Tag: Microsoft

  • Testing Windows 7 Apps in the Cloud

    Carolyn April

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    With the official launch of Windows 7 coming in just less than two months, ISVs, custom developers and Microsoft solution providers are scrambling to test their applications on the new platform and make sure every glitch is gone, bug is squashed and line of code is doing what it’s supposed to be doing. Traditionally, developers… Read more

  • Dell Vouches for Quality of Linux Netbooks

    Channel Insider Staff

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    At OpenSource World (formerly LinuxWorld) in San Francisco this week, Todd Finch, Dell senior product marketing manager, decided to set the record straight on return rates for Dell’s Linux-based Inspiron Mini netbooks, writes Gavin Clarke in The Register. Saying Linux return rates were a “non-issue,” Finch is quoted as saying that Microsoft was “making something… Read more

  • Microsoft Banned from Selling Word

    Channel Insider Staff

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    BANGALORE (Reuters) – A U.S. federal court has ordered Microsoft Corp to stop selling some versions of its widely used Word software in the United States in two months, ruling in favor of a small Canadian firm that accused the software giant of violating its patents. A U.S. district court in Texas ruled in favor… Read more

  • Microsoft Inks Nokia Partnership to Take on RIM

    Channel Insider Staff

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    (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and Nokia announced an alliance on Wednesday to bring business software to smartphones to counter the dominance of Research in Motion Ltd’s BlackBerry. The alliance between the world’s largest software company and cellphone maker means the latest versions of Microsoft’s Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and messaging, will be available… Read more

  • Solution Providers Manning the Bridge

    Dave Sobel

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    Drawbridges have always required a bridge keeper. Seems like a simple job; bridges go up, bridges go down. But like a solution provider’s job, bridge-keeping is much more complicated. At great heights, manning the bridge means ensuring that no accidents happen, traffic on both levels is flowing well, and the mechanics are working correctly. It’s… Read more

  • Will Microsoft Tax Dispute Change Cloud Computing?

    Lawrence Walsh

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    Microsoft may be doing a forklift move of its new 470,000-square-foot data center in Quincy, Washington after state regulators declared the facility is not qualified for tax exemptions intended for manufacturing facilities. Data Center Knowledge reports that Microsoft is threatening to move the facility designated to host the Azure cloud-based operating system and application services… Read more