Tag: Microsoft
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Can Microsoft Windows 7 Edge out Android in Battle to Run iPad Killers?
Plans for “iPad killers” abound, and the question for each manufacturer is: Android or Windows 7? We know Windows 7 is gaining serious traction in the PC market and reviews are great. But, when it comes to the tablet, how will it fare? If recent announcements are any indication, Microsoft is winning the tablet OS… Read more
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Bach and Allard Depart Microsoft after Shake-up
Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices (E&D) Division, responsible for consumer products such as the Xbox and Zune media player, underwent a massive shake-up, with Robbie Bach, the unit’s president, and J Allard, its senior vice president of Design and Development, both stepping down from their current positions. The Entertainment and Devices Division is dedicated to more… Read more
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Microsoft, Polycom, HP Team on Unified Communications
Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and Polycom are among the founding members of an alliance created to push interoperability between unified communications offerings using currently established standards. Other founding members of the UCIF (Unified Communications Interoperability Forum) include Juniper Networks and Logitech, which late last year bought video conferencing vendor LifeSize Communications. >> Click here to read the… Read more
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Google Apps Sweetheart Serena Software Switches Back to Microsoft BPOS
Just a little more than a year after touting its move from Microsoft Exchange to Google Gmail, Serena Software has decided to make the switch back to Microsoft and dump its Google Apps support. Unlike the University of California, Davis, which dumped Gmail over security and privacy concerns earlier this month, Serena’s reason was much… Read more
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Microsoft Dumps VOIP Response Point Product
Microsoft has made what it called the “tough decision” to terminate its Response Point phone system software, which used voice over IP to save small and midsize businesses money on their communications bills. Although Microsoft marketed the product as an ideal way for businesses of up to 50 employees to cut costs in a moribund… Read more
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Microsoft Shoots Back on Google Docs Microsoft Office Collaboration
Categories: News and TrendsMicrosoft’s online product director May 11 dispelled the notion that Google Docs improves Microsoft Office, and demonstrated how moving files created with Office results in the loss of data fidelity. Google has been pitching migrations from Microsoft Office, which has more than 500 million seats worldwide, to Google Docs, the company’s Web-based document, presentation and… Read more