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- Microsoft sales unharmed by Vista delays
- Microsoft sales unharmed by Vista delaysCompany just keeps amazing me...As you all probably know, I am 100% invested in MSFT across all holdings. I don't even participate in our 401k plan because I can't buy MSFT directly. My wife has been concerned because we are down about 65% in our...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), MSFT, Microsoft Sales, sales, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-01-25
- Red Hat-JBoss something of a surprise
- Red Hat-JBoss something of a surpriseRather than joining the Big Boy party, they are trying to crash itI agree it's a bold move, and in the face of Oracle and IBM.Oracle has been a big supporter of Red Hat, including standardizing on a derrivative Red Flag/Asianux instead of TurboLinux in...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Java development tools, Development tools, Middleware, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Sales, JBoss, Red Hat Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
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- Apple's Black Friday sales under analysts' microscope
- A 36% decrease is considered slightly?[i]On Average, the stores were selling 8.3 Macs per hour, down from 13 on Black Friday last year according to similar checks we performed.[/i]I'd consider that significant not slight.Wait for a real report.Wow! Ambiguous reporting based on some guys going to am Apple Store and...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, My-Comments, Apple Inc., Munster, advertisement, sales
- Discussion threads 2009-11-30
- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end
- dump MSFT shares next yearafter the last bump in stock price you'll get from Win7. It's all downhill from there.Why are the shareholders so greedy?Currently MSFT has around 18-19 PE which is very reasonable. It's pretty high seeing that we are in the great global recession. I know that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Investment, Financial accounting, Strategy, Microsoft Corp., stock
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Is Google the Center of the Universe?
- It's not even a year since the triumphalism of Jeff Jarvis's Google 'reverse engineering' book 'What Would Google Do?' hit the book shelves, but it seems an age ago now. Jarvis's publisher Harper Collins claims this book is 'all about you' in their promo blurb - how you...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rupert Murdoch, Jarvis, Wiki, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-11-24
- HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral
- Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Fawning over Chatter and how SAP missed its chance
- What Salesforce did was pricing, not features...What I was talking about that most people missed wasn't the feature set. Of course that isn't new. Even Benioff pretty much admits he stole the idea from Facebook and Twitter.But at the Techcrunch Real Time Crunchup on Friday Benioff said Salesforce was working...
- Tags: Pricing, Sales force management, Marketing research, Strategy, Chatter, SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Apple to Verizon: 'Can your phone and your network do that?'
- The REAL way the commercials should go...caller: Did you get the email I sent you?iPhone user: Well, it was downloading, then the phone dropped to EDGE speed again and I'm still waiting for it to finish.caller: Well, why don't I ju...iPhone user: Hello? Hello? caller calls back: I guess your...
- Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, network, Verizon Communications Inc., phone, Apple iPhone, iPhone User, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Another Apple Black Friday leak rumor - with prices!
- Congrats ZDNet on the Apple advertising contract!!What with 15 blog posts advertising Apple's upcoming Black Friday sale and the nearly full page Apple video advertisement that you've been running here recently, I can only conclude that all blog posting must now be approved by Apple's marketing department. Hope the compensation...
- Tags: Blogging, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Black Friday
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
- Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I
- (NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog. Â Let's see how that...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Will Microsoft's Silverlight dampen the appeal of Google's Chrome OS?
- MS is the past Google is the future so NopeGoogle is the old MS, MS is the old IBM. PC_DOS never made it, MS_DOS did. The driving factor was openness and innovation.Today and in the near future, Google has bothToday MS sees profit only and based on thatdrives...
- Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, BOOT UP TIMES, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Michael Dell sticks to Windows 7 big bang theory
- too old?"Windows XP is 8 years old"So What? If it ain't broke don't fix it!Windows 2000 is ten years old and still does almost everything I need. Everyone around me runs XP or newer, yet I have far fewer problems.What is good for the computer industry is not...
- Tags: Operating systems, theory, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Oh boy... this should be a fun Talkback... ntntyeap...for sure we'll be hearing what everyone has already said "ad nauseum".BallSack is a MoronPlain and Simple.I'm sure Win7 sales are decent. After all, it's hard to get an OS-less computer.....It is easy enough to get linuxpre-installed.Or buy a MacHowever,...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Mac sale, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, sales, Steve Ballmer, Windows 7 sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- Ballmer: Windows 7 sales on a roll
- Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start." Delivering opening remarks at Microsoft's shareholder meeting on Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said that Windows 7 was off to a "fantastic start." ...
- Tags: Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Windows 7, Microsoft, Ballmer, Ina Fried CNET News
- News items 2009-11-20
- Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed
- You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup
- To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Salesforce kicks off Dreamforce, announces Chatter
- Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics or ACTall three are greatposted October 21, 2009 ?Karleton Helfer was consistently one of our top producers. Karleton received numerous production and achievement awards, and frequently led the business unit in total sales. Karleton took a very strategic approach to the sales process, always researching technology developments,...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Microsoft may have blown opportunities, but all hope is not lost
- Time to let it goThe erosion has started, it cannot be stopped and the longer you try to hold on to something that fleecing away the more you lose.Game over.Android wins.:)Blown OpportunitiesThis reminds me of MS failing to see the internet coming and allowing Netscape to dominate the market. They...
- Tags: Operating systems, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Wireless and Mobility, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Mobile, mobile, phone, Windows Monopoly
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!
- RE: Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!I for one am proud to see Microsoft employees that love their job. They are really enjoying themselves which not only makes for a better environment but also makes for better customer service. This is exactly the kind of thing the Microsoft store should...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Store, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Outlook Add-in Collection 1.0 (Windows)
- The Outlook Add-in collection includes Outlook Timestamp, Outlook Template Manager SME, Outlook Delete Duplicate Contacts, Outlook Delete Duplicate Emails and Outlook Automatic Printing who all can be used with any Microsoft Outlook Version (Outlook 2000 - Outlook 2010). Outlook Template Manager - Share and use the same Email templates...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, E-mail, Outlook Add-in Collection, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2009-11-17
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