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1. Microsoft Fiefdoms Are the Enemy Within

   [ Blog ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 02/04/2010

   A little more than a week ago IT Business Edge contributor Rob Enderle wrote about what he believes is . He mentions Microsoft's lack of focus, which some folks, including me, think is , and says Apple puts more resources behind its products. Enderle says Apple launched seven major...

2. Microsoft, Intuit Promote Cloud Apps for SMBs

   [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 01/20/2010

   Former rivals Microsoft and Intuit are teaming up to provide Web-based applications for small businesses, reports ABC News . According to Mary-Jo Foley at ZDNet , the real goal is to get more developers to write cloud-based applications for SMBs. Microsoft is releasing a...

3. Windows 7 Boosts Microsoft Earnings

   [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 01/28/2010

   Strong sales of Windows 7 helped boost Microsoft's quarterly profit up 60 percent to $6.66 billion, reports TechFlash . Revenue climbed 14 percent to $19.02 billion. That number was inflated by $1.71 billion deferred from the previous quarter related to Windows 7 upgrade promotions, but...

4. Another Key Windows Exec Leaving Microsoft

   [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 02/05/2010

   Mike Nash, Microsoft's corporate VP for Windows Platform Strategy, is leaving the company, though the company has not said why, reports InformationWeek . Nash is but the latest exec from the Windows group to leave the software maker. The post includes quite a list of execs who have jumped...

5. Microsoft Pulls Most Word Versions from Online Store

   [ Blog ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 01/12/2010

   Ars Technica reported Monday Microsoft has yanked nearly all versions of Word (and versions of Office containing Word) from its own online store. Writer Emil Protalinksi notes: On the Microsoft Store, there are 32 results when you choose to display All Office Products, but the majority of...

6. Microsoft Bows to EU Pressure, Tweaks Search Data-Retention Policy

   [ Blog ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 01/19/2010

   Privacy advocates and regulators alike have in the past regarding their data-retention policies. Experts debated whether " " user search data is enough to protect users' privacy. (Most say it is not.) This week, in response to a request from the European Union's Article 29 Working Group,...

7. Microsoft CFO Leaving

   [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 11/25/2009

   Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell plans to leave the company at the end of the year, reports Bloomberg . He's being replaced by Peter Klein, who has served as finance chief of the company’s business and server units. TechFlash , which paints the departure as a amicable one, reports the software...

8. Microsoft Acquires ISC

   [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 09/23/2009

   Microsoft has acquired the technology assets of Waltham, Mass.-based Interactive Supercomputing (ISC), which specializes in desktop tools for parallel computing, reports Ars Technica . Financial details were not disclosed. The company said CEO Bill Blake and part of his team will join...

9. Microsoft to Buy Sentillion

   [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 12/10/2009

   Microsoft has announced plans to buy Andover, Mass.-based Sentillion , which makes software for health care professionals, reports CNET News . Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This Mass High Tech story portrays Sentillion as one of the companies benefiting from federal stimulus...

10. Microsoft Acquires Teamprise

    [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 11/10/2009

    Calling the deal a bridge between .Net and Java development, Microsoft has acquired SourceGear's Teamprise unit for an undisclosed sum, reports The Register . As seattlepi.com explains : Teamprise allows software developers to use Visual Studio on operating systems other than Windows...

11. Microsoft Looking for a Little Recognition

    [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: KaraReeder | Date Published: 08/08/2008

    Microsoft is launching a program called Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSRV) to help third-party Windows developers fix bugs in their software, according to Computerworld . This is not a brand-new initiative, but rather a formalization of what the company already does. So the company...

12. Microsoft Planning Layoffs?

    [ News ] Topic: Microsoft | Author: SusanHall | Date Published: 12/23/2008

    Rumors are flying that Microsoft will announce layoffs Jan. 15, reports TechFlash , citing the anonymous blog Mini-Microsoft . The blogger wrote: Bad news on the rise and with perhaps January 15th 2009 as an interesting day for Microsoft news. Bad news. 15 Jan is a week before FY09Q2...