Tag: Microsoft
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Microsoft Kills OneCare, Offers Morro as Free Replacement
After garnering only 2 percent market share in the two years since its launch, Microsoft’s OneCare all-in-one security and PC management service will be replaced by a free software package. In a statement, Microsoft said it will stop selling OneCare as of June 2009. The new software, code-named Morro, will be a no-frills program suited… Read more
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Microsoft Launches Exchange, SharePoint Services
Microsoft dove deeper into the software-as-a-service market today with the general release of Exchange Online and Office SharePoint Online, offering the hosted applications both directly and through solution providers. The general availability of hosted Exchange e-mail and SharePoint collaboration server come as no surprise; Microsoft has carried beta versions of the two services for… Read more
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Getting Closer to Customers with BI
What is going to carry the tech community through this recession? Will it be better and more innovative products? Will it be managed and hosted services? Or will it be something more intangible, such as customer relationships and satisfaction? The answer is a little of all three. The one that stands out,… Read more
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Objectworld’s Unified Communications Hooks Up with Microsoft SBS
Looking to simplify complexity and also lower costs to help its channel partners make inroads into the small and midsize business market, unified communications vendor Objectworld will integrate its UC offering with Microsoft’s Small Business Server/Essential Business Server offerings. For Microsoft partners already selling Microsoft Small Business Server/Essential Business Server, the UC solution offers an… Read more
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Microsoft, Sun Forge Search Alliance
Categories: Tech CompaniesSEATTLE (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it reached a Web search deal with Sun Microsystems Inc, the latest partnership struck by Microsoft aimed at chipping away at the dominance of Google Inc. As part of this agreement, users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser who download Sun’s Java technology platform will be… Read more
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Microsoft Nixes New Yahoo Deal
Categories: Tech CompaniesSYDNEY (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer dismissed speculation the software giant might still be interested in buying Yahoo Inc, sending shares of the Internet company down 14 percent. "We made an offer, we made another offer … We moved on," Ballmer told a business luncheon in Sydney on Friday, when… Read more