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From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

The applications portfolio part of the tour. by Paul Murphy

Tags: Data Warehouse, Data Center, Microsoft Corp., Sales Office, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-01-16

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Arguing About the Collaboration Toolkit: Cisco's Enterprise Collaboration Platform

In the aftermath of last week's San Francisco Enterprise 2.0 conference there's been some lively debate about what constitutes '2.0', including some great comments on my previous post. Meanwhile Cisco have literally just announced their Enterprise Collaboration Platform, which will be broad set...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Cisco Systems Inc., Tool, Productivity, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-08

Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap (or even free)

RE: Seven perfectly legal ways to get Windows 7 cheap or even freeGreat post, Ed! Seeing how you outlined the cheapest way to get Microsoft Windows 7 there should be no reason why anyone would not want to upgrade now. Price is no longer an issue. This would be...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, legal way, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid

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.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Blog posts 2009-11-06

Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic"

RE: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are One report has at 4% market share the weekend of launch so im sure its past that already.Has Windows 7 marketshare eclipsed total OS X marketshare yet?Just wondering. :)MSFT: 1/2000 = $56. Today, $28.40Win 7 may not be the catastrophe the last...

Tags: Sales strategy, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, stock split, Win7, recession, Steve Ballmer, sales, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

News to know: Microsoft store; Domain names; Blackberry Storm2; VoIP; Android

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.: Robin Harris: A visit to Microsoft's first store Zack Whittaker: Web addresses to extend to non-English languages...

Tags: Data Center, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Domain Name, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Sales Strategy, Telephony, VOIP, Storage, Telecommunications, Hardware, Data Management, Sales, Networking

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services

Starting November 16, Microsoft is ending distribution and sales of its Microsoft Office Accounting product. Company officials began notifying customers of the decision on October 30. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Microsoft Office, Finance, Office Suites, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-10-30

Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?

My school teaches...... web design in the conventional way. Intro classes cover HTML, CSS, using JQuery modules or writing basic js. Advances classes teach PHP and such. None of the classes I know of cover CMS.I had a summer internship where I used Drupal. I didn't do any of the...

Tags: Content management, CSS, Enterprise software, KompoZer, content management system, Microsoft FrontPage, CMS system

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

APS Accounting & Stock Control 4.0.0.4 (Windows)

APS combines multi currency client/server multilingual accounting software and stock control with Point of Sale features and deferent types of transactions such as Cost Centers, Journal Entries, Receipt & Payment Vouchers, Printing customized cheques and wide range of reports and a complete Stock Control features such as item production, Item...

Tags: Advanced Programs Inc., Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Storage, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-29

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

SharePoint: The team that makes the donut(s)

No wonder they're successfulThey have a process, they watch actual humans use the product, and accept feedback.RE: SharePoint: The team that makes the donutsAs a long time SharePoint consultant my impression is that the SharePoint team is totally out of touch with enterprise customers. SharePoint 2010 is the same old...

Tags: Content management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise software, SharePoint 2010, team, Microsoft SharePoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

The chief value of open source

Custom code solutions...It's great you can see the code, but for companies I disagree that is a "value".What SMB has the resources to comb through thousands of lines of code to assure reliability and security? Even if they do manage to find a bug, are they going to fork...

Tags: open source, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Windows and Office cash cows take a hit in Microsoft's first quarter

BURN BABY BURNNice to see Microsoft start the downward spiral.Don't get too happy...Every company has a blip in its future - just wait until the next quarter.When you're on top the only way is down.Happened to all those on top at some point....IBMNovellGMLotusLike so many other companies?But then again, the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces

3 Words for you...Windows Live Essentials...Saves on bloat?It was nothing to do with that. Microsoft have said that they unbundled a lot of things from the OS build as it allowed for easier and more frequent updates.Good point.I use Hotmail but also use Live Mail on my own machines as...

Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Operating systems, Groupware, E-mail providers, e-mail, Microsoft Windows, Windows Mail, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Antitrust: Time to break apart the phone companies -- again?

Actually,those 'guaranteed revenue' companiesAre not so rare. Food companies, oil and gas companies, phone companies, electric companies, water utilities.... the list goes on and on if I had enough time to think of them all.That is why we need to break up any company that gets more than a 10%...

Tags: Corporate law, Telecom & Utilities, Network technology, Food & Beverage, 360Networks Corp., phone company, phone, antitrust

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

HP's kinder, gentler stance toward printer paper

I know I'm dating myself, but when I was a girl hooked on Nancy Drew mysteries, disappearing ink was all the rage as a tactic for covert operations. Now, as I sit staring at my printer every day, reluctantly printing out notes and other items that I just can't deal...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Photograph, Printing, Printers, Document Management, Digital Cameras, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole story

RE: Nine out of 10 corporate PCs can run Windows 7 ... but that's not the whole storyMost corporate PCs were not updated to Vista, because Vista didn't add any additional values; required more powerful hardware and had a very bad name from the start.Most companies will also not upgrade...

Tags: Operating systems, Software Developement, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, corporate PC, PC, Win7, whole story, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

SharePoint rolls on, gathers no MOSS

Next week’s SharePoint conference in Las Vegas is officially sold out, just another sign of the insatiable appetite for Microsoft’s still-imperfect suite. Cold calling sales reps at lesser companies will look on with envy as each attending prospect or customer shells out a list-price $1,199 for the pleasure of hearing a...

Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Corp., MOSS, Content Management, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Tim Walters

Blog posts 2009-10-16

McCarran-Ferguson and a cross-state health market

Las Vegas?"But if you?re going to let New Yorkers buy from Vermont why not let them buy from Las Vegas?"Uh, because Las Vegas is NOT A STATE.We are the united states of america and not the united cities of america.I could have written Nevada, trueBut Las Vegas is funnier and...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Vertical industries, Corporate governance, Insurance, Delaware, health care, health insurance

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Saluting SAP & Oracle Communities

Oracle & the D/B that wasn'tMy salute to Oracle is the middle finger flip off.I had the misfortune to be obliged to use the worst, least stable, most authoritarian, user antagonistic system ever -- Oracle's $50,000,000 digital boat anchor, custom kluged for Danka Copiers, St Petersburg FL & TorontoNaturally the...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Microsoft Excel, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., Danka, sales

Discussion threads 2009-10-14