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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 new managed services

A few months back, I speculated on how/when Microsoft would field hosted SharePoint Server, hosted Exchange Serverand hosted Live Communications Server products. My best guess was Microsoft would launch Microsoft-managed versions of these services in the late 2007 or later timeframe.I was surprised to learn today at Microsoft's TechEd 2007...

Tags: Windows Live, Web 2.0, Virtualization, TechEd 2007, SharePoint Server, Office Live, Exchange Server, CRM Live, Corporate strategy

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Microsoft CIO: Finding IT talent still a challenge

Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich sits down with ZDNet's Dan FarberIn a CIO Sessions exclusive, Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich shares histhoughts on a range of topics, from Longhorn to security flaws inInternet Explorer to the biggest IT challenges facing Microsoft.

Tags: Strategy, SECURITY, Ron Markezich, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Videos 2004-12-20

CIO agenda: Three funerals and a wedding

Tom Foremski of the SiliconValleyWatcher describes the mood of the recent Churchhill Club CIO panel with particpants from Levi Strauss, Agilent Technologies, Microsoft and Fireman's Fund as "three funerals and a wedding."     * Ron Markezich, the Microsoft CIO, was in an ebullient mood, very much at odds with the rest of the...

Tags: Agilent Technologies Inc., Fireman, Fund, Ron Markezich

Blog posts 2004-12-02

Additional Resources

Cloud wars: Microsoft-Google scrum isn't zero sum

Microsoft Online Services' GlaxoSmithKline win is a nice victory for the software giant, but it may be a bit premature for too much chest thumping over Google Apps. On the other side of the equation, Google is likely to have a helluva a battle on its hands.  ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Computing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Microsoft's cloud is more about Notes migration and less about a new IT architecture

Monday morning I went to Microsoft's launch of new online services. Previously they were only available for large companies now they are available to any size business in the US with a rest of world roll out in March 2009. I listened to customer case studies, about...

Tags: Information Technology, IBM Lotus Notes, Migration, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-11-17

At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux

What goes on in Redmond's Linux and Open Source Software Lab? Chief Bill Hilf is the one to ask. Photos: Microsoft's Linux lab As Microsoft's director of platform technology strategy, Bill Hilf spends half his time trying to figure out ways Windows can...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Bill Hilf, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Ina Fried

News items 2005-08-12

At Microsoft, the yin and yang of Linux

At Microsoft, the yin and yang of LinuxToo little too late...Linux is already entrenched in the enterprise. It has graduated from edge computing to core infrastructure. Linux itself is not the competition here, it is Open Source in general. The combination of cheap hardware, cheap bandwidth and open source are...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Linux, Microsoft Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2005-08-12

Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: A Conversation With Microsoft CIO Ron Markezich: Employee Productivity

The workplace has changed dramatically. Although many of the changes have been positive, many have also created new kinds of stress and frustration. Employees face challenges such as information overload, sharing and control of information, and an increasing demand to be a more connected individual and team member. Find out...

Tags: Workplace, Webcast, Productivity, Microsoft Corp., Team Management, Recruitment & Selection, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

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