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The Odd News Tidbit Interrupts Multilingual Grumbling at WPC
Going into day three at WPC and most of the talk is still about the tepid Software + Services announcement from Tuesday morning. Suffice it to say resellers here are underwhelmed by the Microsoft vision for delivering a hybrid of cloud and on-site applications. And the recurring revenue stream promised by a 12 percent upfront…
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Microsoft Partner Initiatives, Pricing Take Shape
HOUSTON – Microsoft started its Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 with a series of announcements including a new pricing and partner model for Microsoft Online Services, as well as other announcements around the company’s effort to focus on a software-plus-services strategy. Indeed, during the opening keynote address, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division,…
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Microsoft to Deliver SQL Server 2008 in August
HOUSTON — Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2008 will be available in August with no price increase. At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 here, Bob Kelly, corporate vice president of the Microsoft Server and Tools business, announced that Microsoft would make SQL Server 2008 available in August. Kelly also said that on Sept. 8,…
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VMware CEO Resigns, Stock Tumbles
Virtualization vendor VMware disclosed Tuesday that its founder and CEO Diane Greene has resigned and been replaced by former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz. The company also cut its 2008 revenue growth forecast, saying it will be “modestly below” its previous forecast of 50 percent growth over 2007. Wall Street reacted quickly, sending company shares tumbling…
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Education Is the Solution to IT Skills Shortage
Until recently, hardly a month went by without grumbling from the high-tech sector about the difficulty of hiring skilled IT workers. But as the economy slows to a crawl, the grumbling has subsided somewhat. That’s presumably because as some companies lay off workers, others are having an easier time filling vacancies. Unlike the turn-of-the-millennium recession…