Channel News: Managed services, product pep talks and new partner benefits top the agenda at SMB Nation 2007.
- By Rich Freeman
- October 25, 2007
The management of services by IT departments is the subject of an August 2007 report by the Aberdeen Group. The report focuses on companies that use IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-based approaches, which is a set of best practices for IT. The report specifically hones in on an ITIL discipline called IT Service Management (ITSM).
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 25, 2007
It's hard to determine what's more surprising about Microsoft Corp.'s investment in Facebook Inc. -- the appraisal that valued a 3 1/2-year-old Internet hangout at $15 billion or the rare snub of online search leader Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- October 25, 2007
Microsoft added a new server to its lineup today, this one aimed at the growing mobile technology market.
- By Keith Ward
- October 23, 2007
Cisco Systems Inc. is snapping up privately held Navini Networks Inc. for $330 million, extending the networking equipment maker's acquisition streak and providing the latest validation for the new wireless network technology called WiMax.
- By The Associated Press
- October 23, 2007
Dell Inc. plans to sell computers and other electronics gear at 1,400 Staples Inc. stores, the latest departure from the direct-to-customer business model pioneered by the No. 2 computer maker.
- By The Associated Press
- October 23, 2007
Microsoft has signed its first patent protection deal with a Linux vendor based in Asia.
- By Keith Ward
- October 23, 2007
With no other suitors stepping forward, business software maker Oracle Corp. is threatening to abandon its $6.7 billion bid for BEA Systems Inc. unless its smaller rival accepts the offer by Sunday evening.
- By The Associated Press
- October 23, 2007
Redmond reveals that it's working on a stripped-down version of the Windows kernel that would dramatically reduce its footprint.
- By Keith Ward
- October 22, 2007
The European Commission said Monday it would take until Nov. 13 to examine Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion bid for online ad tracker DoubleClick to review its proposals meant to eliminate antitrust concerns.
- By The Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
Microsoft agreed to obey key parts of a 2004 antitrust ruling upheld by EU appeals court, cutting royalties and handing information over to open source developers.
- By The Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
Four states press federal court to extend by five years oversight of the software company that began in 2002 as part of a landmark antitrust settlement.
- By The Associated Press
- October 22, 2007
IBM announced growth in its Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Business Partner segment, citing more than 4,100 members to date. That number represents a leap from the program's start in June of 2005, when there were just 50 partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 19, 2007
Shares of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. shares fell more than 3 percent Friday after reporting a loss of nearly $400 million for the third quarter.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2007
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer compared the company's search technology to a precocious toddler -- one who would eventually grow up to rival nemesis Google Inc.
- By The Associated Press
- October 19, 2007
The Windows Automatic Update might be a patch management and change control issue, observers say.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- October 19, 2007
EBay Inc.'s Skype division has let down eBay executives, but they're confident they can reorganize the troubled Internet phone unit and make it more useful to people outside of the online marketplace.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
Upgrade exam for MCSEs contains material based on pre-release version of Windows 2008, according to Microsoft.
- By Michael Domingo
- October 18, 2007
Google Inc.'s third-quarter profit soared 46 percent to hurdle the enormous expectations that have elevated the Internet search leader's stock price by more $100 during the past month.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007
Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it has launched a version of the video-sharing site in Taiwan in its latest push to expand in foreign markets.
- By The Associated Press
- October 18, 2007