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Microsoft readies free enterprise-search product

Microsoft is expanding its family of enterprise-search products with a new, free, entry-level product, Microsoft Search Server 2008 Express, which is due to ship in early 2008. Microsoft made available on November 6 for download via its Enterprise Search Web site a near-complete release-candidate test version for...

Tags: Enterprise Search, Product, Server, Microsoft Corp., Express SKU, Search, Enterprise Software, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2007-11-06

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Windows 7 Starter Edition on a netbook

Windows 7 Starter Edition on a netbook You can run any edition up to ....... and including Ultimate. You don't have to limit what gets loaded only what you run concurrently. I have tested Ultimate on a netbook with 512MB and Office 2007. It wasn't stellar but...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, iPhone is Apple, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

There's more than one way to make Microsoft software 'serviceable'

Microsoft's Software+Services (S+S) strategy comes in many guises. At its Convergence 2008 conference in Orlando this week for its business-applications customers and partners, Microsoft highlighted yet another one of its S+S forms: Third-party service extensions to its on-premise software. Microsoft's business applications include four different ERP suites,...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Service Extension, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-12

What if users could have Windows their way?

How much would you pay Microsoft for a port of its BitLocker drive encryption -- a technology slated to be available only to Vista Enterprise and Vista Ultimate users -- that could run on the Vista Business SKU? Or on Windows XP, for that matter? This might not be...

Tags: Vista, Windows client, Windows Live, Corporate strategy, WGA, Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, BitLocker Drive Encryption

Blog posts 2007-01-22

Microsoft revamps its Office Live line-up

On November 15, when Microsoft makes available the final version of its three Office Live service offerings, there will be a few surprises. Office Live is the family of Microsoft's service add-ons -- targeted at small businesses -- designed to supplement Microsoft Office. The November release, known inside Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Live

Blog posts 2006-10-31

Microsoft introduces a new freebie

Slowly but surely, Microsoft is looking to grow its user base by giving away entry-level SKUs of its products. The latest freebie: Office Accounting Express 2007, the new, low-end of its not-so-popular small-business accounting software line. Microsoft made the Express version of its small-business accounting product available for free...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Office accounting

Blog posts 2006-10-30

Microsoft details frugal licensing policy for Virtual PC on Vista

Since I've been recommending the use of client/side virtual machine VM technologies such as VMware Workstation or Virtual PC for running all of your applications on your Windows PCs, I decided to check with Microsoft to find out the exact details on Microsoft's policy regarding the practice. I don't want...

Tags: virtual machine

Blog posts 2006-03-03

Vista versions not so confusing after all

Yesterday Microsoft released information about how Windows Vista will be packaged when it’s ready for retail delivery later this year. (The press release, unfortunately, is written in very broad strokes. I hope Microsoft publishes a detailed feature matrix soon.)When the rumors of Vista versions first began flying several months ago,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista

Blog posts 2006-02-28