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Windows 8 is the next version of Windows client, while Windows Server 2012 is the next version of Windows Server, both expected to be released in 2012. Windows 8 will feature a heavily influenced Windows Phone design style called Metro. Here is a list put together answering many of the more frequently asked questions.

One-third of 2012 respondents' organizations are already receiving services from a cloud provider, and an additional 40% are in the planning or evaluation stages. Just 27% say they won't consider it.

The Gartner Predicts 2012 special report addresses the continuing trend toward the reduction of control IT has over the forces that affect it. As users take more control of the devices they will use, business managers are taking more control of the budgets IT organizations have watched shift over the past few years. Moving forward, IT departments will find that they must coordinate activities in a much wider scope than they once controlled.