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Developers always have been the target audience for Microsofts Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Going into PDC 2005, the companys message isnt wavering. It is, however, expanding. Microsoft is seeking to grow substantially the group it defines as “developers” by making available to them new tools and interfaces that it is hoping to convince them to […]

NetGear has a new networked data storage device for the home and SOHO market while Quantum announces a modular tape automation platform. From NuView, theres a new solution that speeds recovery time of disk-based backup. Tandberg Data has a network backup appliance ready for SMBs and Symantec and Overland Storage have joined together to offer […]

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Microsoft is continuing to seek to undo the negative perception many customers share about its Software Assurance subscription-licensing program. On Sept. 15, the company is set to unveil via Webcast the latest bunch of new benefits designed to entice more customers to sign up for Software Assurance. Among the enhancements set to be unveiled are […]

Too many managers are like my old co-worker Sergei. He had successfully escaped the Soviet Union in the early 70s, worked hard, saved his money and bought his first car, an old beater Datsun 510 that was baboon-butt ugly. Among other major drawbacks, it had a paint job pitted from being downwind from a DuPont […]

In your Aug. 22 editorial, “The Road to Broadband,” your position is heavily biased against the telephone companies. Ever since Ernestine [comedian Lily Tomlins telephone operator character], it seems to be good fun to pick on the telcos. Why not go after the cable companies? You know—the companies that cherished every roadblock the Federal Communications […]

For the past few months, Microsoft Corp. has been turning up the volume on its midmarket plans. On Wednesday, the companys top brass is set to unveil Microsofts comprehensive midmarket product and channel strategy. While Microsoft officials declined to talk specifics prior to the Wednesday Business Summit, to which the Redmond, Wash., software vendor has […]

Outlook Users Prophet from Add-on One of my favorite add-ons for Outlook, Avidian Technologies Prophet 2004 CRM application, recently received several nice additions, including the ability to synchronize data with the Palm. Prophet 2004, which shipped earlier this summer, starts at $99 per user for the Palm edition and $199 per user for the MSDE-based […]

Microsoft has established a new and rather odd post, corporate vice president of global health strategy, and has filled it with a former Softie who once was responsible for Microsofts OS/2 strategy. That executive, Peter Neupert, also has a number of health-related credentials to his credit. Most recently, Neupert served as chairman of Drugstore.com. In […]

While Office 12, Microsofts next-generation desktop suite, is not expected to hit Beta 1 until later this fall, Microsoft officials are set to show off a number of its components at the companys annual Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in mid-September. Recent developer conferences have focused almost exclusively on operating system and tools futures. But this […]

As the data being collected and stored across enterprises becomes more critical and complex, EMC Corp. is looking at new security, resource management and storage virtualization capabilities as key elements of a strategy to corral storage functionality. Joe Tucci, CEO of EMC, of Hopkinton, Mass., plans to take advantage of the changing storage landscape. He […]

Microsoft has decided against enhancing its Services for Unix (SFU) product and will not release any new versions of it going forward, according to company officials. SFU is a Unix environment designed to run on top of the Windows kernel. It includes hundreds of Unix utilities, scripting shells and other Unix services. Microsoft has decided […]