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Microsoft Says New Server Family `Essential` for Midmarket
Microsoft has unveiled details of its Essential Server family of products, including Essential Business Server targeted specifically for the midmarket, which it says will help partners earn recurring revenue through services and spur customer upgrades. The Essential Server Family, based on Windows Server 2008 Standard, includes Microsoft Small Business Server ( SBS) 2008 and Microsoft…
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SBS 2008 Muddies the Waters of Hosted Services
Microsoft is finally talking about Small Business Server 2008, but not every VAR is going to like what is being said. Sure, the proposed feature set sounds great, but there is one element that may cause concern, and that is the planned integration with Office Live Small Business, a hosted offering that is direct from…
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HP Reports Earnings Hike
By Philipp Gollner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Hewlett-Packard Co on Tuesday issued a quarterly earnings report and forecast ahead of Wall Street targets as it cut costs and sold more PCs and server computers, sending its stock up 5 percent. The report of a 38 percent profit rise showed HP was able to manage through…
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VARs Reveal What`s Wrong with Windows SBS 2008
What’s wrong with Microsoft’s Windows Small Business Server 2008? It’s not here yet. Microsoft announced the new server family name on Feb. 20. Called Windows Essential Server Solutions family, it includes standard and premium editions of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and standard and premium editions of Windows Essential Business Server 2008 which is aimed…
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Vista SP1 Arrives, Thrives, Excites then Disappoints
At eWEEK’s Channel Labs, a non-descript FedEx envelope arrived today with an almost non-descript DVD that plainly claimed that it was Windows Vista SP1 (Beta). It was an interesting arrival, just to think that so much depended on that plain white DVD, so much for Microsoft and so much for a channel hungry to derive…
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Top Technologies CIOs Want from Solution Providers
Top Technologies CIOs Want from Solution Providers