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Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates Foundation: Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates FoundationNice...So he'll be the man in charge of the foundation that this year awarded me the Gates Millenium Scholarship...nice to know.An Executive CatamaranJiminy Cricket. Some coasters in this world have sails that are miles wide. Not only did...; Tags: biz unit, Gates Foundation, Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-05-12
Microsoft Biz Unit Chief Jeff Raikes to head Gates Foundation: For all those wondering what Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes would do once he retires from Microsoft in September, the uncertainty is over. Raikes is going to become the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Raikes is replacing another former...; Tags: Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-12
The Orphan Gets Orphaned Again: Jeff Raikes is leaving Microsoft, and that means that once again, Microsoft Dynamics is a victim of the shifting sands and musical chairs at a Microsoft that seems less and less dedicated to its enterprise applications offerings. While it's clear that there remains official, executive-level commitment to Dynamics, in the...; Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp., Leadership, Enterprise Software, Management, Software, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-01-11
Microsoft shake-up: The e-mails on President Raikes' depature: We know what Microsoft told press and analysts about yesterday's announcement by Microsoft Business Development MBD President Jeff Raikes that he'll be passing the torch, come September, to former Juniper Networks Chief Operating Officer Stephen Elop. But what did Raikes and CEO Steve Ballmer tell Microsoft's near-80,000 employees about the...; Tags: Jeff Raikes, Business, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Business Development, Jeff, Stephen, Microsoft Business Solutions, Leadership, Professional Development, E-mail, Business Structures, Management, Career, Online Communications, Finance, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-11
Juniper Networks exec to succeed Microsoft Business Division President Raikes: In what I consider surprising timing, Microsoft announced on January 10 that one of its three corporate presidents, Jeff Raikes, is retiring in September 2008. Raikes will be succeeded by Stephen Elop, who until today was chief operating officer at Juniper Networks, according to a Microsoft statement....; Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Corp., Helm, Stephen, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-01-10

Microsoft's 'click to communicate' for the Windows world: At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, a stage where I last saw Bob Dylan perform, Bill Gates and Jeff Raikes ushered in the era of unified communications. The event started with a guitarist, using a guitar with Microsoft Unified Communications plastered on it, played a few notes to some rock...; Tags: Jeff Raikes, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Unified Communications Platform, Microsoft Windows, Business Structures, Telephony, VOIP, Tools & Techniques, Telecommunications, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Networking, Management, Dan Farber; Blog posts 2007-10-16
Microsoft OCS SIP an advantage over Cisco?: We start by noting Microsoft Business Division president Jeff Raikes' remarks last Thursday that Office Communications Server 2007 and the Office Communicator client are now code complete.The promise of this combination is that VOIP, IM, conferencing and presence will all be under one solution.Office Communications Server 2007, in public beta...; Tags: microsoft, Avaya; Blog posts 2007-07-30
Microsoft to launch Office Communications Server 2007 this fall: Microsoft will launch the latest versions of its unified communications products -- Office Communications Server OCS 2007 and Office Communicator 2007 client -- sometime this fall.Microsoft is on track to release to manufacturing the two OCS products on Friday, July 27, according to Microsoft Business Division President Jeff Raikes.Raikes, who...; Tags: Web conferencing, VOIP, Telecommunications, System builders, Speech, SharePoint Server, Office Live, Office 2007, Office, OEMs; Blog posts 2007-07-26
No demand for Microsoft Office in the cloud?: While I was at the SAP Sapphire 2007 conference this week I ran into Jeff Raikes, president of Microsofts Business Division. He was at the event to promote the extended roadmap of Duet, the collaboration between the two companies that integrates Microsoft Office and SAP business processes. I asked Raikes...; Tags: General, Microsoft, Office 2.0, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology; Blog posts 2007-04-26
