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One Thing That Will Remain The Same Is The Price to U.S. Consumers
Sep 18, 2013While Windows 8.1 promises many changes from Windows 8, one thing that will remain the same is the price to U.S. consumers. For people who are on Windows 7 and previous editions of the OS, the standard version of Windows 8.1 will cost ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Office Cash Cow Was Not Immune to The Historic Decline in PC Sales
Jul 19, 2013Microsoft's Business Division (MBD), the company's biggest money maker for 10 out of the last 11 quarters thanks to its Office cash cow, was not immune to the historic decline in PC sales, Microsoft acknowledged Thursday. MBD recorded ...
Tags: PC Sales, Office Revenue
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Today,However,Microsoft Declined to Put That in Stone
May 10, 2013Microsoft yesterday took a swipe at long-time partner Adobe for the latter's wholesale shift to rent-not-buy software subscriptions, and along the way seemed to promise it would continue to offer Office as old-school perpetual licenses for ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Microsoft
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Microsoft's Business Division Recorded a 5% Revenue Bump in The First Quarter
Apr 24, 2013Microsoft's Business division, which manages the company's Office cash cow, recorded a 5% revenue bump in the first quarter over the same period in 2012, an increase driven by a surge in enterprises signing long-term licensing agreements. ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products
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Microsoft Has Launched The Latest Version of Its MDOP Suite of It Management Tools
Apr 15, 2013Microsoft has released the latest version of its Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) suite of IT management tools, an upgrade that deepens its ability to manage Windows 8 PC deployments. MDOP 2013, available now via download for the ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Computer Products
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Microsoft on Monday Released a Public Beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2
Apr 11, 2013Microsoft on Monday released a public beta of Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2), the first major update to the suite in almost two years. The preview of Office 2010 SP2 can be downloaded from Microsoft's Connect website, the company said. ...
Tags: Computer Products, Microsoft
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The More Information That Leaks About Windows 8's Expected Summer Upgrade
Apr 9, 2013The more information that leaks about Windows 8's expected summer upgrade, dubbed "Blue" by Microsoft, the more questions that pop up, analysts said today. And with very few exceptions, customers don't have answers. The latest tidbit ...
Tags: Windows, Apple system
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Google Apps to Enterprises by Playing on Their Fears About Recent Changes to Office
Mar 21, 2013A cloud service broker is pitching Google Apps to enterprises by playing on their fears about recent changes Microsoft's made to Office. Atlanta-based Cloud Sherpas has had success moving Google Apps for Business by focusing on two major ...
Tags: Google APPs, Computer Products, software
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Oracle Released Emergency Patches for Java to Address Two Critical Vulnerabilities
Mar 6, 2013Oracle released emergency patches for Java on Monday to address two critical vulnerabilities, one of which is actively being exploited by hackers in targeted attacks. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809, are ...
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Oracle Released Emergency Patches for Java on Monday
Mar 6, 2013Oracle released emergency patches for Java on Monday to address two critical vulnerabilities, one of which is actively being exploited by hackers in targeted attacks. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2013-1493 and CVE-2013-0809, are ...
Tags: Oracle, Emergency Fix, Java Vulnerabilities
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Microsoft May Upgrade Office 2013 as Often as Four Times a Year
Mar 5, 2013Microsoft may upgrade Office 2013 as often as four times a year, the company's top Office executive said this week, a massive change from decades of more measured development. The faster release pace for Office has been repeatedly touted ...
Tags: Microsoft, Office 2013, company news
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Microsoft Realizes Its Current Licensing Revenue Is Threatened by Cost-Cutting Customers
Mar 4, 2013The launch of new and revised Office 365 software-by-subscription plans for businesses shows that Microsoft realizes its current licensing revenue is threatened by cost-cutting customers, an analyst said yesterday. "Microsoft wants to ...
Tags: Office 365, Microsoft, licensing practice
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Microsoft Is Wielding The Big Stick of Dramatically Higher Custom Support Costs
Feb 25, 2013Microsoft is wielding the big stick of dramatically higher custom support costs as it pushes enterprises to abandon the 11-year-old Windows XP, an analyst said today. Custom support plans, which Microsoft negotiates on a ...
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Some Major Computer Makers Are Pushing Office 365 with Their New PCs
Feb 24, 2013Some major computer makers are pushing Office 365 with their new PCs, but others have stuck with a more traditional bundling tactic of including a factory-installed, single-licence trial. “[Microsoft is] very clearly heading towards ...
Tags: Dell, major computer makers, Microsoft
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Oracle Releases New Java Security Updates and Accelerates The Release of Java Patches
Feb 22, 2013Oracle released new Java security updates on Tuesday and announced plans to accelerate the release of future Java patches following recent attacks that have infected computers with malware by exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities in Java ...
