Today at a launch event in San Francisco, Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division announced the availability of Microsoft Exchange Online and Microsoft SharePoint Online for businesses of all sizes in the United States. These subscription services offer businesses a new way to purchase, deploy and manage the industry-leading e-mail and calendaring solution, and the … [Read more...]
Microsoft BizSpark Offers Help For Global Entrepreneurs
With no upfront costs, the program provides easy access to software development tools and technologies to build solutions spanning the PC, Web and phone. Microsoft Corp. today unveiled Microsoft BizSpark a global program designed to help accelerate the success of entrepreneurs and early-stage startups. BizSpark provides startups and entrepreneurs with fast and easy access to current full-featured … [Read more...]
Windows Server Virtualization Exam 70-652
The Technical Specialist (TS) exam, Exam 70-652: TS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring, is in development. The expected release date is August 2008. When you pass Exam 70-652: TS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring, you complete the requirements for the following certification: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows Server Virtualization, … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Manager Release in September
Microsoft's answer to VMware's systems-management product will be released commercially in September according to Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer. These remarks are in contrast to those made by Diane Prescott, product manager for System Center. She said on the team blog that Virtual Machine Manager 2008 would be released in the fourth quarter of 2008. This however contradicted … [Read more...]
New Microsoft Select Plus Licensing Program
On July 1st Microsoft announced a new licensing program designed for large organizations with multiple affiliates. Called Select Plus, it is another sign that Microsoft is trying to reign in its complex licensing system. If a company has several affiliates in different locations, Select Plus will enable your affiliates to take advantage of price-level adjustments that are based on the actual … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Innovation Process Management Solution
Innovation in an organization increases performance and growth through improvements. Innovation is not just about having good ideas. Innovation is a team effort where all areas of an organization contribute. Microsoft is attempting to address this with its Innovation Process Management Solution. The Microsoft Innovation Process Management (IPM) Solution is built on the Microsoft SharePoint … [Read more...]
New Version of Microsoft Windows Every 2-3 Years?
In a recent address at the Digital Lifestyle Consortium, Microsoft founder Bill Gates gave his view of the future. "I see Windows, a major new version of Windows every two to three years." Now we can look forward to OS changes every 2-3 years? For an IT department this would be a nightmare. For Microsoft it would be a 2-3 year injection of money as users are forced to shell out for upgrades to … [Read more...]
Retailers Look to Virtualization
Close to 71 percent of U.S. retailers are turning to a broad set of virtualization solutions as way to save money, maximize space and gain better control of their IT infrastructures according to Microsoft's "Virtualization in Retail Survey 2008". … [Read more...]