Microsoft's Software Assurance (SA) licensing program could be in big trouble, with many customers feeling they're not getting their money's worth, according to a survey from Forrester Research.
Microsoft Corp. plans to open a software development center in Canada this fall to attract talent and avoid U.S. immigration issues.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/06/2007
Microsoft moved one step nearer to its full-force entry into the online advertising market Friday, when a federally mandated waiting period expired.
Dell Inc. expects shipments of personal computers, notebooks and servers in Asia excluding China, Japan and South Korea to grow almost 20 percent in 2007, a company executive said Thursday.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/05/2007
Being "green" is all the rage with technology companies these days, but what's not clear is whether or not the environment-friendly approach is bringing in more greenbacks.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/05/2007
Software company SAP AG acknowledged Tuesday that one of its units made "inappropriate downloads" of Oracle Corp. computer code for fixes and support documents, responding to a lawsuit filed by its rival.
- By The Associated Press
- 07/03/2007
A service-oriented architecture (SOA) is supposed to bring flexibility to IT resources and lower costs by letting IT personnel reuse software components instead of coding from scratch. However, some experts have suggested that reuse -- the principal justification in most cost-benefit analyses for SOA -- might amount to just 10 percent.
A Microsoft executive this week confirmed that Microsoft is close to offering a first step to help remedy the problem of Vista "downgrade rights," which posed complications for partners.
- By Scott Bekker
- 06/28/2007
A Microsoft employee who is also an ex-Google employee gave some insight into working conditions at his old job, including the perhaps surprising to some fact that Microsoft is a better place to work.
Oracle Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent as the business software maker harvested more sales from the crop of customers picked up in a $25 billion shopping spree that has buried much of its competition.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/26/2007
Database, application and Windows-management solutions provider Quest Software will acquire ScriptLogic, a provider of Windows-based network management solutions, for roughly $90 million in cash.
Sony Corp. Chairman Howard Stringer promised Thursday to shift the struggling electronics giant from recovery to growth and to make the PlayStation 3 a profit driver despite its bungled rollout.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/21/2007
For the past several weeks, there has been a rush among some Linux vendors to ink patent protection deals with Microsoft. But that may have spurred a backlash, as other Linux companies are asserting their independence by refusing to go along with what they see as knuckling under to Microsoft's legal threats.
Microsoft has done an about-face on virtualization licensing for Windows Vista and decided to maintain the status quo.
Yahoo Inc. thinks it's back on the right track now that co-founder Jerry Yang has replaced Terry Semel as chief executive, but analysts and investors already are wondering whether the shake-up is just a prelude to more radical measures, including a possible sale or breakup of the troubled Internet icon.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/19/2007
A spat that erupted this week between eBay Inc. and Google Inc. after Google tried to siphon attention from the online auctioneer's grand user celebration might presage more tension in one of the Internet's most interesting new rivalries.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/18/2007
Adobe Systems Inc. reported a 24 percent surge in second-quarter profit Thursday, setting a record in revenue and exceeding Wall Street expectations as the software company embarked on its biggest-ever product launch.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/15/2007
Internet advertising will continue to be red-hot into the future, according to a new report, but some cold water was thrown in Google's direction as the same report stated that search-related advertising will lose market share.
Utilize often-overlooked recruiting practices.
- By Thomas Caywood
- 06/15/2007
EU justice chief Franco Frattini said Wednesday that Internet search leader Google Inc. had offered to cut the time it retains data on user searches from the current 24 months to 18 months amid growing concerns it could be violating EU privacy rules.
- By The Associated Press
- 06/13/2007