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Ballmer: Expect seamless move to cloud
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer calls for developers to make applications Web-ready, saying customers will expect a seamless crossover from the desktop.
Tags: Web services, Web servers, Server platforms, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Piracy, Web Application, Houston, software, system administrator
S'pore among first to get Microsoft online suite
News Singapore, Australia and New Zealand will be the first countries in the Asia-Pacific region to get Microsoft's hosted Web service suite next year.
Tags: E-mail servers, Groupware, work flow software, Instant messaging, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Software, Microsoft Corp., Investment, Small And Medium Business, Houston, financial
Indian outsourcers using slump to get bigger
News Bangalore's IT services companies preparing for next economic upturn by rethinking strategy and hiring more workers, and taking opportunity to boost productivity.
Tags: Business applications, Services, IT training, HCL Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Wipro Technologies, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Outsourcing, India, Outsourcing Company
Microsoft readies pay-as-you-go business apps
News Enabling telecommuting is likely to be a selling point for the productivity and "deskless worker" tools in the Microsoft Online Services lineup.
Tags: Web services, Business applications, Software, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, Microsoft Corp., Security, business productivity, Houston, MSN Hotmail
Red Hat chief: We're 'tough to do business with'
News Jim Whitehurst, still new on the job, says Red Hat is trying to change its image as a company with "great technology" that's "not the easiest" to work with.
Tags: Linux, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, software company, Houston, software, software development, MBA, Rice University, Linux
How Microsoft plans to make its mark in CRM
Insight newsmaker The software giant is well placed to take the lead in the CRM arena with its on-demand and packaged software, not to mention a US$1 billion annual infrastructure budget, says exec Brad Wilson.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Strategy, Utility computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Microsoft Corp., CRM, e-Service, On-demand, Sales, TCO
HP to shutter Calif. plant
News Aiming to consolidate some server manufacturing in Houston, Hewlett-Packard plans to close a California plant that makes servers and storage products, CNET News.com has learned.
Disney may lobby against AOL-Time Warner merger
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NT 4 laggards get reprieve on support
News Support for the server version of Windows NT 4 is set to run out this year--but they can still get help if they pay for it, Microsoft says.
Software pirate to pay US$1.1 million
News Award to Microsoft and Symantec is result of plea agreement in a case in Houston in which the defendant admitted he sold pirated software.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Lawsuits, Piracy, Legal
"Consultant" indicted in hacking
News A Houston man was indicted on two counts of computer fraud he allegedly broke into the Harris County Clerk office's wireless network to demonstrate its insecurity.
Prodigy plans to buy Web-hosting division
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Trickster convicted after posting phony Lucent warning
News A Texas day trader was convicted of stock fraud today for posting a phony profit warning for Lucent Technologies on an Internet message board.
Yahoo closes chat rooms over child sex concerns
News Pepsi and others pull ads amid worries that adults were using the chat rooms to seduce minors.
Tags: Web sites, Digital media
Microsoft to update final Windows 2000 patch
News Compatibility issues prompt software maker to tweak what it hoped would be the final update for the venerable OS.
