Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

Saturday November 15, 2008 09:44

New Microsoft Store Opens Virtual Doors

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Microsoft

New site gives customers a single online destination to shop for and compare products across entire Microsoft lineup. This week consumers are getting a new, easy way to access Microsoft products: The Microsoft Store. Microsoft Store offers...

Sunday October 5, 2008 08:34

Microsoft Xbox 360 outsells PS3 in Japan

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Microsoft

Microsoft Corp's Xbox 360 outsold Sony's PlayStation 3 in Japan in September, beating the rival machine in monthly unit sales for the first time in Sony's home market, a game magazine publisher said. Strong sales growth came after Microsoft cut prices...

Saturday October 4, 2008 08:25

Microsoft Extends Windows XP’s Life

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Microsoft

Microsoft, to the delight of PC buyers and late-adopting enterprise customers, won't let Windows XP die. In June, they stopped selling the operating system at retail and stopped allowing PC makers to install it on most machines, forcing them to switch...

Monday July 21, 2008 16:49

180 Million Copies Of Vista Sold In 18 Months, Says Microsoft

Posted by BSchwarz as Business

In its results for the financial year 2008, Microsoft has stated that it has sold as many as 180 million copies of Windows Vista, since its launch in January 2007. In its annual financial statement, Microsoft has announced that the company has...

Sunday July 20, 2008 10:04

Microsoft, IBM Profits Soar

Posted by BSchwarz as Business

While the economy is sagging, technology giants Microsoft and IBM reported double-digit growth in quarterly revenue and profits. Microsoft Corp's net income for its fiscal fourth-quarter rose 42 percent to 4.3 billion, or 46 cents a share. Revenue...

Friday July 18, 2008 10:06

Microsoft Is On The Right Track

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Microsoft

Microsoft let everyone know just how well it has been doing. According to company officials, up to this point, 180 million copies of Windows Vista have been sold and it seems that more and more people are beginning to show interest in the software. As...

Thursday June 5, 2008 12:59

White Paper Says Skipping Vista for Windows 7 Will Bring Only Regrets

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Vista

A new 20-page white paper from Microsoft, “The Business Value of Windows Vista,” breaks down the five main areas of benefit that companies could expect in upgrading from XP to Vista now. The five areas are the usual topics for evaluation: security,...

Sunday May 25, 2008 19:35

The Importance Of A Competitive Search Market

Posted by BSchwarz as Business

Is Microsoft's vision to compete in search and reinvent itself as an advertising company nothing more than an attempt to get back into its familiar position as Top Gun? Should Microsoft, Google and everyone else just give up on search and outsource to...

Wednesday April 30, 2008 15:39

No Break in the Standoff of Microsoft and Yahoo

Posted by BSchwarz as Business

The deadline that Microsoft imposed on Yahoo to reach a negotiated merger agreement passed three days ago, and the two companies are still not talking. At a conference at Microsoft’s headquarters in Redmond, Wash., its general counsel, Bradford L....

Sunday April 27, 2008 08:59

ProCurve and Microsoft Integrate to Strengthen Network Security

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Security

HP's ProCurve Networking has integrated with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) to protect networks and provide customised access policies across both wired and wireless environments. "The solution is an open, secure, standards-based...

Saturday April 26, 2008 09:26

Dell to Preinstall Windows XP on PCs After June Cutoff

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Windows

Dell confirmed Friday that customers wishing to purchase a PC with Windows XP preinstalled will still be able to do that -- even after Microsoft officially cuts off the OS in June. Because of a licensing clause in Microsoft's system builder license,...

Friday April 25, 2008 16:04

Microsoft Completes FAST Purchase

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Microsoft

Microsoft has completed its $1.2 billion purchase of FAST Search & Transfer and will install the company's CEO as head of a newly formed enterprise search group, it said Friday. FAST will become a subsidiary of Microsoft and its research team will...

Saturday April 19, 2008 09:17

Microsoft CRM Online Hunts Salesforce.com

Posted by BSchwarz as Business, Microsoft

The official GA release of Microsoft’s CRM Online offering is next week, and with it comes a new chapter in the life of Salesforce.com. To date Salesforce.com has lacked a major competitor that could be seen as a worthy opponent in terms of overall...

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