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Source: www.cnet.com --- 15 days ago
"Follow the money" was Deepthroat's suggestion to journalist investigators in the Watergate scandal . Several decades later, that same advice helps to unravel the mystery of why Microsoft keeps upping its investment in Novell's SUSE Linux certificates...while simultaneously denouncing Linux for violating its intellectual property and generally wishing that Linux would cease to exist. As context, Microsoft and Novell today announced an expansion of their 2006 interoperability agreement, which included a controversial covenant not to sue over patent infringement. "The investment focuses on enhanced programs from Novell to provide tools, support, training and resources for customers seeking an enterprise-class Linux platform and specifically, the optimal interoperability solution between Microsoft Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server," writes Fox Business . But it's not the interoperability provisions that anyone is going to be talking about. It's the $100 million in additional SUSE Linux certificates that Microsoft is buying. I know from friends at Novell that customers are indeed lapping these up, but not for the reasons publicly stated (patent protection (Microsoft) and interoperability (Novell). No, the primary reason is that they are cheap . With this underwriting of Linux by Microsoft, Novell is able to sell its Linux software at highly advantageous pricing. As Novell's Linux business has grown, it has been able to ... Source: online.wsj.com --- 13 days ago
Wall Street Journal Tech Briefing ... Source: www.spacemart.com --- 31 days ago
Los Angeles (AFP) July 17, 2008 - Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, on Thursday reported a sharp rise in fourth-quarter and fiscal year Profit but signaled a weak outlook ahead. ... Source: articles.moneycentral.msn.com --- 21 days ago
BOSTON (AP) - VanceInfo Technologies Inc., an offshore software developer in China with clients including Microsoft and IBM, said Thursday its second-quarter Profit surged by more than half, beating Wall Street expectations. ... Source: www.microsoft.com --- 11 hours ago
Gallowglass has expanded to become the premier crewing operator for the United Kingdom (U.K.) events industry. Growth meant its manual resource and financial planning systems needed serious improvement to help employees prepare for an increasing number of events. Following the success of a previous version of Microsoft Dynamics® NAV business management software,Gallowglass upgraded to Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0. Using this technology, Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner TVision Technology built a resource planning solution—Automatic Crew Assignment—to enhance the system, which had already been recognised with a prestigious award from Real Business magazine. The solution doubled the company’s turnover,while administrative staff numbers remained the same. Planning jobs that once took half an hour are handled in minutes and Gallowglass expects to increase Profit margin significantly. ... Source: www.microsoft.com --- 33 days ago
The Otago Clinical Audit and Outcomes Research Unit (Otago Clinical Audit) is a non-Profit organization that provides audit services and audit software to healthcare organizations throughout Australasia. The audit unit wanted to improve its user-friendly audit system based on a Microsoft® Office Access™ database that delivered limited data access capabilities and required extensive data entry. Otago Clinical Audit Unit partnered Microsoft® Gold Certified Partner Intergen to migrate its database to Microsoft® SQL Server® 2005 and to further develop and market the improved system. Now, with an easier-to-manage, robust, and more secure audit system, both the audit unit and users of the system can enhance analysis of surgical performance and facilitate research with other hospitals across New Zealand and Australia that adopt the Otago Clinical Audit System. ... Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 17 days ago
Earlier today, Zoho sent over an intriguing email with a whole bunch of numbers and spreadsheet demonstrating why Google in particular is not likely to be a threat to the company. It makes interesting reading. The argument goes something like this: Google's revenue and Profit per employee, almost wholly derived from advertising, is so far ahead of application providers like Microsoft and SAP that it simply isn't worth Google's time or money to invest heavily in the applications part of its business. Here is how Sridhar Vembu, CEO of AdventNet, Zoho's part company describes the position: We simply don't believe Google has the rational business incentive to go deep into the business/IT software category. The lower revenue and Profit... ... Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 2 days ago
