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Another Windows veteran to leave Microsoft

Will Poole, a Microsoft Windows veteran -- and most recently, Corporate Vice President in charge of the company's Unlimited Potential group -- is retiring, according to sources who asked not to be named. Poole, who has been at Microsoft 12 years, previously was the Senior Vice President...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Poole, Ayala, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-14

Ayala Adopts Shared Services to Manage Human Resources and Payroll

Founded in 1834, Ayala Corporation is one of the largest and most widely diversified conglomerates in the Philippines. HRMall needed to implement a software platform to facilitate a business model that combined support for Ayala companies with marketing and client service. In consultation with third-party specialists, HRMall reviewed various options,...

Tags: Software, Human Resources, Oracle Corp., Payroll, Ayala, Operational Accounting, Finance

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Is $235 million a small price to pay for the next billion users?

Is $235 million a small price to pay for the next billion users?Marketing. not philanthropy ....[i]"This is not a philanthropic effort, this is a business," Orlando Ayala of Microsoft told the Reuter's news agency.[/i]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6571139.stmHow long is Microsoft going to keep up this facade?[i]“If you tell a lie big enough and...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Development tools, small price, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-01-22

Microsoft's OLPC coup and unintended consequences

Microsoft's OLPC coup and unintended consequencesda pusha monI find it ironic that most of the world will really believe they are getting something for nothing or at least a great deal when history has shown time and time again that this company has little to offer in innovation and security...

Tags: Operating systems, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Nick Negroponte

Discussion threads 2007-04-27

Microsoft's goal: More than 2 billion served by 2015

How do you keep growing the market for Windows and Office desktop software when you already have cornered in excess of 90 percent of the market? One way is to grow the market. Thats Microsofts goal with its expanded Unlimited Potential program, via which it plans to sell...

Tags: Anti-piracy, Windows XP, Windows client, Office, Linux

Blog posts 2007-04-19

A (Microsoft) code name a day: Centro

Even though more and more teams at Microsoft seem to be shying away from christening their fledgling products with good, old-fashioned code names – favoring the ever-so-boring “V.Next” designation instead -- there are still some who are doing so. Microsoft code names always have piqued my interest....

Tags: Code names, SQL Server, Windows Midmarket Server, Windows server, Corporate strategy, Windows Server Longhorn, Centro Best guess, codename, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2006-12-30

Microsoft brings roles to the mid-market

Like any company with a strong survival instinct, Microsoft is constantly looking for growth. The latest target is the amorphous mid-market, and Microsoft is launching a major initiative tomorrow Wednesday, trotting out Gates, Ballmer and other executives to deliver the details. Consider this: Microsoft already has a massive mid-market share...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Dynamics

Blog posts 2005-09-06

Microsoft gets specific with partner program

Microsoft gets specific with partner programAnd..."In the end, Oscar Ayala did buy Small Business Server, spending about $4,000 on hardware and Microsoft software, along with another $13,000 in services to the two partners."And $2,000 a month to keep the system patched, $50,000 in fines for the credit card numbers stolen...

Tags: Business structures, Microsoft Corp., security, partnership

Discussion threads 2004-07-12

Microsoft elevates Great Plains division

Microsoft elevates Great Plains divisionGreat Plains is JunkMicrosoft would be best of squashed GP and started out from scratch. I don't see them even coming close to Oracle or SAPMS's THE McDaddy Pimp!The guy reports to ballmer instead of the office group. Thats the meat of the article. Okayyyy."..60...

Tags: Operational accounting, Financial services, Servers, Great Plains Software, accounting, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-06-03

Microsoft to pour $10 billion on small biz

Microsoft to pour $10 billion on small bizWOW!good to be in the small biz world in the near futureSmall Business to Bill:We've already left the train station. 15 years ago. On the Borland Express.Nice of you to think about us, however. Thanks for the candy and flowers.Thankalot bubba!O.k MS's gonna...

Tags: SMB/SME, Microsoft Corp., small business

Discussion threads 2003-11-25