Tag: Microsoft

  • Report: Microsoft Tries to Steal Verizon Deal

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     Microsoft Corp, capitalizing on Google Inc’s regulatory snarl, is working to steal a deal with Verizon Wireless away from its rival, the Wall Street Journal said.   Microsoft has got the mobile carrier’s attention by offering a sweeter deal to put its search service and related advertising on Verizon phones, the paper said.   Microsoft is… Read more

  • Microsoft Exchange Hosting Giant Intermedia Says Azure Will Benefit MSPs, ISVs

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    Sales executives at Microsoft Exchange Server hosting giant Intermedia say Microsoft’s release of its Azure Services Platform will likely open new doors for solution providers, particularly those that are managed service providers or are dabbling in software development as ISVs. It is those types of solution providers that will most benefit from the momentum behind… Read more

  • Microsoft Reports Vista Less Prone to Vulnerabilities

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    Despite Apple’s best marketing efforts to declare the death of Windows Vista, a new Microsoft security report that details dramatic reduction in vulnerabilities in the struggling operating system may give it second life until the introduction of its next-generation replacement, Windows 7.   In the fifth annual installment of Microsoft Security Intelligence Report being released… Read more

  • Solution Providers Positive but Cautious about Microsoft Azure

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    While many solution providers ranked Microsoft’s cloud computing effort as their top concern in a recent survey, some IT solution providers are taking a positive but cautious approach to Microsoft’s new Azure platform, which puts computing power in the cloud for end-user businesses. The technology enabled by Microsoft Azure, which will be hosted on Dell… Read more

  • Microsoft Sees Windows Azure Profitable

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    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Microsoft expects its new "cloud computing platform, Windows Azure, to be profitable at launch, the company’s top software executive said on Monday. Cloud computing is the trend by Internet powerhouses to array huge numbers of computers in centralized data centers to deliver Web-based applications to far-flung users. Windows Azure will allow… Read more

  • Microsoft Cloud Tops Biggest Threat to Managed Services Solution Builders

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    Deep in the heart of Texas lies a shimmering new, massive Microsoft data center designed specifically for delivering hosted and managed services, such as Windows Live and Office Live. The San Antonio facility is one of several new data centers being built around the world by the software giant, which aims to transform its model… Read more