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Microsoft Mum on Plans for EU Appeal

Microsoft Corp. kept its options open Tuesday on whether it will appeal a landmark antitrust ruling and record $613 million fine imposed by European competition authorities that an EU court upheld last month.

Citrix Moves To Lower Barriers to Entry for SMB Resellers

Citrix Systems Inc. on Monday dropped requirements that North American VARs and consultants join the Citrix partner program to resell the company’s small and medium business-focused Access Essentials.

Yahoo Upgrades Online Search Engine

Yahoo Inc. has retooled its online search engine to make it more helpful and engaging, joining an industrywide wave of improvements that so far haven't dented Google Inc.'s dominance.

Online Videos May Be Conduits for Viruses

Online videos aren't just for bloopers and rants -- some might also be conduits for malicious code that can infect your computer.

Microsoft RTMs New Phone System

Response Point is one of Microsoft's few hardware products, and is available only through OEMs

New Microsoft Program Aims To Cut Piracy, Increase Profits

Microsoft's SLP Services suite of programs are meant to help software developers and vendors control illegal use of their software.

IT Simplicity Needed To Meet Business Plans, Report Says

The high failure rates of IT departments to meet businesses' evolving needs are not exactly news in the IT community. Still, studies chronicling this situation never fail to shock. And so it is with a new study on IT effectiveness from business consulting firm Bain & Co.

MIT Forms Kerberos Consortium

MIT last week launched the Kerberos Consortium, according to a report from the university's News Office.

Uneasy Courtship

Some of the biggest names in IT are ardently wooing partners who serve small and midsize businesses. Are their seductions working?

An Action Pack Test

Action Packs, the software bundles Microsoft makes available at a very low price for its Registered Member partners, are going to require a little more action to obtain come the end of November.

Sowing the Seeds

Microsoft's new server products are supposed to sprout early in 2008. Partners prepared for those launches can expect a bumper crop of business later in the year.

The Channel and the Credit Crunch

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Move Over, MOM

Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager 2007 goes beyond simple device-level reports to provide comprehensive IT service monitoring and management.

Two New Ways to Shine

Microsoft partners will soon be able to demonstrate their skills in two new competencies.

Geek Power Fuels Growth

If there's one acronym that's on just about everybody's radar these days, it's "SMB," for small and midsize business.