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Untangling the Microsoft mesh

"Mesh" was Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's word of the day last week at Microsoft's Mix '08 conference. Ozzie waxed prolific on "social mesh," "device mesh," "seamless mesh" and more. But what are the technological underpinnings that will allow users and developers to bring everything together...

Tags: WinFS, Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Sync Famework, Microsoft Horizon, Microsoft Windows, RSS, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-10

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Microsoft Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 public betas now available for download

Microsoft still firmly planted in the LAST century.NTLinux Kernel speaks?Hmmm, I'd fear for the future of Linux if this is what comes out of it. You'd think the "many eyes" would have caught such silly logic in the kernel years ago...and looking ready to dominate this oneas well.Google is...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, public beta, Microsoft SharePoint, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Office suites, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft Courier interface functionality leaked

A Kindle killer?Although I can see a variety of interesting uses for a device like this, it would seem to be an interesting alternative for the expensive b/w ebook readers. While it may not have the readability and low power consumption of eInk displays, the addition of color, apps,...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Jive hits SBS 4: SharePoint in Rear View Mirror

After last week's announcement of SharePoint 2010 by Microsoft, with a scheduled arrival date of second quarter 2010, Jive Software announced their 'Social Business Software 4' yesterday at their San Francisco 'Jiveworld' event. It was interesting to contrast the huge Vegas Microsoft unveiling...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Mobile, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., Collaboration, Groupware, Content Management, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Nintendo: 2009's 'World's Best Company'

BusinessWeek released 2009's Top 40 list of World's Best Companies, and the top dog may come as somewhat of a surprise. Our lovable Mario jumped on the Goomba heads of Apple, Google, and Amazon to save the princess and reach the No. 1 spot, making it...

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., BusinessWeek, Kearney, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Leadership, Sales, Management, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Let's get 64-bit sorted out before we think about 128-bit!

Yes, it is time for 128 bitWhile 32 bit is not quite history yet it should be considered for history in the next release of windows which leaves us with 64 bit apps. However, apps continue to evolve requiring more memory and to do more for us. It is better...

Tags: Network technology, 128-bit, 64-bit, 32-bit

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

Intuit's reported purchase of Mint: A fine defensive move

NervousIntuit never merged their online product and their excellent Paytrust product, and now they are likely to screw up mint, which I liked as well. This does not bode well.I dislike having my financial info on the web.Must just be me, since all those Mint users don't seem concerned. ...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Intuit Inc., reported purchase, defensive move

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascend

who's going to maintain the workstationsyeah it's a cloud system, but the hardware at the desk still needs to be maintained. Waiting for your 3rd party IT people could waste valuable time in the office.RE: BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascendI think...

Tags: Thin clients, cloud computing, thin client, imminent death, enterprise-IT, Briefingsdirect

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP

Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XPWhy are results for XP missing from multimedia tests?are we just supposed to take it on your word? Well, here at zdnet, no one does benchmarks like Mr. Adrian. I wonder why did he not repeat a usability benchmark for RTM like he did...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 RTM, Vista XP, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?

Are there more layoffs in Microsoft's future?Define "making money"If a unit in and of itself loses $1 billion a year, but another unit benefits by $$3 billion a year as a result of that unit's existence, do you close it? And how do you make such measures reliably?Example: Internet Explorer.If...

Tags: Workforce management, He/She/It, Microsoft Corp., layoff, future layoff

Discussion threads 2009-07-24

Microsoft's client revenue skids; Blame netbooks, Windows 7 deferrals

Microsoft's client revenue skids; Blame netbooks, Windows 7 deferralsHow can they blame ...... netbooks when they have 97% of the market?Is there an untold story?^o^Wait, I thought cheap was good. 'Lauren' congratulated herselffor not being able to afford a Mac, and went cheap, cheap, cheap. And now we find out...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Microsoft layoff, Apple Inc., client revenue skid, Windows 7 deferral, MSFT, deferral, netbook, Microsoft Corp., skid, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Microsoft: Apple lawyers tried to stop ads

Microsoft: Apple lawyers tried to stop ads13" MacBpok Pro, 15" price shown?Looks like a 13" MacBook Pro is shown, but the 15" price follows.Could that be true? I know that my wife's 13" loaded up didn't cost near the price shown - even with AppleCare.As for the stores, who...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-07-16

News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Paul Greenberg: Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Oracle's FusionFest: BEA underneath, dogfood, Sun on the horizon

Oracle's FusionFest: BEA underneath, dogfood, Sun on the horizonRE: Oracle's FusionFest: BEA underneath, dogfood, Sun on the horizonOracle is my no means alone on the total IT stack/provider quest. IBM has been hellbent for decades (lost the second wave of the OS wars, got love for Linux). And Microsoft has...

Tags: FusionFest, Oracle Corp., BEA Systems Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-04

Web Squared: Web 2.0's Successor?

Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discussed their vision and nomenclature for the next iteration of the web in a webinar last Thursday: I believe the recording will be available online sometime this week, slides are above. With the term 'Web 2.0' enjoying its fifth birthday...

Tags: Web, ISBN, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-28

Publishing Group Dramatically Reduces IT Manpower Needs With New Messaging System

As one of Malaysia's largest media conglomerates, the Utusan Group places a great deal of importance on the speed, accuracy and security of its communications. After suffering reliability issues and numerous mistakenly blocked mails with its previous mail filtering application and with the Malaysian general elections, a major news event,...

Tags: Information Technology, Microsoft Exchange Server, Messaging, Microsoft Corp., Groupware, Instant Messaging, E-mail Servers, E-mail, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Online Communications

Case studies 2009-06-15

Google's MySpace payments: just one more year to go

Assuming MySpace meets its page view requirements, Google writes a $75 million check to News Corp. every quarter as part of a multi-year, $900 million AdSense deal the two hammered a few years ago. In a post today, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington detailed the payment schedule in the...

Tags: Google Inc., Payment, MySpace, Operational Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-14

Even large institutions not immune to Conficker

Even large institutions not immune to ConfickerWindows Software Update Service and NAPWSUS is what larger corporations, enterprises and larger institutions use to ensure stability of their platform.It basically lets the administrator decide which patches to apply when. He can also set up policies so that different patches are applied to...

Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Network Access Protection, ONE-Way, patch management, large institution, network, administrator

Discussion threads 2009-04-13

Web 2.0 Expo: the end of the online search driven era?

I attended last week's Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco with a sense of trepidation. A year ago this event was jam packed and had a celebratory, in some cases cocky atmosphere - I was worried this time the expo would be a washout as a...

Tags: Web, Tim O'Reilly, Internet Search, Conference, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-05

Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto without Amazon, Google, Salesforce and Microsoft?

IBM and other players on Monday will launch its Open Cloud Manifesto, a call to make cloud computing "open as all other IT technologies." But the list of companies that didn't sign on to the manifesto is telling. Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce never signed on. Google was on a preliminary...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Standards, Manifesto, IT Industry, Quality, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-29