Tag: Microsoft
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Google Apps Adds Server-Side Microsoft Exchange Migration Tool
Google ramped up the noise for its Google Apps this week by offering a new server-side tool to help organizations and partners migrate company email, calendar and contact data from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps. The move by Google is only the most recent against incumbent Microsoft which has dominated the corporate space with its… Read more
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Rackspace Hosting Improves E-Mail and Apps Reseller Channel Program
Rackspace is relaunching its hosted e-mail and application reseller partner program to add tools, training, more program features and structure. The announcement at the company’s first partner conference in Atlanta this week follows updates for Rackspace’s managed services and Rackspace Cloud programs to increase the company’s presence in the channel. The new channel investments also… Read more
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Google Acquisition Lets Microsoft Office Users Share Documents on Web
(Reuters) – Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp’s productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit and share their documents on the Web. Google said on its company blog on Friday that it has acquired San Francisco-based DocVerse. Terms of the deal were… Read more
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Office 2010 Set to Hit Businesses in May
Businesses will be able to purchase the full version of Office 2010 May 12, roughly a month before consumers get their hands on Microsoft’s next-version productivity suite. “For businesses, we will launch the 2010 set of products, including Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010 worldwide on May 12,” Jevon Fark, senior marketing… Read more
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Microsoft Channel Chief to Outline Cloud Opportunity
Starting with an expansive speech CEO Steve Ballmer gave at the University of Washington last week, Microsoft appears to be continuing a full-court press of its cloud computing strategy, assigning its highest-level executives to get the word out that the company is serious about the online software world. Many in the channel need convincing, which… Read more
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Microsoft COO Kevin Turner predicts slow recovery
(Reuters) – Microsoft is still seeing a lot of interest in its Windows 7 computer software launched last year and a new budget cycle will help a gradual recovery in business spending, its chief operating officer said. "We have a lot of interest in the Windows 7 refresh," Kevin Turner told an audience at the… Read more