Latest Microsoft news.
Microsoft’s future in BI market unclear, 10/31/05
Microsoft last week broadened its plans to intelligently gather and analyze business data by linking its Office applications and back-end servers while emphasizing future developments. But observers are split on just how significant that future might be.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/103105-microsoft-bi.html?nl
Judge grants Microsoft’s request to stay Google case, 10/28/05
In a victory for Microsoft, a U.S. District Court judge in California upheld a tentative ruling issued two weeks ago to stay the Kai-Fu Lee case filed by Google, giving a go-ahead for Microsoft’s case in Washington state to resolve before Google’s …
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102805-microsoft-google.html?nl
Gates, Ozzie seen unveiling hosted services next week, 10/28/05
Top Microsoft executives speaking in San Francisco next week are expected to reveal the first in what many observers believe will be a range of hosted services from the software company, analysts said Friday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102805-gates-ozzie.html?nl
Layer 8: Gates aims for Google, 10/27/05
On his inaugural trip to Israel, Bill Gates says his company is gunning for Google. Probably in the search engine arena, but perhaps with office furniture, who knows? “Internet search…
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/010239.html?nl
Microsoft makes more executive moves, 10/27/05
Microsoft Thursday announced more executive shuffling a little more than a month after the company completely overhauled its organizational structure.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102705-microsoft-executives.html?nl
Newsletter: Novell weighs in on the future of licensing debate, 10/27/05
Last week, and continuing this week, I’ve been using the Windows Networking newsletter to explore the seemingly annual changes to Microsoft’s licensing …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/netware/2005/1024nw2.html?nl
Microsoft reports profits up on strong server software sales, 10/27/05
Microsoft on Thursday announced a profit jump of 24% in the first quarter of fiscal 2006 as compared to the same quarter last year based on strong sales in its core platform software.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102705-microsoft-earnings.html?nl
Layer 8: The ultimate Bill Gates DVD set, 10/27/05
Bill Gates fans, you’re too late. An 11-DVD set of Bill Gates’ antitrust deposition went up for bid on eBay and as soon as it started to get some press,…
http://www.networkworld.com/weblogs/layer8/010237.html?nl
Newsletter: HyperOffice: Your PC online, 10/26/05
Many of the attempts to provide an office environment through Web services have missed a crucial issue: Most business people already have a PC and most run Microsoft …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/web/2005/1024web2.html?nl
Newsletter: Microsoft revamps certification framework, 10/26/05
If last week’s newsletter about upcoming changes to Microsoft certifications got you wondering about the future of your Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer ( …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2005/1024ed1.html?nl
Newsletter: Microsoft focuses on the mid-market, 10/26/05
I poked a little fun at Microsoft last month (see “Microsoft Centro: Is it right for you?”) when I looked at the company’s entry into the midsize market as opposed …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nt/2005/1024nt2.html?nl
Microsoft to retire Exchange Server 5.5 by year’s end, 10/26/05
Microsoft will be retiring Exchange Server 5.5 and support for the product at the end of the year and is recommending users upgrade to the latest version, the company said Wednesday.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102605-microsoft-exchange.html?nl
Microsoft introduces three-tiered certification path, 10/25/05
Microsoft Tuesday announced a certification program that maps skills credentials based around Microsoft products with three levels of Microsoft certifications.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102505-microsoft-certification.html?nl
Heated debate brewing over state’s OpenDocument plan, 10/25/05
Debate among Massachusetts government officials may throw a wrench in a state proposal to migrate away from Microsoft’s Office productivity suite in favor of software that supports an open-document format.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/102505-opendocument.html?nl
Newsletter: The danger of relying solely on Active Directory for backups, 10/25/05
Recently my colleague John Orlando reminded everyone in our group at the Online Graduate Programs of Norwich University about the limitations of the …
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2005/1024sec1.html?nl
