blue Screen of Death' reports Microsoft on Friday yanked the Windows RT 8.1 update from its Windows Store after some Surface RT owners reported their tablets had been crippled. READ MORE Ailing Obamacare site to get a "tech surge" The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is boosting the IT trauma team giving urgent care to the Obamacare website, which has badly malfunctioned since its launch almost three weeks ago. READ MORE WHITE PAPER: Starview Inc. Editorial Report: Where Does the SDN movement stand today? In this exclusive digital report, industry experts catch you up on the status of the Software Defined Networking (SDN) movement and begin to lay out how you get there from here, examining basic planning, what to look for in an SDN controller, and discussing what the Open Networking Foundation hopes to achieve with its new migration group. View now Follow IT News Share this email You are currently subscribed to itnews_daily as garn14.tech@blogger.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: sean_weglage@itworld.com To contact IT News, please send an e-mail to online@itworld.com Copyright (C) 2013 IT News, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. To contact someone directly, send an e-mail to online@itworld.com. **