Top Microsoft partner and marketing execs switch roles
Allison Watson, the current corporate vice president of the Worldwide Partner Group, will become corporate vice president of the Business and Marketing Organization in the U.S.
View ArticleMicrosoft kicks off Worldwide Partner Conference on Sunday
Sunday marks the beginning of Microsoft's annual Worldwide Partner Conference, during which Microsoft shows off upcoming products, explains its strategies and holds workshops for its enterprise clients.
View ArticleWPC: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 beta coming in September
Dynamics CRM 2011, the next version of Microsoft's customer relationship management software, will be released to beta in September and officially released by the end of this year, Microsoft announced...
View ArticleWPC: Microsoft expands Windows Intune beta, announces pricing
Microsoft is expanding the beta of Windows Intune, a cloud-based computer-systems management tool for businesses, into Europe and upping the available seating from 1,000 to 10,000.
View ArticleWPC: Ballmer says Windows 7 tablets are coming
According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, tablet PCs running Windows 7 are coming by the end of this year.
View ArticleWPC: Microsoft announces ‘Windows Azure in a box’
"Oh cloud!" Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shouted this morning.
View ArticleWPC: Microsoft releases beta of Windows 7 SP1
At the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday, Microsoft released a beta of the first service pack for Windows 7. Targeted at developers and IT professionals -- not consumers -- the SP1 beta, which...
View ArticleWPC: ‘We missed a generation with Windows Mobile,’ Ballmer says
Ah, Microsoft's mobile operating system. These days, the phrase is almost an oxymoron -- like "Microsoft Works." Sure, companies like HTC have been able to finagle Windows Mobile into something...
View ArticleWPC: Windows Phone 7 developer tools released to beta
Speaking of building an app ecosystem for Windows Phone 7 ... Microsoft on Monday released a beta of the Windows Phone 7 developer toolkit, which gives developers access to the tools they need to make...
View ArticleWPC: Microsoft lets companies downgrade to Windows XP for longer
Here at seattlepi.com, our computers are still running Windows XP. If we were to buy new computers today, our IT department would likely downgrade the operating system from Windows 7 to Windows XP, to...
View ArticleWPC: Windows Phone 7 companion site sounds useful, but it ain’t Kin Studio
Most of us in the tech press agree that the Kin program was destined to sink. But most of us also agree that Kin Studio, the companion website for Microsoft's derelict "social phones," is promising and...
View ArticleWPC: Microsoft exec calls iPhone 4 problems Apple’s Vista
Here's a fun one. Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer, took a jab at Apple on Wednesday as the company deals with fallout from the iPhone 4's antenna problems.
View ArticleBallmer: Windows Phone 7 sales ‘very small’
The Houston Chronicle’s Dwight Silverman reports: “Microsoft launched its revamped Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system back in October, but so far the company has yet to say how many WP7 devices...
View ArticleMicrosoft to expand retail with at least 75 more stores
Microsoft plans to open 75 more retail stores within the next two to three years, a top executive said today, confirming an aggressive strategy for competition with Apple Stores. Kevin Turner,...
View ArticleDo you like Microsoft’s ‘coherent’ Metro UI plan?
The image below has been circulating the blogosphere since Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer showed it Monday during his keynote at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles. Some people are...
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