Blogs Posts in Softwares category; 14 blog posts

Analysis: Do enterprises want Microsoft Office on tablet com...

Microsoft announced earlier this month that its Office suite of applications will be available on ARM-based tablet devices this year. But is this what enterprises want, or do tablets need to see greater enterprise-level penetration? And w [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Microsoft buys data center software firm Opalis

Microsoft said Friday that it has acquired Toronto-based Opalis Software, a maker of data center management software. The company did not disclose financial details of the transaction, but said that the move will augment its System Center l [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Exclusive: Microsoft to acquire Opalis Software

The deal has been rumored as on and off-again for months, but we just got a tip from source familiar with the transaction that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is today signing off on the acquisition of Opalis Software, a venture-backed maker [...]

Posted On : Dec, 11 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft Pats Its Back for New Xbox Live Features

Last week, Microsoft brought Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and the Zune Marketplace to Xbox Live. And it’s been a rousing success! According to Microsoft, at least.The company says nearly two million people signed into Facebook from Xbox [...]

Posted On : Nov, 25 2009 | Comments : 0

Report: Microsoft May Pay News Corp. to Delist From Google

Microsoft has discussed paying News Corp. to remove its news Web sites from Google's search results and list them on its Bing search engine instead, The Financial Times reported Sunday on its Web site. Microsoft also approached other major [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

Why Windows Azure is the Future of Microsoft (and Enterprise...

One of the advantages of a being a relatively ancient industry analyst is the ability to look back on over 25 years of innovation and spot the real paradigm shifts amidst the updates, revisions, and otherwise mundane changes that attempt, b [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's Smartphone Software Store Expands to Windows Mob...

Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft's on-device app store for smartphones, was once available only for devices running the latest version of Windows Mobile, but support has now been extended to models running previous versions. Window [...]

Posted On : Nov, 17 2009 | Comments : 0

Excise duty uppercuts software firms

Windows 7, Adobe, Symantec software stuck at customs over excise duty Retail consignments, worth several lakhs of rupees, of over-the-counter (OTC) or packaged software from majors like Microsoft and Adobe are understood to be held up at im [...]

Posted On : Nov, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft's foray in online services

When IBM sold its computer division to Chinese giant Lenovo a few years ago to concentrate on hardware and software services, more than just a few eyebrows were raised. But guess what? The move paid off so well that both Lenovo and IBM are [...]

Posted On : Nov, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Windows 7 upgrade problems vex users

Microsoft’s new operating system (OS), Windows 7, has been out since a week now. Though the product had a successful launch, and the early sales appeared strong, things do not seem to be working very well for the OS. Microsoft& [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Windows 7's hidden gems - Feature

Washington - Windows 7's headline features naturally get all the attention. If you have read anything about Microsoft's latest operating system, you probably already know that Windows 7 is faster, more compatible, and less annoying than Win [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft already hard at work on Windows 8

Windows 7 is a roaring success in terms of sales (even if that pesky “endless reboot” question is causing headaches for Microsoft) but it seems the firm is already looking to the future. Job postings for roles related to the OS& [...]

Posted On : Oct, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft reliable as ever

Thailand - It was to be expected, less than a week after the official launch of Windows 7, Microsoft's all singing and dancing new operating system, that reports would emerge from disgruntled users complaining about their upgrade woes. Th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Microsoft: An Upbeat Launch for Windows 7

What a difference a debacle makes. Three years ago, Microsoft's introduction of the supposedly new, improved version of its flagship operating system was plagued by problems of every stripe. Vista, then the latest version of Windows, was ye [...]