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NYC Mayor de Blasio, Deputy IT Commissioner blamed for saddling NYPD with 36,000 worthless Windows Phones that now need to be replaced with Apple iPhones

“The NYPD has to scrap the 36,000 smartphones it gave cops over the past two years because they’re already obsolete and can’t be upgraded, The Post has learned,” Tina Moore reports for The NY Post. “The city bought Microsoft-based Nokia smartphones as part of a $160 million NYPD Mobility Initiative that Mayor Bill de Blasio touted as ‘a huge step into the 21st century.'”

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Why Apple is the forbidden fruit of enterprise IT

“The irony of the mystical apple which is the forbidden fruit is not lost on me as I struggle to contemplate Apple and its products within my technology domain,” Naked CIO writes for TechRepublic. “Apple is certainly in demand from my user base and the passion with which users consume this brand, and insist on it, is bordering on frenzy.”

Naked CIO writes, “While I am not a frenzied…

Enterprise adoption of Apple’s indomitable Mac keeps growing

“Widespread iPhone and iPad adoption is influencing broader use of Apple products in the enterprise, namely desktops and laptops,” Patrick Thibodeau reports for Computerworld.

“Apple’s growth in the enterprise is evident in the company’s overall sales. In 2001, Apple claimed only 2.3% of worldwide computing clients –desktops/laptops, tablets and mobile phones — against Microsoft’s…

Beleaguered Microsoft axes up to 7,800 employees, writes off $7.6 billion from Nokia deal

Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to restructure the company’s phone hardware business.

Microsoft also announced the reduction of up to 7,800 positions, primarily in the phone business. As a result, the company will record an impairment charge of approximately $7.6 billion related to assets associated with the acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services (NDS) business in addition…

Major job cuts expected at beleaguered Microsoft

“Microsoft plans to announce a major new round of layoffs as early as Wednesday, as the company seeks to further cut costs in a shifting technology landscape,” Nick Wingfield reports for The New York Times.

“The layoffs are in addition to the about 18,000 employees that Microsoft said it planned to let go a year ago, according to people briefed on the plans, who asked for anonymity…

U.S. Navy re-ups with Microsoft for more Windows XP support

“Despite reaching its official end of life over a year ago, Microsoft’s Windows XP is still bringing the company some significant revenue — largely because Department of Defense and government customers can’t seem to get rid of it,” Sean Gallagher reports for Ars Technica. “And the Navy is one of Microsoft’s best custom-support customers.”

“The US Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems…

UBS: Apple to ride rise of consumer tech, decline of corporate IT

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”UBS’s Steve Milunovich today reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Apple, and a $125 price target, writing that the company should benefit from a turning of the tide in technology, whereby consumer purchasing, especially that driven by brand affinity, now matters more than traditional corporate IT purchasing that drove the PC cycle,” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s.

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