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Microsoft, Fujitsu Team on Cloud Against Google
July 10 (Reuters) – Fujitsu Ltd (6702) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) will share data centers worldwide to catch up with Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) and other pioneers in providing software and computing services online, the Nikkei business daily said. Microsoft, stretched thin in customer support, will combine its software with the customer service of Fujitsu, which…
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Microsoft Azure Appliance Announced at Worldwide Partner Conference
Microsoft is putting the power of cloud infrastructures and applications in the hands of partners with the forthcoming release of Windows Azure Appliance. Azure Appliance will make it possible for service providers, solution providers, application developers and end users to host and control private and semi-private clouds in their own data centers, said Bob Muglia,…
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25 Facts Partners Should Know About Microsoft
25 Facts Partners Should Know About Microsoft 1. Microsoft originally started as Micro-soft. The hyphen was removed in 1976. No Title 2. The company was founded in New Mexico in 1975, moved to Bellevue in 1979 and settled in at Redmond headquarters in 1986. No Title 3. The company only brought in $16,000 in its…
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Google App Inventor for Android Opens App Development to Everyone
Google is opening up Android development to the masses with App Inventor for Android, a new development environment beta program that does not require coding or knowledge of development languages. Google introduced the tool at the App Inventor for Android site, which includes a video demonstration, tutorials and a way for users to sign up…
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10 Reasons to Dump Microsoft Office for a SaaS Office Suite
1. Lower costs: Business class SaaS office applications, like Google Apps and ZOHO Business, cost as little as $50 per user per year, while MS Office 2010 Professional retails for $499 per license. 2. Reduced storage costs: SaaS office applications include hosted storage as part of the user fee. Both ZOHO business and Google Apps…
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Channel Looks to the Cloud as Microsoft Courts SMB Partners
A report from research firm AMI-Partners found the rapid growth of cloud computing is making it much easier for small to medium-size business channel partners to provide a broader range of offerings on a 24/7 basis at a lower cost and with fewer IT staff, including services such as SaaS and managed IT services. The…
