Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft, HP Jointly Reach for the Cloud
At times sounding more like a single entity than two separate corporate giants, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard today announced a three-year, $250 million technology-integration and go-to-market agreement that spans the entire data center stack from hardware infrastructure up to the application layer. In a press conference, Microsoft chairman and CEO Steve Ballmer and HP CEO Mark… Read more
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Microsoft’s Ballmer Unveils HP-Based Tablet
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer unveiled a new Hewlett-Packard Co tablet computer on Wednesday, beating Apple Inc’s hotly anticipated move into the market. But analysts were skeptical that Microsoft and HP could generate as much consumer excitement as Apple’s new device, widely expected to be unveiled on January 27, though the company… Read more
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Potential VMware Acquisition May Threaten Microsoft Exchange Stronghold
As if it weren’t enough that VMware owns most of the server virtualization market out there today, now the company is rumored to be interested in buying open-source messaging, e-mail and collaboration vendor Zimbra from Yahoo. Rumors first surfaced last fall that Yahoo, which purchased Zimbra two years before, was looking to sell it just… Read more
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Tablet Wars: Is Microsoft Sticking Its Neck Out?
Categories: News and TrendsHaving struck gold with both the iPod and iPhone, Apple is generating a lot of buzz about the rumored announcement of a tablet PC at the end of the month. According to reports, Apple expects to ship 10 million units in the device’s first year of release. Poor Microsoft, who first popularized the tablet PC… Read more
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Top 20 Tech and Channel Trends of 2009
Categories: News and TrendsTop 20 Tech and Channel Trends of 2009 2009: What a year it’s been! The channel has slogged through one of the worst economic periods in modern history. It has witnessed multiple technology disruptions. It has seen the rise of communities and collaboration. And it has marked numerous changes in employment, service delivery and customer… Read more
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Microsoft Patch Will Allow Word Sales to Continue
Microsoft is reportedly pushing a patch through Windows Update to reduce disputed functionality in its widely used Word word-processor application. The patch release comes two weeks after a U.S. appeals court judge upheld a $290 million patent infringement judgment to Canada-based software firm i4i Ltd. The lower-court ruling found that advanced XML functions in Word… Read more