Google’s Tim Armstrong talked up YouTube’s Profit potential and dished a bit on Microsoft’s cashback program to gin up search market share. Armstrong also declined to chat about IE 8 and the possibility that Google launched the Chrome browser to combat its privacy feature. Armstrong, speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York, had a [...] ... Source: www.marketwatch.com --- 1 hour ago
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks continued to struggle in early trading Thursday, as a warning from networking-equipment maker Ciena Corp. highlighted the sector's negative action. Ciena shares fell $3.86, or more than 22%, to $13.54 after the company reported a large drop in its third-quarter Profit and cut its fourth-quarter sales outlook. Other losses came from Cisco Systems Inc. , Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. . The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index fell 19 points to 2,314. ... Source: blogs.zdnet.com --- 2 days ago
Google's Tim Armstrong talked up YouTube's Profit potential and dished a bit on Microsoft's cashback program to gin up search market share. Armstrong also declined to chat about IE 8 and the possibility that Google launched the Chrome browser to combat its privacy feature. Armstrong, speaking at the Citigroup Technology Conference in New York, had a fireside chat with Mark Mahaney. Much of Armstrong's comments were mentioned before, but here are a few highlights. YouTube can scale and be profitable. Armstrong and Google execs have been singing the YouTube Profit song for many quarters. This go-round Armstrong said YouTube is a main topic among ad agencies and that advertisers "want three things: Better brand, more traffic, more revenue. YouTube has... ... Source: blogs.wsj.com --- 8 days ago
Microsoft fired the latest volley in the new browser wars on Wednesday, releasing the latest version of Internet Explorer to the public. Our quick take: Microsoft wouldnt need an ad campaign featuring Jerry Seinfeld if it came out with more products like this. Earlier this summer, Mozilla, a non-Profit software-development group, [...] ... Source: www.eweek.com --- 25 days ago
Google and Microsoft jump on Markle Foundation's Connecting for Health initiative. - With a majority of Americans supportive of electronic medical records but still wary of the privacy implications, the non-Profit Markle Foundation moved June 25 to create a national framework of standards. The effort drew the immediate praise and endorsement of Google, Microsoft and a host of othe... ... Source: games.cfox.com --- 15 hours ago
Microsoft Corp. today announced it will offer the gaming and entertainment console, which offers the leading Xbox LIVE service, at a new low price in the United States. Beginning Sept. 5, Xbox 360 Arcade will retail for the estimated retail price of $199.99, the Xbox 360 console for $299.99 and Xbox 360 Elite for $399.99. History shows that more than 75 percent of all console sales happen after the price falls below the $200 mark. For millions of consumers who have been waiting for the perfect time to buy an Xbox 360 console, their moment has finally arrived. At $199, Xbox 360 is the most affordable next-generation console on the market, offering something for everyone with the most dynamic, interactive entertainment experiences available. Xbox 360 Arcade plus a 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold Membership and a Netflix subscription costs $100 less than 12 months of digital cable. Xbox 360 invites everyone into a limitless world where the best games, movies and TV shows can be enjoyed live side-by-side with your personal pictures and music library. Well it's about time... I mean that they confirm it, not drop the price. But this does look like the beginning of a price cut war. Sony can't compete as they're already losing money and well Nintendo has been making a Profit from the Wii since day 1. If they need to I'm sure they can shave some of the price off the Wii. $225, $200 anyone? ... Source: www.infoworld.com --- 19 hours ago
A low-cost XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) that carries both Windows and Linux will be out within the next month or so, according to an OLPC official. The dual-boot XO laptop was originally expected to be available in August or September. The new device will allow users to boot up the OS they prefer, either Microsoft Windows XP or the Linux-based Sugar OS originally found on the XO. [ See the related story Amazon to sell OLPC XO laptops . And get the latest on mobile developments with InfoWorld's Mobile Report newsletter . ] The new device is important to the spread of the XO around the world. OLPC started as an attempt to build a $100 laptop and work with governments to pass them out to kids in poor nations around the world. But some governments have said they don't want the XO laptop, no matter how cheap it is, unless it has Windows. "Some countries have been adamant about using Microsoft software," said Matt Keller, OLPC's director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa, in an interview Wednesday. A high-level government official in Egypt was among the first to tell OLPC that his country only wanted the XO if it could run Windows. Now that OLPC has announced the dual-boot version of the laptop, Egypt plans to use them in schools, Keller said. There has been some disagreement at OLPC about working with Microsoft and speculators have attributed some high profile departures from the non-Profit to its decision ... Source: seekingalpha.com --- 20 minutes ago
