Microsoft's cultural shift becomes oddly, swiftly evident
The real race between Microsoft and Google may boil down to which can truly change itself best and fastest.
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Analyst Dana Gardner examines IT news and trends that impact software strategists to provide insights and outcomes on SOA, app dev, SaaS, enterprise infrastructure and mobile convergence.
Dana Gardner
Dana Gardner is president and principal analyst at Interarbor Solutions, an enterprise IT analysis, market research, and consulting firm.
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