Tag: Microsoft

  • Bull’s Eye Awards: Chief Executives of the Year

    Bull’s Eye Awards: Chief Executives of the Year

    Carolyn April

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    The Chief Executives of the Year Award goes to the corporate leader who demonstrates vision for advancing technology products and the marketplace, as well as maintains a commitment to channel and alliance partners. Awards are given for the following: CHALLENGER recognizes a vendor or individual that exhibits admirable qualities and momentum that shows promise for… Read more

  • Judge Bans Microsoft from Selling Word

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – A U.S. court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp for infringing a patent held by a small Canadian software firm, and affirmed an injunction that prevents Microsoft from selling versions of its Word program which contain the offending software. The ruling, by the United States Court… Read more

  • Looking Back: Top 10 Security Stories of 2009

    Ericka Chickowski

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    McAfee Reinvigorates the Rivalry with Symantec This year Symantec and McAfee reignited their old rivalry to levels not seen since pre-Veritas days. One only need look at Symantec’s sneaky tactic in Vegas during McAfee’s annual Focus Security Conference to see where this was going.  Symantec painted the town yellow in anticipation of wooing away McAfee’s… Read more

  • Microsoft Customer Satisfaction Mandate Looms

    Carolyn April

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    When Microsoft informed its partners that conducting customer satisfaction surveys would be mandatory to maintain or achieve Gold Certified level status in the revamped Microsoft Partner Network, it was viewed by some as yet-another administrative hurdle. Outward grumbling was kept to a minimum, however, though some partners privately wondered whether they reaped any benefit from… Read more

  • Microsoft, NetApp Ink Alliance for Private Clouds

    Carolyn April

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    After years working collaboratively behind the scenes, Microsoft and NetApp formalized their partnership this week, inking a three-year agreement around product integration and compatibility and joint sales and marketing activities. The catalyst for the partnership is the momentum behind dynamic data center development, especially in the areas of virtualization, cloud computing and storage management, according… Read more

  • Microsoft Picks Washington, D.C., for 2010 WPC

    Channel Insider Staff

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    The 2010 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference is heading to the nation’s capital. The Washington Convention and Sports Authority announced this morning that it secured the annual gathering of more than 10,000 Microsoft reseller and independent software vendors. In a statement, Elliott Ferguson, president and CEO of Destination DC, said: "This is a huge win for… Read more