Tag: Microsoft

  • Microsoft`s Pie in the Sky Play with SkyDrive

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Although it’s a little late to the game, Microsoft’s free hosted storage service entered the market with a lot of noise. After all, the company is giving 5GB of storage away for free to any Tom, Dick or Sally and consumers are ready to gobble up that storage. But, is there anything new here? Other… Read more

  • Microsoft Says New Server Family `Essential` for Midmarket

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Microsoft has unveiled details of its Essential Server family of products, including Essential Business Server targeted specifically for the midmarket, which it says will help partners earn recurring revenue through services and spur customer upgrades. The Essential Server Family, based on Windows Server 2008 Standard, includes Microsoft Small Business Server ( SBS) 2008 and Microsoft… Read more

  • Analyst: Microsoft Needs to Train More Partners

    Peter Galli

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    As Microsoft gears up for the Feb. 27 launch of Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008—the biggest enterprise launch in the company’s history—it is aggressively readying its partners to handle the wave of demand it hopes will be generated for these new products. So important is partner readiness that Allison Watson, corporate… Read more

  • Microsoft Entices SMBs with Freebies

    Lisa Vaas

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    Microsoft is giving away tools to entice SMBs to adopt its Office Live Small Business suite of Web-based software and services. However, the move could see the software giant provide tools and services for free that its VARs have previously charged for. Microsoft announced that it has combined its previous three-tier OLSB suite into one product… Read more

  • Yahoo Rejects Microsoft Bid

    Channel Insider Staff

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    By Daisuke Wakabayashi and Eric Auchard SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Yahoo Inc rejected Microsoft Corp’s unsolicited $41.6 billion takeover offer as too low on Monday, forcing the software maker either to sweeten the bid or adopt a hostile approach to clinch a deal. Microsoft responded by calling its offer full and fair, but stopped short… Read more

  • How to Get into SAAS Fast

    Jessica Davis

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    Jamcracker is offering a new service to help VARs quickly add software as a service to their lineups. The Santa Clara, Calif., aggregator of on-demand software applications—including those from Microsoft, WebEx and McAfee—is opening up its Webstores model to VARs.  The company also offers the services to telcos and large service providers. Webstores provide front- and… Read more