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Office Delayed: Can Microsoft Make the Trains Run on Time?
Windows hasn’t cornered the market on Microsoft date slips. While the Windows Vista launch delay made big headlines this week, the Office 2007 one did not. On March 23—in the midst of the hubbub over Microsoft’s reorganization of its Platforms & Systems division—Microsoft officials acknowledged that Office 2007 is now going to launch in 2007,…
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Microsoft to Fold System Builder into OEM Unit in FY ’07
Microsoft revealed on March 21 that it is folding its System Builder unit into its OEM division, to make better use of shared resources. Scott Di Valerio, corporate vice president of the OEM division, will lead the combined OEM division, which will take shape during the course fiscal year 2007, which begins July 1. The…
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IBM Gives Midmarket an Innovation Kick
IBM’s message to its ISV, VAR and system integrator partners at its PartnerWorld conference last week in Las Vegas was simple: Your customers want to pursue IT projects that will transform the way they do business or even the business they do. IBM’s innovation pitchfound the most receptive audience in the midmarket, where such technologies…
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IBM, Partners to Spend $250 Million on Innovation Centers
IBM and a handful of business partners are spending $250 million this year to develop Business Partner Innovation Centers worldwide, where ISVs and systems integrators can brainstorm and demonstrate solutions. IBM expects to open 40 new centers worldwide in 2006. Each center, financed jointly by IBM and a partner or partners, assembles products to replicate…
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IBM Gives VARs 40% Discount on Express Advantage Line
IBM is pushing its Express Advantage product line into the hands of VARs with a 40 percent discount through Dec. 31, 2006. Just two days after it launched the Express Advantage line of services and products aimed at the SMB (small and midsize business) market, IBM announced it is offering its VARs a 40 percent…
