Tag: Microsoft

  • Is Zoho a NoGo or SoSo for the Channel?

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    For the mobile worker, the ability to get your information from anywhere at any time is at the top of the list of “must haves.” Currently, most users have come to rely on dedicated notebook computers or clunky remote access solutions to meet their traveling needs. But, both technologies have their downsides – remote access… Read more

  • Microsoft Embarks on Lawsuit Rampage

    Sara Driscoll

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    Microsoft has launched a stampede against solution providers who deal in counterfeit or infringing software by filing 20 lawsuits in 13 states. As part of its Genuine Software Initiative, the software giant said the lawsuits are part of its three-pronged approach to help protect legitimate channel businesses. Software piracy in the United States accounted for… Read more

  • Microsoft Formalizes Enterprise Partner Planning

    Jessica Davis

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    Microsoft is formalizing an approach for working with its 8,000 enterprise partners to add a sense of stability in what the vendor says is a dynamic and shifting marketplace. The approach comes from its best practices with the channel around the world, said Peter Boit, who has served as vice president of enterprise market sales… Read more

  • Microsoft Looking to Partners for SOA, ‘Oslo’

    Microsoft Looking to Partners for SOA, ‘Oslo’

    Darryl K. Taft

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    REDMOND, Wash.—As part of its ongoing strategy to deliver more service-oriented architecture enabling technology and guidance to its customers, Microsoft and some of its partners have announced new SOA offerings. For its part, Microsoft released the first public CTP (Community Technology Preview) of its MSE (Microsoft Managed Services Engine) to its CodePlex community development site.… Read more

  • Microsoft Opens Fire Sale on Partner-Hosted CRM Live

    Microsoft Opens Fire Sale on Partner-Hosted CRM Live

    Renee Boucher Ferguson

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    Microsoft is dropping the price 40 percent on its CRM Live hosting for partners who host (and resell) its customer relationship management software, hoping to drive partner demand in a non-partner space. The new price, announced Oct. 23 at Microsoft’s annual Convergence conference, in Copenhagen, is $15 per month per user, dangerously low for competitors,… Read more

  • Microsoft Hungry for Acquisitions: Ballmer

    Microsoft Hungry for Acquisitions: Ballmer

    Peter Galli

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    SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer refused to say whether the software company was looking to buy either Yahoo or Facebook, despite much prodding from John Batelle, the co-host of the Web 2.0 Summit here Oct. 18. But Redmond does expect to acquire about 20 companies—from $50 million to $1 billion—every year for the next five… Read more