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Microsoft to its hosting partners: Get ready. Here we come

At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver this week, Microsoft officials are trying to walk the tightrope when it comes to explaining Microsoft's plan to get into the managed services business in a major way.Microsoft officials have made no bones about the fact that Microsoft is planning to offer a...

Tags: Channel, Corporate strategy, CRM Live, Dynamics CRM, Exchange Server, Network service providers, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Systems integrators, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-07-10

Microsoft headed for a services show-down with its hosting partners

Microsoft is on a collision course with its hosting partners.During the past couple of weeks, Microsoft officials have started touting publicly the handful of hosted managed services that Microsoft is selling directly to customers. This week at the NXTcomm 2007 show in Chicago, Microsoft was out hawking its"Microsoft Solution for...

Tags: Channel, Corporate strategy, CRM Live, Dynamics CRM, Exchange Server, Network service providers, OEMs, Resellers, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, System builders, Systems integrators, Telecommunications

Blog posts 2007-06-18

Microsoft readies updated version of its Live Meeting conference service

Some time this fall, Microsoft plans to roll out the third version of its Office Live Meeting conferencing service, company officials announced at TechEd 2007 on June 5.Expected to be dubbed Office Live Meeting 2007, the new release will include a redesigned and simpler user interface; improved training and event...

Tags: Web video, Web conferencing, VOIP, TechEd 2007, Systems integrators, Office Live, Network service providers, Corporate strategy, Channel

Blog posts 2007-06-05

Microsoft and Google seek partners for hosted productivity apps

There are more similarities than differences in Microsoft's and Google's approaches to building out their partner ecosystems for their respective hosted productivity suites.Google Apps and Office Live are not head-to-head competitors. Google Apps includes hosted mail, calendar, document and spreadsheets. Office Live includes hosted mail, small-business accounting, workspace and (with...

Tags: Web 2.0, Systems integrators, SharePoint Server, Resellers, Office 2007, Office Live, Office, Network service providers, Google, Corporate strategy, Channel

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Could Microsoft take a community lesson from Sun?

Microsoft talks a lot about community and wanting to foster/tap into it. But there really is no single, cohesive "Microsoft community," akin to the Linux community. The reasons for this are many and varied. A dominant market player-- vs. an up-and-coming underdog -- seems to inspire less vocal customer/developer...

Tags: Systems integrators, System builders, Resellers, OEMs, Novell, Network service providers, Linux, Corporate strategy, Channel

Blog posts 2007-05-09

Ex-Softie weighs in on how to avoid the dancing Microsoft elephant

Speaking of Microsofts unified-communications strategy, former Softie Alec Saunders has an interesting post on how to "avoid becoming Microsoft roadkill" in the converging VOIP/conferencing/phone market. (Saunders spent nine years at Microsoft in a variety of product management and marketing roles, including the initial launch of Microsoft Internet Explorer. He...

Tags: VOIP, System builders, Speech, Resellers, OEMs, Network service providers, Telecommunications, Systems integrators, Exchange Server, Channel

Blog posts 2007-04-06

Cisco's Chambers claims a three-year lead on Microsoft

Cisco CEO John Chambers has thrown down the gauntlet. At Ciscos Partner Summit in Las Vegas this week, Chambers told the press corps in attendance that he believes Cisco has a three-year lead on Microsoft in the unified communications space. And, according to TechIQ Magazines "VAR Guy," who...

Tags: VOIP, Telecommunications, Systems integrators, System builders, Speech, Resellers, OEMs, Network service providers, Corporate strategy, Channel

Blog posts 2007-04-05

Additional Resources

Acer smartphones coming in 2009

Despite a global economy in the tank, Acer is optimistic about the smartphone market, and has officially stated that it will launch its first Acer-branded smartphone in the first quarter of 2009, according to DigiTimes. Acer..."Inspire"? "Perspire"? "Misfire"? (I kid, I kid.) According to the article, Acer's...

