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- Oil Company Fuels Business Application Availability With Virtualization Solution
- INA is a Croatian oil company. Its IT staff did not have efficient tools for testing and upgrading software, which slowed deployment to the production environment. Staff also had problems accessing information from an aging file server. INA deployed Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and automated its test environment to ensure...
- Tags: Oil Company, Virtualization, Business Application, File Server, INA, File Servers, Storage Management, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows
- Case studies 2008-09-01
- Croatia-Based Oil Firm Enhances Operations, Achieves 100 Per Cent Accurate Retail Data
- INA is a leading oil and gas provider in Croatia. Established in 1964, the company employs more than 15,000 people at its regional offices, and gas and retail stores. Until 2006, INA business and marketing teams relied on the sales data provided by gas and retail stores to manage stock...
- Tags: Croatia, Microsoft Corp., INA, Retail, Marketing Research, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales
- Case studies 2008-04-09
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- Photos: Inside a Microsoft data center
- CNET News' Ina Fried tours Microsoft's massive new Chicago-area data center during recent grand opening event. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, CNET News, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, CNET News.com, news
- Image galleries 2009-11-02
- Peering inside Microsoft's giant data center
- CNET's Ina Fried speaks to two of the designers of Microsoft's just-opened data center in Chicago.
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, News, Microsoft, data, center, container, server
- Videos 2009-11-02
- Microsoft drops 'Family Guy' special
- Microsoft representative said the show - a variety show to be done by Alex Borstein and Seth MacFarlane - was not "a fit with the Windows brand." Microsoft said Monday it has canceled its sponsorship of a planned variety show with the creator of the "Family Guy." ...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Branding, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Microsoft, Windows 7, television, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-10-27
- Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment
- Microsoft admits problems that students are having when they try to download a discounted upgrade version of Windows 7. Microsoft's discount Windows 7 upgrade for students has proven to be a tough assignment for some of those who signed up for the offer. The software maker...
- Tags: Student, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft, Windows 7, students, Ina Fried
- News items 2009-10-26
- Windows 7 to 'Elevate Miami'
- The city of Miami's "Elevate Miami" program is installing Windows 7 in five locations to help its residents better compete in the new digital society and economy. When new software comes out, usually the more well-to-do get access first, and then eventually it trickles down. However, some of the...
- Tags: City, Miami, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 7, Microsoft, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-10-14
- T-Mobile halts sales of Sidekick
- T-Mobile USA has, at least temporarily, stopped selling all models of the Sidekick in the wake of a massive hardware failure that resulted in many customers losing their e-mail, contacts, and other data. Wireless carrier T-Mobile USA has, at least temporarily, stopped selling all models of the Sidekick in...
- Tags: T-Mobile, Sidekick, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Sales Force Management, Sales, Online Communications, Microsoft, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-10-12
- Microsoft hints at second low-cost Office option
- In addition to the bare-bones Office 2010 Starter that will come bundled on many new PCs, starting next year, it appears Microsoft has another low-cost option planned. In addition to the bare-bones Office 2010 Starter that will come bundled on many new PCs, starting next year, it appears Microsoft...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft, Office, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-10-12
- EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG anticompetitive?
- M$ is anticompetitive by natureGoogle on the other hand is a good citizen for everyone.RE: EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG antico"Even if it does cause ?antitrust effects,? wouldn?t the end result be a stronger competitor for Google? Clearly. That would be good for consumers...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, Digital music, Investment, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- DOJ requests more info on Microsoft-Yahoo search deal
- DOJ?Why does DOJ put its nose everywhere. this deal will create a company that will have half the market share as its competitor, let the market and shareholders take the decision.becuase.....why should one company which has 90% of the desk market have the same control over the Internet?It is good...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo Search, Exchange 14, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., U.S. Department of Justice
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Exclusive hands-on with Project Natal
- CNET News' Ina Fried got a chance to try out Microsoft's motion-sensing video game technology and talk to some of the folks who are aiming to help Microsoft transform the Xbox 360.
- Tags: Video Game, Video, Microsoft Corp., CNET News, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, News, Natal, Project, Microsoft, demo, games, controler
- Videos 2009-08-07
- Yahoo's SearchMonkey, BOSS efforts likely to die on the vine
- Microsoft execs say that they may be open to Yahoo search technologies such as SearchMonkey and BOSS Build your Own Search Service. Yahoo acknowledges it has nothing concrete to say about the future of SearchMonkey and BOSS. What's a developer to do? Try walking away. ...
- Tags: Yahoo Search, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., SearchMonkey, BOSS, CNet News, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- International Polar Year: data on climate change
- The results are now becoming clear from the International Polar Year IPY: earlier estimates of climate change were too mild. Change is happening faster than the IPCC expected. We all know the once mythical Northwest Passage now exists, in summer you can take your ship from Europe across...
- Tags: Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-07-25
- Could Windows on a thumb drive = Microsoft StartKey?
- In reading News.com's Ina Fried's blog post about Microsoft mulling the delivery of Windows 7 on a thumb drive, I couldn't help but remember Microsoft's StartKey project. StartKey was a Microsoft project to deliver a "Windows companion" on a stick. I wrote about Microsoft StartKey last year....
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., USB Flash Drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Project, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Microsoft to scale back Soapbox video service
- I think I may have been on vacation back in 2006 on the day that Microsoft announced Soapbox, a video service that was going to challenge YouTube. Soapbox was never on my radar and, it appears, it really never made it to anyone's radar. Now, Microsoft says...
- Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Soapbox, Video, Video Service
- Blog posts 2009-06-17
- Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricing
- Ina Fried at News.com reports that Microsoft has settled with the state of Mississippi over the price of Office and Windows. Microsoft will pay the state $40 million and provide $60 million in vouchers to consumers and local governments. Consumers and businesses that bought Windows 95, Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, Mississippi, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Microsoft doesn't win at everything
- Rest in peace Microsoft Money. It won't be the first creation from the software giant to flop and it won't be the last. And that's just fine. There's a good bit of hubbub about the demise of Microsoft Money Techmeme. Yes, Intuit is the victor with Quicken,...
- Tags: Intuit Inc., Microsoft Money, Microsoft Corp., CNet News, Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month
- A Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed for me the news I first read a few minutes ago in a story by Ina Fried of CNET News. The official date on which Windows 7 will be available for general purchase is October 22, 2009. The RTM code will be delivered...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- Zune HD
- On May 26, 2009, Microsoft officially announced plans to release a touch-screen version of the Zune portable media player, intended to compete with Apple's iPod Touch. The new device is called the Zune HD, and offers several features not found on the iPod Touch, including an OLED display, HD radio,...
- Tags: Keyboards, Digital music, Corporate communications, Digital media, Monitors & displays, Web browsers, Media players, Advertising & Promotion, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD
- Product reviews 2009-05-27
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