The software behemoth shows off its first customer relationship management software effort, another step toward the company's expansion into the business applications market.
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MICROSOFT IS PREPARING to lob its latest weapon in the digital media war, announcing Monday the beta release timing of the next version of its Windows media platform, dubbed Corona.
After months of speculation, the details of Corona, including the product's official name, launch date and additional consumer device manufacturer support, will finally be unveiled, company sources said, providing a further glimpse into the software giant's digital media strategy.
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After months of speculation, the details of Corona, including the product's official name, launch date and additional consumer device manufacturer support, will finally be unveiled, company sources said, providing a further glimpse into the software giant's digital media strategy.
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Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson on Thursday denied a market rumor, which boosted its share 2.5 percent in a falling market, that Microsoft Corp would make a bid for it.
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The software giant is looking to ease a bottleneck for its software and services in the home by selling networking products this fall, company representatives said.
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Despite the rough economy, analysts see a solid quarter for the giant owing to a buying rush ahead of a change in licensing practices.
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After repeated delays, Microsoft is finally ready to ship its Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, formerly code-named Stinger, in the coming weeks but mobile phones based on the software may not appear for up to six months after its release, a company executive said here Tuesday.
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WITH LESS THAN a month remaining before the deadline to switch to Microsoft's new bulk software licensing plan, a provider of IT asset management services has made available a service designed to help organizations assess their current software inventory.
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IN THE PAST, Microsoft employees have often attended the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo to check up on the competition. But next month, the company will for the first time sponsor a booth at the show.
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A preliminary version of Content Management Server 2002, which helps businesses create and maintain Web content, gets a test run on Tuesday.
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The software giant is hoping to extend its Passport online identification system into authorizing credit card payments.
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MICROSOFT IS SEEKING candidates to test Beta 2 of its 64-bit SQL Server 2000 Enterprise database which is being optimized for Intel Itanium 2 hardware platform launched on Monday.
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Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition Version 1.2 For Intel's Itanium 2 Ships to Manufacturers in July
Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft
Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition version 1.2 will be made available to server OEMs later this month. Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition 1.2 is based on the same 64-bit code development that will be delivered in the Windows .NET Server family and is optimized to enable customers to take advantage of the performance enhancements in the new Intel Itanium 2 processor. Windows 64-bit operating systems provide science and enterprise customers with substantial scalability performance. Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition 1.2 is a full-featured, fully supported, 64-bit server operating system suitable for memory- and computation-intensive applications such as those for large database analysis, online transaction processing, business intelligence, scientific computing and simulation models.
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Microsoft Corp. today announced that Microsoft
Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition version 1.2 will be made available to server OEMs later this month. Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition 1.2 is based on the same 64-bit code development that will be delivered in the Windows .NET Server family and is optimized to enable customers to take advantage of the performance enhancements in the new Intel Itanium 2 processor. Windows 64-bit operating systems provide science and enterprise customers with substantial scalability performance. Windows Advanced Server, Limited Edition 1.2 is a full-featured, fully supported, 64-bit server operating system suitable for memory- and computation-intensive applications such as those for large database analysis, online transaction processing, business intelligence, scientific computing and simulation models.Read more
Windows 2000 has been given nine months to live, as far as OEMs are concerned, and Microsoft is pressuring the PC companies to stop offering dual install Win2k/WinXP systems immediately. Microsoft operating systems magically become more expensive and difficult to obtain as soon as there's a new rev out, but so long as the previous version is still available on new PCs via OEMs, business customers have a relatively simple way to stick with their current OS, rather than having to do an expensive rollout of the replacement.
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MICROSOFT would be prepared to license the intellectual property for its proposed Palladium security chip to any software manufacturer, but certification of that software would be essential if the system is to work, the company's U.K. chief security officer Stuart Okin said Wednesday.
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Microsoft is to exhibit at LinuxWorld Expo this August, and it appears that the company wants to be nice. Yesterday, Linux Today spotted the Beast's presence on the Expo exhibitor list, and after publicising this was contacted by an apparently kinder, gentler Microsoft.
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A federal judge says that both parties had complied with laws governing antitrust settlements, a nod that could signal a final ruling soon.
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A top European Union official says the EU is "completing" its investigation and that a ruling in its antitrust inquiry will happen by the end of the year.
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The successor to Microsoft's Visual J++ tool, J# provides a transition for Java developers into Microsoft's XML Web services development effort, Microsoft said. The arrival of J# marks the availability of all Microsoft programming languages within its Visual Studio .Net platform, according to Microsoft. The platform also features Visual C++, Visual C# and Visual Basic.
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The search engine company gets a 90-day extension on one of its deals with Microsoft as the two discuss a longer-term contract.
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A source close to Intel and Microsoft's plans tell us that plans are well advanced for the successor to Windows XP.
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