Year: 2005
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Microsoft Sting Nabs Alleged Software Pirates
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft Corp., in a nationwide sting operation, nabbed eight resellers it said were pedaling pirated software, the company announced this week. Microsoft filed eight lawsuits against companies in Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota and New York alleging copyright infringement and trademark violations for selling pirated Microsoft software, including Windows XP, Windows NT Server Version 4.0, Office… Read more
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Microsoft Shuffle Makes Room for Developers
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft’s reorganization into three major business units will have only a slight impact on its developer-focused division, company officials and analysts say. The change which will have primary impact will be that Eric Rudder, Microsoft Corp.’s senior vice president of Server and Tools, will be taking on a new role. Rudder will be working directly… Read more
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Corente Launches Partner Recruiting Effort
Categories: News and TrendsThe race between providers of managed services technology for mind share intensified on Wednesday as Corente Inc. launched an initiative to recruit channel partners. Corente, of New York, is launching the Authorized Partner Program in effort to enlist VARs, integrators and service providers to deliver managed services to customers through Corente’ Applications Without Boundaries (AWB)… Read more
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$15B Up For Grabs At GM
Categories: News and TrendsThe recently announced recompetition for General Motors Corp.’s outsourcing business has put $15 billion in contracts into play. That’s the word from Bob Swan, executive vice president of Electronic Data Systems Corp., the company with the most at stake in the GM deal-making. EDS won about two thirds of GM’s outsourcing spend—a chunk worth about… Read more
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Ballmer Details Microsoft Changes for Employees
In an e-mail to employees Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer spelled out his plans for the company’s reorganization into three new divisions. Under the subject heading of "Organizational Changes for Next Wave of Growth & Innovation," Ballmer said, "Today, we are announcing the creation of three new business divisions—Microsoft Platform Products & Services Division, which… Read more
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Microsoft Plans to Reorganize; Allchin Out with Vista Release
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft on Tuesday announced a sharp reorganization of the company into three divisions in order to streamline decision making and speed to market. The software giant will realign several existing units into three core divisions—Platforms and Services; Business; and Entertainment and Devices—that better represent Microsoft’s goals, said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. In addition, Ray Ozzie,… Read more