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Dell to Cut PC Rebates, not Prices
Dell has decided do away with rebates in an effort to get to the bottom line on its PC prices. As expected, the PC maker will begin phasing out rebates and other special offers in August in favor of presenting lower prices upfront to SMBs (small and midsize businesses) and consumers in the United States,…
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Most CFOs Harbor Security Concerns
Chief financial officers continue to rank information security as their top priority as compliance auditors and the fear of public humiliation over data leaks drive new levels of IT security scrutiny, according to a new survey. The study, conducted by IT services giant Computer Sciences in collaboration with FERF (Financial Executives Research Foundation), FEI (Financial…
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Microsoft Partner Conference 2007 Goes West
Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference is going west in 2007, to the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Next year’s conference is scheduled for July 10-12, at the Colorado Convention Center, in Denver, Allison Watson, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group, announced July 13 to partners at this year’s conference in Boston. Click here to…
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Microsoft Quietly Rolls Out More Live Promotional Links
At long lasat, Microsoft has started to turn the crank on Live marketing. As noted last week, Microsoft recently rolled out an “Inside Live” promotional site. But there are a bunch of other Live promotional sites out there, too. Microsoft blogger Dare Obasanjo highlights a few of them, including the Discover Live Spaces, Wire.Live.com and…
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Microsoft Works Hard to Win Over Partners
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles that examines Microsoft’s strategy of gaining market share and driving new solutions to market through its partner base. BOSTON—Microsoft may not have answered all the questions prospective partners had when they attended a summit before the company’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference here, but it…
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Microsoft: Opportunities Abound for Partners
BOSTON—Microsoft will use the second day of its annual Worldwide Partner Conference here to talk about all the opportunity that remains for its partners and how its People-Ready business has broadened the scope of that for them. In a keynote address to be delivered July 12, Microsoft Server and Tools Marketing Corporate Vice President Andy…