Tags: Smart Phone, Acer Inc., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Beta 2 of Vista SP2 now available to anyone

As noted earlier this week, Microsoft has broadened its beta program for the second service packs for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Beta, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Amazon's "Remembers" feature needs to go further

Several of my ZD Net colleagues noted the launch to Amazon's iPhone app this week. The feature that is most interesting, in my opinion, is the Amazon Remembers, which lets users snap a photo of a product with their iPhone and upload it refer to later, when shopping, and so...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Amazon Remembers, Scanners, Productivity, Hardware, Peripherals, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-12-05

$99 WAL-MART iPhone? What are they smoking?

Re-use of this image permitted under the GFDL $99 iPhone. Keep smoking that crystal cider, Apple freaks! There's been a lot of speculation about whether or not if WAL-MART is going to be selling $99, 4GB iPhone 3Gs in...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., AT&T Corp., 3G, Memory, Flash Memory, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Best practices group formed for IT data center managers

Struggling to marry your company's environmental concerns with the right IT management philosophies? The Business Performance Management Forum BPM Forum and hosting company Rackable Systems have started a new "thought leadership" program, Think Eco-Logical, to help companies share ideas and data that can serve as the foundation for industry best...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Industry, Best Practice, E-business, Think Eco-Logical, Data Centers, Business Process Automation, Web Technology, Storage, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-12-05

UK plans lunar phone network

The UK is planning mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists to use mobile phones to communicate with each other A UK-led mission to put a satellite in orbit around the Moon which could one day enable lunar colonists...

Tags: Phone, Mission, Phone Network, Orbit, Satellite, British National Space Centre, Network Technology, Networking, moon, NASA, network, communications, Natasha Lomas silicon.com

News items 2008-12-05

Support.com: We'll kill your crapware for free

Support.com on Monday will roll out a free service designed to remove crapware from your PC. This public service has a bit of a motive: Support.com--essentially the Jiffy Lube of the PC industry--wants your future business. Here's how this will work: Folks call 1-800-PC-Support or log on...

Tags: Software, PC, Support.com, Netbooks, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Citrix Netscaler 9 - AppExpertTemplates simplify deployment

Citrix recently lauched NetScaler 9, an application virtualization and delivery tool. The primary enhancement was the addition of sophisticated templates making deployment of applications via NetScaler dramatically simpler. Citrix describes the enhancements in the following way: NetScaler 9 introduces AppExpert Templates that capture hundreds of deployment...

Tags: NetScaler, Citrix Systems Inc., NetScaler AppExpert Templates, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Harden Facebook? Sure, but where to start?

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Paul F. Roberts You may have heard the news that everybody's favorite social network, Facebook, won a big legal settlement on Monday against spammers who were using the 100 million strong network to distribute what the...

Tags: Facebook, Application, Network, Attack, Social Networking, Networking, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-05

Buffalo Technology moves closer to returning to U.S. Wi-Fi router market

Wireless watchers may have noticed that Buffalo Technology disappeared from the router game some time back, due to a successful suit brought against it by an Australian company. But Buffalo may be getting back in the market, due to a new court decision that stayed the injunction against it selling...

Tags: Buffalo, Buffalo Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Wireless LANs, Routers & Switches, Games, Networking, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Next up for layoffs: Real

Real Networks said today that it informed 130 employees, or 7.5 percent of its worldwide workforce, that their positions would be eliminated at the end of year.  In a post on the company's official blog, the company said the layoffs were part of a larger cost cutting plan that "is...

Tags: Layoff, Severance Package, RealNetworks Inc., Health Care, Workforce Management, Recruitment & Selection, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Seagate's "random freeze" problem: worse than reported?

Reports that Seagate is having "random freeze" problems on its new 1.5 TB drives may be more serious than the company has admitted: 1 TB Seagate drives may be affected as well. Seagate on the case Seagate spokesman Mike Hall wrote: Seagate is...

Tags: Seagate Technology LLC, RAID, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-12-04

CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped

Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2008-12-04