microsoft-watch.com - 10/29/2008
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Google has gained some prominent, new converts from Office Microsoft has chosen subscription and volume-licensing payment models With Azure, Microsoft is blurring the differences between software and services Office's role has dramatically changed as Microsoft increases emphasis on functional ...
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microsoft.com - 11/5/2008
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Updated: August 2, 2006 As senior vice president
of the Windows Core Operating System Division, Jon DeVaan...
manages the engineering team responsible for creating the core components and architecture of Microsoft Windows. In addition to his Windows ...
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microsoft.com - 11/6/2008
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Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003
programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint— please install all High-Priority...
updates from Microsoft Update before downloading the Compatibility Pack . By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft ...
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What Apple Needs to Know About Azure, Windows 7
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... What Apple Needs to Know About Azure, Windows 7 Apple's developer conference, where the CEO unveiled iPhone 3G, was closed to the press. Participants agreed to NDAs. By stark contrast, Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference was open to the press, and pretty much anything and everything was public. Secretive Apple tightly holds close future product plans, while Microsoft revealed information that competitors could use before new products reach market, such as Office Web , Windows Azure or Windows 7 . arrow.gif GOT A TIP OR RUMOR? ...
Girouard: Google Apps is More Than a Distraction For Microsoft
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... That play, which surprised my colleague Wilcox, signals Google Apps is more than misdirection; it's an industry shift toward the future of applications. Again, don't take it from me, as Girouard welcomed Microsoft to the cloud. ...
Google, Microsoft: Beware The Blind Spots in The Corporate Cloud
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... with less than 5,000 seats, available to businesses of all sizes after offering it first to businesses with more than 5,000 seats.
So while Microsoft was testing these SAAS solutions in the big shops, Google was chomping on share in the SMB range, which is where the biggest business opportunities lie. Smart, real smart.
There are other questions surrounding Microsoft's untested cloud solutions. For example, will the company be able to scale to Googleesque heights?
Will Microsoft Office Web even matter after Google Docs and Zoho Apps have bolstered their SAAS ...
Microsoft Looks to Break From Google Apps' Hosted "Ultimatum"
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... We who follow SAAS suites have been waiting several months for Office Web, which Microsoft first introduced at its Professional Developer's Conference last October. ...
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CNET News.com 10/29/2008
Of all the announcements to come out of Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles, Webware Editor Rafe Needleman is most excited about the company's version of Google Docs. On this Daily Debrief, he explains to CNET's Kara Tsuboi ...