Tag: Microsoft

  • Microsoft Software Sales Fall as Industry Awaits Windows 7

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    Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) doesn’t believe the computer industry has hit bottom as sales for technology companies continue to decline during the current economic recession. In the current earning season, many computer hardware and software companies have joined one of two camps—the ones who think we are close to bottom, and the ones who think that… Read more

  • Microsoft Intros Quick-Ramp for Services Partners, Consultants on Virtualization, UC

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    Microsoft is rolling out a series of "Services Ready" offerings to its top services reseller channel partners to help them get up to speed quickly on technologies such as virtualization, unified communications and desktop deployment. The new services, unveiled yesterday, will cost, however. Partners will spend $20,000 per technology services offering. But Microsoft contends the… Read more

  • Microsoft Backtracks on Office 2010 Beta

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    Contradicting its statements earlier this week, Microsoft now says it will offer at least one public beta of Office 2010, though the software giant did not disclose a firm date. A Microsoft spokesperson was quoted as saying that its assertion to the contrary gave "the wrong impression." "Although we are not disclosing a date for… Read more

  • Microsoft Plans Simultaneous Next-Gen Exchange, ForeFront Launch

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    Microsoft promises a “rolling thunder” launch later this year of the various components of the next generation of its ForeFront security suite for client, network and cloud-based network protection. ForeFront Code-named Stirling, the next generation of the ForeFront suite has been delayed as the software packages for anti-malware and application-layer security undergo further testing and… Read more

  • Enterprises Not Scrambling for Microsoft Windows 7

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    Think Microsoft’s launch of Windows 7, planned for later this year, will be enough to get your customers to start their long-overdue PC refreshes?  Think again. A new survey of more than 1,100 IT professionals shows that 83 percent of enterprise customers will be putting off adoption of Microsoft’s successor to its Vista operating system… Read more

  • Microsoft, Google Do Battle for Twitter

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    Google and Microsoft are in an all-out battle to be the first to make a search-advertising deal with Twitter, technology news and opinion site All Things D reported Thursday. Twitter’s search potential has been coveted since it acquired third-party search app Summize and integrated it into its own site. Currently, according to industry statistics, Google… Read more