[TechRepublic] Should Windows 8 be in your future?

IT Leadership TechRepublic Member | March 13, 2012

Editor's note For many IT leaders, Windows 8 will be the first serious OS upgrade consideration since XP. Tow of our experts, Patrick Gray and Scott Lowe, weigh in on what to consider when you're making that decision. Should Windows 8 be in your future? Part 1 For IT organizations that are still with XP, there's a trifecta of troubles brewing as they consider where to go from XP. Read more Resource of the day Free 2011 Salary Report IT Professionals - Register on activeTechPros for immediate access Business Professionals - Join the activeBizPros community to view the report Five reasons to take a pass on Windows 8 Scott Lowe talks about some of the drawbacks of Windows 8 that might make it a poor bet for the enterprise. Read more Five favorite Windows 8 preview apps As you kick the tires of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, be sure to check out these early contenders for top apps. Read more Running to stand still? Five tips to stop CIOs being left behind IT and business change cracks along at speed, so CIOs have to know the best ways of coping with those rapid shifts - as well as handling management expectations. Read more Use Pinterest to grow your business SMBs can use social media like Pinterest to drive business to their sites. Read more 10 annoying habits your Outlook users need to break Outlook seems to lend itself to worst practices. Luckily, a little education can help prevent a lot of user-induced headaches. Read more Featured multimedia   It's a twister - and other amazing photos from Mars NASA's HRISE camera catches a half-mile tall dust devil on the Martian surface. Plus, other newer images from the Red Planet. View on site Today's recommended downloads Free 2011 Salary Report vRanger Trial (Quest Software) Controlling & Managing Super User Access (Quest Software) Choosing the Right Active Directory Bridge Solution (Quest Software) Rethink Your Storage With IBM (IBM) Connect with TechRepublic 10 ways to speed up a slow PC Is your computer moving at a crawl? Don't give up. Check out this gallery to learn some things you can do about it. TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! TechRepublic UK TechRepublic Australia Wrapper Web Designer The Enterprise Cloud Tablets in the Enterprise Google in the Enterprise

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