The viability of selling open source software (OSS) to the small and medium business (SMB) segment of the market may not be as big of an opportunity as previously thought, according to a report released by the 451 Group.
- By Will Kraft
- December 03, 2007
Golf club manufacturers have long placed ads in printed golf magazines. Movie studios tend to run television spots before a weekend rather than after. Targeting got even more precise as advertising moved to the Internet.
- By The Associated Press
- December 03, 2007
Microsoft has talked a ton about why Unified Communications can be a big value to users.
- By Barbara Darrow
- December 03, 2007
Attendees at that first event in Maryland received a gift bag that included the Demo Showcase, a valuable set of customizable online demos.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2007
Attendees at that first event in Maryland received a gift bag that included the Demo Showcase, a valuable set of customizable online demos.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2007
Do you really believe Microsoft can objectively monitor customer satisfaction and, better yet, partner performance Seeking Satisfaction," September 2007]? Taking the example of Dynamics AX: Deploying this software almost always requires a VAR and affects many divisions, sites, plants, people and operations.
Best Buy partners with Ingram to provide for its Best Buy for Business, aimed at select customers.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 01, 2007
By the end of this year, you'll be seeing something different in the market-Sun x64 servers bearing Windows Server 2003 stickers. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based giant announced in September that it will resell Windows, expanding on the 2004 alliance with Microsoft. The move represents a concession of sorts from Sun, which-particularly under former CEO Scott McNealy, who stepped down in 2006-held steadfast for years in its refusal to sell Windows on its servers.
- By Lee Pender
- December 01, 2007
Google Inc. will apply to bid for wireless spectrum in an upcoming government auction, the company said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- November 30, 2007
Police questioned the suspected teenage kingpin of an international cyber crime network accused of infiltrating 1.3 million computers and skimming millions of dollars from victims' bank accounts, officials said.
- By The Associated Press
- November 30, 2007
A death originally thought to have been caused by an exploding cell phone is now being blamed on a co-worker, who confessed to making up the story after accidentally striking the victim with a drilling vehicle, South Korean police said Friday.
- By The Associated Press
- November 30, 2007
An ambitious plan to re-ignite Dell Inc.'s fortunes has met a mixed response among analysts and investors apparently split over how well _ and how quickly _ the computer maker can reinvent itself as an all-in-one technology juggernaut.
- By The Associated Press
- November 30, 2007
Computers outranked peace and happiness for the most desired gift this year in an annual U.S. survey by the consumer electronics industry's largest trade organization.
- By The Associated Press
- November 30, 2007
ZMP of Japan began selling a two-legged walking robot Thursday that runs on Microsoft's new robotics software -- a product the companies said will make it easier to transfer technology from one robot to another.
- By The Associated Press
- November 29, 2007
The desire for greater control over how search engines index and display Web sites is driving an effort by leading news organizations and other publishers to revise a 13-year-old technology for restricting access.
- By The Associated Press
- November 29, 2007
An electronic privacy group challenging President Bush's domestic spying program scored a minor victory after a judge ordered the federal government to release information about lobbying efforts by telecommunications companies to protect them from prosecution.
- By The Associated Press
- November 29, 2007
Adobe Systems Inc. and Yahoo Inc. plan to launch a service Thursday allowing publishers to insert advertisements into many online newsletters or other electronic documents.
- By The Associated Press
- November 29, 2007
Tami Reller, a Microsoft Business Solutions veteran, has a new job as CFO of Microsoft's Platform & Services Division.
- By Barbara Darrow
- November 29, 2007
Microsoft on Friday launches its first major Exchange Server 2007 update, pushing Service Pack 1 out the door.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- November 29, 2007
Google Inc. is expanding into alternative energy in its most ambitious effort yet to ease the environmental strain caused by the company's voracious appetite for power to run its massive computing centers.
- By The Associated Press
- November 28, 2007