Microsoft yanks patch because it's killing PowerPoint 2013

Apple’s $850M solar plant rockets it to first place among U.S. corporations Muni broadband providers clash over Title II Net neutrality reforms

Today's InfoWorld Headlines: Wrap Up February 12, 2015 Microsoft yanks patch for killing PowerPoint 2013 In a situation that may foreshadow Windows 10 patching problems, the Black Tuesday patch KB 2920732 has brought PowerPoint 2013 on Windows RT systems to its knees. Worse, because of the way Windows RT works, there's no way to back out the update. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Apple’s $850M solar plant rockets it to first place among U.S. corporations 2. Muni broadband providers clash over Title II Net neutrality reforms 3. FBI probes for source of fraudulent TurboTax filing spike 4. HP courts enterprise workloads with new Helion private clouds Webcast: IBM Corporation 5 Ways Elastic Storage Provides Performance and Scalability Please Join IBM and Nuance Communications Inc. to learn how Nuance uses IBM Elastic Storage to improve the power of their voice recognition applications by managing storage growth, cost and complexity while increasing performance.LEARN MORE Apple’s $850M solar plant rockets it to first place among U.S. corporations The new facility is the largest such commercial solar deal in U.S. history, pushing Apple past Walmart as the largest corporate user of solar energy. READ MORE Muni broadband providers clash over Title II Net neutrality reforms Nothing comes easy in the Net neutrality battle. Take how different municipal broadband providers disagree over FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's proposal to reclassify broadband providers as public utilities under Title II of the Telecommunications Act. READ MORE White Paper: Kaminario Benchmarking Oracle Database on K2 All-Flash Array Virtualized Oracle servers create an especially demanding blend of I/O traffic for storage infrastructure. Kaminario’s K2 All-Flash Array combines consistent low latency, high throughput and IOPS with a very low price per GB, making it the most cost-efficient primary storage for many virtual and physical environments including Oracle databases. LEARN MORE>> FBI probes for source of fraudulent TurboTax filing spike The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into the cause of a spike in fraudulent tax returns filed using Intuit's TurboTax tax preparation software.READ MORE HP courts enterprise workloads with new Helion private clouds The Helion VPC (virtual private cloud) offerings are tailored to meet a range of computing requirements, from lighter workloads such as software development to more demanding jobs such as running complex ERP (enterprise resource planning) applications. READ MORE Webcast: LogMeIn Re-Tooling Audio Conferencing for the Mobile World As conferencing undergoes fundamental changes — away from audio-only calls and toward rich solutions with integrated audio and web collaboration — leading organizations must re-evaluate their use of audio-only conferences – or risk being left behind. LEARN MORE