One giant step for VoIP: Microsoft to announce opening of Office Communications Server interop specs today: Ive long advocated for some sort of native click-to-call capanility built within Microsoft Office applications. For example, you create a PowerPoint file, and have the ability from within PowerPoint to initiate a call to talk with colleagues or customers about additional elements might be added to the PPT.Were finally seeing...; Tags: microsoft, General; Blog posts 2007-03-07
Microsoft's unified communications...next year: Jeff Raikes, president of Microsoft's Business Division, laid out the roadmap for Microsoft's communications products, most of which won't show up until at least a year from now. It's one way to give customers hope for the future, and keep them in the fold, that Microsoft can help them overcome...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Anoop Gupta, Jeff Raikes; Blog posts 2006-06-26
Do no simple: Google did some smart yesterday. They somehow seeded the impression that they were heading directly at the pot of gold at the end of the RSS rainbow. You can play along at home with the webcast, but I'm warning you: the first half is Google in a Nutshell (could...; Tags: Google Inc., Jeff Raikes, RSS; Blog posts 2005-05-20
Microsoft's Raikes 'blogs' own dog food consumption, but sans RSS: The bad news is that it's not a blog when it should have been. Microsoft's Information Worker Business group vice president Jeff Raikes had?a golden opportunity to prove that he and Microsoft "get it" by joining the ranks of tech executives who blog. Instead, he?chose the more anitquated (I can't...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Jeff Raikes; Blog posts 2005-04-13

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Comcast's Web limits: Saving bandwidth or stifling innovation?: The first computer I ever bought had a whopping six-gigabyte hard drive inside - far more storage capacity than anyone might have ever dreamed of using some ten years ago. Back then, no one was really downloading music or uploading digital photos, let alone streaming video or placing VoIP phone...; Tags: Innovation, Web, Bandwidth, Comcast Corp., Internet, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-08-28
Palm Treo: The reviews are upbeat; Can a device turn Palm around?: Palm may have a hit on its hands with the Treo Pro judging from the recent spate of reviews as NDAs ended on Wednesday. The larger question is whether this pricey device can give the company a boost in the bottom line. To wit: ...; Tags: Device, Palm Inc., Palm Treo, Treo Pro, QWERTY Keyboard, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-27
MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails: MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud failsMore to blameShame on the customers who selected this vendor. When evaluating vendors in the cloud, your RFP should identify exactly how these companies secure, backup, and process your data. I fear that poorly run IT shops like this one will...; Tags: cloud computing, MediaMax, Linkup; Discussion threads 2008-08-27
HP closes EDS purchase; Outlines services exec line-up: HP on Tuesday said it completed its $13.9 billion acquisition of EDS and announced its management team for its services unit. With the EDS purchase, HP's services business will have annual revenue of more than $38 billion and 210,000 employees. Now the integration begins. HP CEO Mark...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Senior Vice President, Outsourcing, Data Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-08-26
Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?: Are we ready to declare the "time of death" for the enterprise data center?CheapHow is cloud computing cheaper for huge corporations?No enterprises are using...the cloud for things like this. Only individuals and small companies that don't want to pay for there own internal IT.In fact, bloggers are the only people...; Tags: cloud computing, Financial Planning, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Technologists, Amazon.com Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-08-22
New touch screen Classmates unveiled today: Intel unveiled a new iteration of its Classmate PC today, featuring a touch screen with tablet mode, a new wedge design, and motion-sensing internal hardware. According to Intel's press release, "Our ethnographic research has shown us that students responded well to tablet and touch screen...; Tags: Touch Screen, OEM, Intel Corp., Classmate, Accelerometer, Keyboards, Tablets, Monitors & Displays, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, Semiconductors, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-08-20
It's official: OOXML is a standard: It's official: OOXML is a standardA right decisionYou can only FUD so much.Now......we get to see who's going to implement it and how much of it will be implemented. Note that if multiple vendors are using the same MS-Windows API to support OOXML, they're not creating independent implementations of...; Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Fast Tracking, Office Open XML, oXML, OSI, Microsoft Corp., open source; Discussion threads 2008-08-15