Microsoft may be its own greatest competitor, but you can convince customers to move on to new versions. Learn how to close that next upgrade opportunity.
- By Rich Freeman
- November 01, 2005
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a concept touted by Microsoft and various Linux vendors as proof that their products are cheapest to run. But TCO claims aren't what they're cracked up to be, and most IT shops never use TCO, or just plain do it wrong.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- October 01, 2005
With renewed interest in attracting small business customers, IBM has begun to ship the first machines in a new line of single-processor, x86-based, low-cost servers targeted specifically to provide “enterprise class” technology to small-scale businesses.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- September 27, 2005
Microsoft today added to its small-business arsenal by announcing
the general availability and promotional pricing for Microsoft Office
Small Business Accounting 2006 and Office Small Business Management
Edition 2006.
- By Paul Desmond
- September 07, 2005
Partners to get new opportunities in delivering deployment services and training.
- By Scott Bekker
- September 01, 2005
A problem in Microsoft's process for posting patches to the Microsoft Download Center during the August patch day on Tuesday caused users attempting to pull down a critical cumulative patch for Internet Explorer to receive a corrupted file.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 10, 2005
Microsoft released six security bulletins on Patch Tuesday, including three bulletins rated "critical." All six bulletins involved Windows, and one of the bulletins also involved Internet Explorer.
- By Scott Bekker
- August 09, 2005
Centrify will begin shipping on Monday version 2.0 of its flagship product DirectControl Suite 2.0 for integrating non-Microsoft systems into Active Directory.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- August 09, 2005
Check this out: A new, "specialist" certification for Small Business Server experts.
- By Michael Domingo
- July 10, 2005
By becoming trusted technology advisors, Microsoft Partners can thrive as their customers prosper.
- By Margo Day
- July 01, 2005
Small Business Server is the first step for your customers needing to integrate their business infrastructure.
- By Jeremy Moskowitz
- July 01, 2005
Patching your servers is an art that takes time to master. Here's a paint-by-numbers kit to help you get started.
- By Greg Shields
- June 01, 2005
Love Microsoft? Hate it? Somewhere in between?
It's all of the above in the Redmond magazine survey of your attitudes
toward the world's most important computer company.
- By Keith Ward
- June 01, 2005
Customers have few kind words for Microsoft's Software Assurance, and even fewer good choices for upgrades.
- By Doug Barney
- April 01, 2005
As Longhorn looms, we examine Microsoft's track record in hitting product ship dates and offer advice for coping with the inevitable.
- By Paul Desmond
- March 01, 2005