Windows 8 is 'too much, too quickly and too different', says KPMG CIO

Sooraj Shah
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Windows 8 'optional' for staff, but Windows Phone 'not ready' due to security concerns

"Big four" professional services firm KPMG will not move its whole business over to Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system because it is "too much, too quickly and too different", according to KPMG...

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