http://www.channelinsider.com Microsoft - RSS Feeds en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:04 -0500 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:04 -0500 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:57:29 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Unleashes-Windows-Azure-236758/?kc=rss - Microsoft will turn on its Windows Azure cloud platform as of January 1, 2010, said Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie in a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) 2009 here. In his speech on November 17, Ozzie said Microsoft would continue to offer Wind...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Unleashes-Windows-Azure-236758/?kc=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:35:17 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Lifts-Covers-on-Exchange-2010-650201/?kc=rss - At its TechEd Europe event in Berlin today, Microsoft officially released Exchange Server 2010, touting it as the first server in the Redmond portfolio developed from the ground up for both traditional on-premise and cloud-computing use cases. In his keynote, Microsoft Business Division President...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Lifts-Covers-on-Exchange-2010-650201/?kc=rss Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:36:09 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Workshare-Offers-Workshare-Compare-for-Power-Point-442525/?kc=rss - Microsoft partners looking to add some incremental value to Microsoft Office sales, take heed. Workshare has introduced Workshare Compare for PowerPoint, software that tracks changes to Power Point presentations that have been edited and reviewed by users besides the author. It's a need that'...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Workshare-Offers-Workshare-Compare-for-Power-Point-442525/?kc=rss Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:26:30 -0500 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Making-the-Kace-for-XPtoWindows-7-Migration-433195/?kc=rss - Like Vista before it, Microsoft's Windows 7 will capture a significant portion of the operating system market just because it will ship on the majority of new PCs sold over the next few years. However, for the installed PC base that isn't planning to move over to Apple's resurgent Macintosh plat...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Making-the-Kace-for-XPtoWindows-7-Migration-433195/?kc=rss Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:22:32 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Profits-Sales-Fall-But-Beat-Expectations-336984/?kc=rss - (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's quarterly profit fell a smaller-than-expected 18 percent on Friday, as the world's largest software company held up better than feared, sending its shares up 8 percent. The company, which released its new Windows 7 operating system this week, reported fiscal first-qua...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Profits-Sales-Fall-But-Beat-Expectations-336984/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:48:46 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Computer-Hardware-Makers-Laud-Microsoft-Windows-7-Too-359630/?kc=rss - With Windows 7's release now official, thoughts in the industry now look toward the hardware world. Manufacturers of the computer components and systems that will run the OS are placing big bets on Windows 7s potential impact on the sale of new computer systems. “I think everybody is ready and w...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Computer-Hardware-Makers-Laud-Microsoft-Windows-7-Too-359630/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:41:15 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Ushers-in-Windows-7-Era-870604/?kc=rss - Kylie, the precocious 5-year-old from the television commercials, took center stage at the Microsoft Windows 7 launch event to inaugurate the new operating system. Her declaration, “Im a Windows 7 PC.” The diminutive Kylie struck the cord that Microsoft wanted for the Windows 7 launch event: simpli...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Ushers-in-Windows-7-Era-870604/?kc=rss Thu, 22 Oct 2009 09:20:09 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Vista-Got-Good-Reviews-Too-166853/?kc=rss - (Reuters) - As Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 release approaches, early reviews are generally positive. But so were reviews for Windows Vista just before its launch. In the months leading up to Windows 7's release this Thursday, publications from ComputerWorld to the New York Times have written favor...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Vista-Got-Good-Reviews-Too-166853/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:24:47 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Channel-Chief-Issues-Partner-Call-to-Action-Around-Windows-7-875278/?kc=rss - Microsoft will – finally – launch Windows 7 in New York today, making the new version of the operating system generally available to the public. Partners have had access to the OS for some months now, as they build out their solutions and applications to be ready to go to market, but they are gett...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-Channel-Chief-Issues-Partner-Call-to-Action-Around-Windows-7-875278/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:45:34 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Windows-7-The-End-of-an-Era-179516/?kc=rss - Nearly 20 years have passed since I first laid eyes on Windows. It was 1990 in the student computer lab at Suffolk University; a room full of bright white Gateway desktops running Windows 3.0. Compared to the GUI-driven Macs I used in high school years earlier, the early version of Windows was kludg...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Windows-7-The-End-of-an-Era-179516/?kc=rss Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:05:26 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Windows-7-Deployment-Sparks-Optimism--304194/?kc=rss - Even though some channel partners remain skeptical about the bounce they expect Windows 7 to provide to their sales numbers in the next year, a new study out by ITIC and Sunbelt Software shows that 60 percent of companies worldwide have made plans to deploy the new operating system, and 49 percent w...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Windows-7-Deployment-Sparks-Optimism--304194/?kc=rss Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:45:34 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Windows-Start-to-Seven-151438/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Windows-Start-to-Seven-151438/?kc=rss Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:48:14 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Can-Microsoft-Windows-7-Dent-Apple-Macs-Momentum-660939/?kc=rss - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's Mac computers have steadily gained market share over the years, a winning streak that may be tested by next week's launch of Microsoft Corp's new Windows 7 operating system. Few expect the new software to dent Apple's standing in the market in the long run, g...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Can-Microsoft-Windows-7-Dent-Apple-Macs-Momentum-660939/?kc=rss Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:13:21 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-CEO-Ballmer-Windows-7-Only-Bump-PC-Sales-Slightly-668087/?kc=rss - (Reuters) - Microsoft's release of its new Windows 7 operating system is expected to increase demand for personal computers only slightly, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer told journalists in Munich on Wednesday. quot;There will be a surge of PCs but it will probably not be huge, quot; Ballmer sa...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Microsoft-CEO-Ballmer-Windows-7-Only-Bump-PC-Sales-Slightly-668087/?kc=rss Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:26:27 -0400 http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Survey-Finds-IT-Pros-Consider-VARs-Strategic-475649/?kc=rss - A recent survey of 2,400 IT professionals and decision-makers offers pretty convincing proof that solution providers matter to customers and are considered a vital resource in the process of buying and implementing technology. The blind survey, conducted by MarketTools on behalf of Microsoft, polle...]]> http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Microsoft/Survey-Finds-IT-Pros-Consider-VARs-Strategic-475649/?kc=rss