Tag: Microsoft

  • SAP Outlines Costly Partner Plans for On-Demand Suite

    SAP Outlines Costly Partner Plans for On-Demand Suite

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    Boston—To sell its new Business ByDesign on-demand ERP suite to the midmarket, SAP envisions building what it considers the first working on-demand model for partners—a rare commodity in a world where many traditional software partners are trying to figure out the revenue and opportunities in reselling on-demand services. The downside for partners: They’ve got to… Read more

  • Microsoft Helps MCPs Get Social

    Microsoft Helps MCPs Get Social

    Jessica Davis

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    Microsoft has launched a suite of tools aimed at driving greater networking and interaction between its Microsoft Certified Professionals and allowing them to differentiate themselves. The software giant is giving MCPs access to the partner level of its Microsoft Product Support Knowledge Base, previously accessible only to Microsoft partners and Most Valuable Professionals, or MVPs.… Read more

  • Microsoft Monitoring and Management for the Middle

    Microsoft Monitoring and Management for the Middle

    Karen Schwartz

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    Microsoft has tweaked its Windows Live OneCare self-updating PC care service to better meet the needs of small user group environments. Windows Live OneCare consists of a set of security and performance tools, all managed by a central console. Security features include anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall feature with automatic updates. Performance tools include backup and… Read more

  • Microsoft Releases Another SQL Server 2008 CTP

    Microsoft Releases Another SQL Server 2008 CTP

    Peter Galli

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    BARCELONA, Spain—Microsoft has released the third Community Technology Preview for SQL Server 2008, which includes new functionality and brings compatibility with Windows Vista and the upcoming Windows Server 2008. “SQL Server 2008 running on Windows Server 2008 provides customers with trusted and secure access, high availability through revamped failover clustering, and simplified scripting through Powershell,”… Read more

  • Gates and Jobs Battle it Out in Top 10 Influencers

    Sara Driscoll

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    The battles between Microsoft and Apple have hit their CEOs, as the two companies’ respective chiefs were named the industry’s most influential personalities, top and second, respectively, of the past 25 years, according to a poll by the Computing Technology Industry Association. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, claimed the top spot on the most influential… Read more

  • Microsoft to Fix Two Windows Holes on Patch Tuesday

    Lisa Vaas

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    Patch Tuesday will bring two security bulletins from Microsoft, one of which is critical and involves a remotely exploitable hole on Windows systems, the other of which is rated important and also affects Windows. eEye’s Zero-Day Tracker, as of Nov. 9, is listing three active zero-day Windows and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, all of which have… Read more