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Microsoft Deal Talk, Optimism Overshadow Down Results
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp will likely report the first annual sales dip in its history as a public company, but investors are looking beyond that for upbeat comments on Windows 7, signs of a tech sector recovery, and even a deal with Yahoo Inc. to challenge Google Inc. The question for investors when the world’s…
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Is Microsoft on the Offensive?
Apple’s complaints that Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter TV ads are unfair and inaccurate is a major victory for Microsoft, which previously couldn’t get a marketing hit against the consumer favorite Mac. Although its still a distant third in market share, Bing has captured the attention of the user community and is now the alternative to Google…
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How One VAR Saved the Army $1 Billion a Year
The U.S. Army is a fighting force of more than 1.1 million soldiers and several hundred thousand civilian support personnel and contractors. Each person serving the Army is evaluated annually for fitness and performance, a process that was consuming tens of thousands of work hours and millions of pounds of paper at a cost of…
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Processor Maker AMD to Follow Intel on the Road to Recovery?
When processor maker Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) announced its earnings recently, the chip giant did better than expected, giving hope to some that the recession’s disastrous effect on technology sales may be slackening. And now an analyst firm says that prognosis may get some further support from Intel rival Advanced Micro Devices’ (NYSE: AMD) earnings, which will…
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Top 10 (Almost) Happenings at Microsoft WPC
No 1: Partner Program Morphs — Again Partners are going to do some serious digesting of the new program, now called the Microsoft Partner Network. Beyond the name change, the most notable difference for partners is a new membership structure that is going to require more investment in competency specialization, more proof of ongoing customer…
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IBM Earnings: Is the Worst Over for the Technology Sector?
By Ritsuko Ando NEW YORK (Reuters) – IBM sharply raised its full-year earnings forecast as it benefits from focusing more on higher-margin businesses in software and services, sending its shares up as much as 3 percent. The outlook and stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, coming on the heels of Intel’s stellar results this week, may signal that…