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OnForce Prices Stabilize Break/Fix Work Still Dominates in Q2
OnForce Prices Stabilize Break/Fix Work Still Dominates in Q2 Online technology services marketplace OnForce’s second quarter report on service volumes and prices for various technology services showed that pricing still remains under pressure as it has for the past several quarters, but work-order pricing began to stabilize at the end of Q2.That’s good news for…
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Microsoft Misses Revenue Mark, Shares Fall
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp posted a steeper-than-expected 17 percent drop in quarterly revenue and said its business continued to be hurt by the weak global PC and server markets, sending its shares down 8 percent. The world’s largest software maker, whose operating systems power the vast majority of the world’s personal computers, reported fiscal fourth…
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Microsoft Takes ERP Fight Directly to Sage
Microsoft went for blood this week against Sage Software, one of the Redmond, Wash., software giant’s leading rivals in the ERP and business software space. Microsoft called into question the stability of Sage’s channel, citing the shuttering earlier this month of MIS Group, one of Sage’s largest partners for two years’ running. “Microsoft Dynamics offers…
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‘Trusted Adviser` Moniker Isn`t Cliché
New Mexico One Call isn’t a huge organization or one you would’ve heard about outside its home state’s civil engineering circles. But this organization of less than three dozen managerial and field operatives are responsible for ensuring public utilities aren’t damaged by contractors digging into the earth. Prior to Dennis Woodruff’s arrival in 2006, New…
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Apple Smashes Profit Forecasts, iPhone Shines
(Reuters) – Apple Inc’s quarterly profit blew past Wall Street forecasts thanks to strong sales of Macs and iPhones and higher-than-expected gross margins, boosting its shares 4 percent on Tuesday. The company continued to defy the global recession with a solid 13 percent jump in fiscal third-quarter net profit. It sold more than seven times…
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Microsoft Blasts Windows 7 to Manufacturing
Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows 7 operating system was released to manufacturing on Wednesday, a milestone that signals the formal completion of the engineering development phase. Partners and ISVs can work with the final version, with locked-in code and features, as they build out their own solutions heading toward the general availability launch of the products this…