Kofi Bofah submits: I am forecasting that General Motors (GM) will be the next American icon to be unceremoniously banished from The Dow Jones Industrial Average [DJIA]. The Dow is a benchmark of 30 stocks that serve as a gauge to the performance of the overall United States stock market. These equities are a "Who's Who" of American commerce, and include such industry heavyweights as: ExxonMobil (XOM), Procter & Gamble (PG), IBM (IBM), Microsoft (MSFT), Bank of America (BAC), and 3M (MMM). Wall Street has applied valuations, or market capitalizations averaging $130 billion, for each Dow component stock. Excluding General Motors, the 29 remaining enterprises generated 2007 net incomes of $9.36 billion per issue. We shall contrast these statistics to General Motors. The Detroit automaker has been assigned a paltry market capitalization of $5.8 billion by investors and rang up a hideous $38.7 billion in 2007 losses. GM has not turned a Profit since 2004, and is the sickening albatross of the Dow 30. Complete Story » ... Source: www.linuxjournal.com --- 7 days ago
This certainly qualifies as an interesting development. CBC is reporting that FACIL, a non-Profit organization that promotes the adoption of free software in Quebec, is suing the provincial government for buying Microsoft software. More specifically, they are alleging that Quebec's provincial government refuses to allow competing bids (including bids from free software vendors) in preference of large players like Microsoft. Allow me to quote from the CBC article. read more ... Source: www.windowsitpro.com --- 29 days ago
Microsoft has allied with various tech giants and a non-Profit group to tout energy-efficient "green" computing. This effort, however, is aimed at consumers, and includes free energy-saving software called Edison that is a scaled-down version of a product ... Source: www.tgdaily.com --- 8 days ago
The never ending story of Immersions Touchsense patent infringement suit against Sony and Microsoft has finally come to an end, with an example of legal brilliancy. While Microsoft was sued and was ordered to pay $26 million, the company made a deal that in the end enabled it to get Immersions technology for free and a Profit on top of it. ... Source: seekingalpha.com --- 34 days ago
Frank Rong submits: The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets have talked about the demise of the credit card industry for decades now. Yet credit card businesses are truly one of the best businesses I have ever seen. I can't find a single person in the news media positive about the credit card industry. And those people who are bearish on the credit card business simply never understand the economics of the business. The credit card industry is one of the most profitable industries in the United States with annual earnings in the $30 billion range. Many people might be surprised to learn that a single credit card issuer -- MBNA -- earned 1.5 times more Profit than McDonald's (MCD) in 2004. Citibank (C), another major credit card issuer, earns more Profit than both Microsoft (MSFT) and Wal-Mart (WMT). Complete Story » ... Source: www.overclockersclub.com --- 31 days ago
The battle for market share amongst the current generation of consoles is heating up, with the PS3 selling considerably better than it did at launch and the Wii and Xbox 360 still selling strongly. One of the biggest reasons Nintendo's console has gained such a big chunk of the market is that low price point. MS has been closing the gap in this regard and looks to go one step further with a possible price drop for the Arcade model (without a HDD) in early September. That would make the sub $200 Arcade the cheapest available console, with MS stating in the past that $199.99 is the sweet spot for console sales. Whether Microsoft will be making a Profit at that price is hard to say (revisions to the console have brought production costs down, but maybe not that considerably), as is whether that price would last if introduced. Expect solid conformation closer to the date. ... Find more results for Microsoft Profit on RSSMicro.com |
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