Tag: Microsoft

  • Google Chrome 2.0, Windows 7 Not a Fast Combo

    Frank Ohlhorst

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    Google proves it can make a better beta with the latest release of its browser, Chrome 2.0. The new Chrome 2.0 beta leaves the likable interface pretty much alone and focuses on speed and functionality – at least if you are not running Microsoft Windows 7 beta. Testing the product beta with Windows 7 showed… Read more

  • Enterprise Mobile Helping Large Enterprises Hit the Road

    Charlene O’Hanlon

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    A Microsoft-backed integrator Enterprise Mobile is capitalizing on the fact that enabling business applications on mobile devices isn’t always easy, especially for large companies. “We create services that enterprises need to help manage their mobile environment,” said Mort Rosenthal, chairman and CEO of the Watertown, Mass., systems integrator. Enterprise Mobile helps mobile device users from… Read more

  • Microsoft Putting More Weight on Its Mobility Presence

    Charlene O’Hanlon

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    Microsoft is hoping to further cement its presence in the mobility space with a next-generation OS and a passel of services designed to streamline the way we receive messages, from PCs to mobile device. The next iteration of Windows Mobile, which Microsoft is now calling simply Windows Phone, was unveiled at the GSMA World Mobile… Read more

  • Microsoft Plans to Open Retail Stores

    Channel Insider Staff

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    SEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp announced plans Thursday to open its own chain of branded stores as it looks to catch up with rival Apple Inc’s successful move into retailing. The world’s largest software company, which also makes the Xbox video game console and the Zune digital music player, did not say how many stores… Read more

  • Hosted App Provider Apptix Expands Channel Program

    Charlene O’Hanlon

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    Hosted communications provider Apptix is jumping further into the channel pool with an expanded program designed to parlay its hosted offerings into an opportunity for solution providers. The Herndon, Va.-based company, which has hosted offerings in VoIP, Microsoft Exchange e-mail, mobile e-mail and Microsoft SharePoint collaboration services, among others, has had a channel program of… Read more

  • Google: We’re Committed Growing with the Channel

    Google: We’re Committed Growing with the Channel

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    Google’s launch of a formal reseller channel partner program for Google Apps Premier Edition could be considered a pre-emptive strike against Microsoft, as the Microsoft Office Web Applications aren’t scheduled for release until 2010. Still, a channel partner of both companies says Google’s new program stacks up with the best of them. Google made its… Read more