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  • Chrome May Usher in a Shiny Future

    Talk about awkward: A chance encounter between Microsoft messiah Bill Gates and Google head-honcho Eric Schmidt just days after Google announced its intention to go after the foundation of the Microsoft empire: Windows. Gates –defender of the Windows faith – was confronted by reporters at last week’s Sun Valley business executive summit about rival Google’s…

  • IDC Forecasts 177M Unit Sales for Microsoft Windows 7 by 2010 Year End

    While a recent survey of businesses indicates that the majority intend to skip the upgrade to Microsoft Windows 7, market analyst firm IDC is still forecasting a brisk uptake of the operating system benefiting IT employment and jobs in addition to several other technology areas. Microsoft’s new operating system Windows 7 is the software giant’s…

  • Dell: Computer Sales to Business Still Hurting

    Dell Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) said demand from businesses large and small is still very weak and the company faces a big challenge long-term in its hardware business, where falling PC prices will pressure margins. Shares of Dell, the No. 2 maker of personal computers, fell 8 percent in morning trade, a day after it forecast lower…

  • Ballmer Urges Partners to Stick with ‘Tenacious` Microsoft

    While not sugarcoating the dismal economic conditions sapping revenues and profits across the industry, Microsoft President and CEO Steve Ballmer struck an upbeat tone Tuesday at the Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans, urging partners to seize this moment to focus on things they can control, such as gaining market share and making customer satisfaction…

  • Fujitsu America Boosts Midmarket, Indirect Sales

    Looking to further expand its small business and midmarket reach through its reseller channel partners, Fujitsu announced its Primergy TX100 S1 server plus an expanded reseller agreement with Synnex. The moves follow Fujitsu’s appointment of Symantec‘s former vice president of global channel sales, Bill Buie, as senior vice president of Alliances, Channel and SI sales…

  • Microsoft Tosses Gold Certified Partner Designation

    Microsoft is revamping its partner program with a new system of membership designation that officials characterize as less hierarchical and better suited for the wide diversity of partner types the company now supports, including such partner types as Web developers and designers. In her keynote opening the annual Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans…

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