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Despite financial losses, Microsoft looks to increase investment in online services Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer sought to justify to financial analysts the losses from the company's online services group and to defend plans for increasing investment in the group.Ballmer stepped in to speak for Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo bid could backfire lest Microsoft changes ways Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer to purchase Yahoo is a dramatic statement from a company that delayed acknowledging the importance of emerging Web business models for so long, it faced becoming an also-ran in the Web 2.0 economy. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Financial crisis: The tech innovations at risk September 2008 will certainly go down as one of the blackest months in Wall Street history. Venerable financial institutions such as Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG abruptly vanished or were radically overhauled. Investors lost loads of money -- in some cases, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ozzie: Microsoft needs Yahoo for Web, advertising plan Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie attempted to clarify Microsoft's Web-based advertising and services strategy and lay a case for why buying Yahoo is integral to that plan on Wednesday.In his keynote Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft redesigns Live.com A redesign of the Live.com home page may not be quite what analysts had in mind last week when they asked Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer about how the software giant plans to streamline its online presence .Startin Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Despite Yahoo drama, Microsoft forges ahead with search Microsoft is pushing ahead with plans to expand its enterprise and Internet search offerings even as its quest to purchase Yahoo remains uncertain and could get uglier.On Wednesday, Fast Search and Transfer ( Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft sets hosted-services pricing, irks partners Microsoft on Tuesday revealed pricing for its forthcoming hosted business productivity services and unveiled its channel model for allowing partners to resell those services. However, while the company painted a rosy picture for the partner opportunity around its evol Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Experts: Microsoft's online service push has holes Microsoft's plunge into the hosting arena isn't sending shock waves through partners who welcome the visibility the move brings but say many corporate users will find the Exchange and SharePoint services fall short of the mark. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Will your IT job survive the financial meltdown? Fearful tech workers tiptoeing along the shaky alleys of Wall Street -- and fretting about losing their jobs -- should take a deep breath. Of the more than 100,000 job losses expected as a direct result of the financial crisis, only a tiny slice will likely be from th Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft-Yahoo deal: What about developers? While observers believe that Microsoft is willing to pay Yahoo $44 billion primarily for its users and advertising base, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, wants to grow its developer community as well. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft earnings flat, despite server launches Microsoft reported on Thursday quarterly earnings in line with Wall Street expectations but down slightly from the same quarter last year, reflecting the challenges the software giant faces in an increasingly competitive market. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Sizing up Microsoft and Yahoo: Did anybody win? Now that Microsoft has dropped its bid to take over Yahoo, industry analysts assessed what happened and what to expect from the two companies.Microsoft gave up its effort to acquire Yahoo because the software co Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's cloud forms At the Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston, Microsoft made its biggest foray yet into cloud computing with pricing and partnership arrangements for Microsoft Online Services, a family that includes Online versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Office Communications, Of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Yahoo a mere front end for Microsoft hosted apps? While dealing logistically and technically with their overlapping online offerings will certainly prove troublesome if its bid to purchase Yahoo succeeds, Microsoft will at least have an immediate outlet for bringing more of its traditional desktop portfolio to the Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Study sees Microsoft brand in sharp decline Microsoft's brand power has been in sharp decline over the past four years, an indication the company is losing credibility and mindshare with U.S. business users, according to a recent study by market research firm CoreBrand. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft helps launch financial alert service A Dublin company introduced a financial alerts service based on emerging data-crunching technology from Microsoft on Wednesday.Zignals is opening a beta of a new service that lets users set parameters about stoc Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft confirms another executive departure Microsoft confirmed on Tuesday that a long-standing and influential member of the Windows OS team has left, one of several recent and imminent executive departures that together represent a changing of the guard at the company. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Mundie: Google owes business to Microsoft Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie said Tuesday that competitor Google owes its business in part to Microsoft and that his company is not concerned about losing its position as an innovator in the technology market to the search and advertisi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft prepares 'Albany' to compete with Google Docs Facing pressure from hosted productivity suites like Google Docs and Google Apps, Microsoft is planning a new package of low-end productivity software and hosted services through a secretive project code-named Albany. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft looks to mimic Apple success, says Ballmer Microsoft's CEO said Wednesday that his company hopes to steal a page from Apple's playbook and change how it works with hardware makers in an attempt to duplicate its rival's success.In a Wednesday e-mail memo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |