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Microsoft’s newest operating system (OS) represents a major strategy shift for the company, which is attempting to catapult the PC desktop experience, where it’s gained total traction, into the tablet world. But in the process Microsoft has rattled its more staid customers, particularly large enterprises, which, by and large, are still grounded in the PC mindset (or worse, the BlackBerry mindset).... More Info

You don’t have to be a multinational megacorporation to need a global communications network. You don’t need a bank account in Zurich to understand the immediate and real benefits of having easy access to a secure, reliable global banking network.... More Info

It kicked off in 2007 with Apple’s prescient slogan “This is only the beginning” and the release of the first iPhone, which pulled smartphones as a whole out of the geek toy box and into the realm of mass-market acceptance, changing the world as a result. Smartphones combined the power of the PC with cellular connectivity, creating an always connected society with an ever-increasing appetite for data, media and interaction.... More Info

This year may end up being a critical one for LTE momentum. Deloitte predicts that 200-plus carriers spanning a total of 75 countries will introduce an LTE network by the time 2013 has come to a close, and subscriptions are expected to climb north of 200 million, which is 17 times greater than the number of subscriptions that existed just two years ago.... More Info

Verizon has the largest 4G LTE network in the US, but who has the fastest? According to PCWorld/TechHive, AT&T’s next-gen mobile network can claim the speediest signaling, while Verizon seems content to pursue an expansion strategy that helped it pull in $28.2 billion in mobile-data revenues in 2012.... More Info