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Microsoft: We're not afraid of the cloud Microsoft has been busy this year, rolling out Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 in a push to expand its presence in the corporate data center. To be successful, the company must overcome an economic environment that appears increasingly difficult as well as tou Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft could keep XP if customers want it: CEO LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium (Reuters) - Microsoft could re-think plans to phase out its Windows XP operating system by June 30 if customers show they want to keep it but so far they have not, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Microsoft to unveil new licensing policies for virtual machines Virtualization industry observers expect Microsoft to eliminate a licensing restriction that has hampered the mobility of virtual servers, perhaps as soon as next week.Under current Microsoft rules, software run Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft e-mails detail internal fight on 'Vista Capable' Numerous Microsoft employees, including some top executives, urged their company to hold the line on the graphics requirements for the "Vista Capable" marketing campaign, both before and after the decision was made to loosen the rules, according to insider e-mails rec Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's bid for FAST bolsters enterprise search In November, Microsoft representatives began to comment that the enterprise search market had reached "a tipping point"; on Tuesday, the company backed up that claim with a bundle of cash, offering to buy enterprise search software company Fast Search And Transfer (F Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft security maturing fast One year ago, Microsoft was defending the quality of its products, battling with the world's largest security vendors over features in its next-generation platforms, and pitching the company's nascent promise as a provider of IT systems-defense tools at the annual RSA Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Ozzie's top lieutenants at Microsoft's Windows Live Core offices are (from left) David Treadwell, Debra Chrapaty, John Shewchuk, Jack Ozzie, and Amitabh Srivastava. Photo: Lionel Deluy Microsoft, Ozzie wrote, had to think and operate more like an Inte Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Ozzie's top lieutenants at Microsoft's Windows Live Core offices are (from left) David Treadwell, Debra Chrapaty, John Shewchuk, Jack Ozzie, and Amitabh Srivastava. Photo: Lionel Deluy Microsoft, Ozzie wrote, had to think and operate more like an Inte Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Ray Ozzie Wants to Push Microsoft Back Into Startup Mode Ozzie's top lieutenants at Microsoft's Windows Live Core offices are (from left) David Treadwell, Debra Chrapaty, John Shewchuk, Jack Ozzie, and Amitabh Srivastava. Photo: Lionel Deluy Microsoft, Ozzie wrote, had to think and operate more like an Inte Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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The low-cost laptop offer Microsoft can't refuse As the release of low-cost laptops based on Intel's upcoming Atom processor draws near, Microsoft is getting boxed into a corner. The software company plans to stop selling most Windows XP licenses after June 30, yet most of these low-cost laptops won't be powerful en Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft makes boldest move yet embracing open source In a major turnaround for Microsoft, the company Thursday promised "greater transparency" in its development and business practices, outlining a new strategy to provide more access to APIs and previously proprietary protocols for some of its major software products, i Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Pirates prefer Windows XP over Vista, says Microsoft Software counterfeiters pass on Windows Vista and instead prefer to pirate Windows XP, a Microsoft attorney said Tuesday, outlining a practice that tracks with the leanings of many of the company's customers.Wh Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft exec touts mixed source ventures Microsoft has been making moves on the licensing front and accommodations with open source, such as its controversial 2006 agreement with Novell pertaining to Suse Linux. Looking to elaborate on Microsoft's activities, Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft vice president and d Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP In the four months since InfoWorld asked businesses and individuals to sign a petition at SaveXP.com requesting Microsoft keep Windows XP for sale beyond the planned June 30 general end-of-sales date, more than 200,000 have signed up to add their voices. As of May 15, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft says it would deal with new Yahoo board In a statement Monday, Microsoft confirmed that it would be interested in resuming talks with Yahoo with a new board of directors, both to buy the search business or the entire company.Billionaire investor Carl Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft's play for cloud computing At a press briefing this week, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner put some meat on the bones of Microsoft's "software plus services" strategy to deliver cloud computing capabilities to customers. Turner reviewed Microsoft's current on-demand offerings -- mainly Microsoft Dyna Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Microsoft surprise reorganization aimed at online woes Microsoft has built its massive software business by watching other companies take the lead in emerging technology markets and then following fast with competitive products that eventually become dominant once those markets begin to pay out. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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The inside view of Microsoft's cloud strategy Microsoft this week launched its cloud computing environment, Windows Azure, which is the foundation of the Azure Services Platform for developing applications extending from the cloud to PCs, datacenters, phones, and the Web. Microsoft's goal is to let Windows develo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Update: Microsoft tries again to improve volume pricing Microsoft has unveiled a new program that allows its larger customers to combine separate product licensing agreements under one master contract, which could help them to get bigger volume discounts.The move, an 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 |