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Microsoft Unified Communications technologies can help your business integrate telephone-based tasks such as phone calls, voicemail and conferencing with computer-based tasks such as documentation, spreadsheets, instant messaging, email and calendars. It's simple, streamlined and highly scalable. And we call it Unified Communications.

Microsoft delivers its first SaaS suite

Microsoft delivers its first SaaS suite

Microsoft has announced Exchange and Office SharePoint will be available as online subscription services for US customers from today, and for UK customers from spring time next year.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 18 2008 3:26PM Software
Windows 7 fronts wider growth trend for WPF

Windows 7 fronts wider growth trend for WPF

Windows 7 may be the tip of the iceberg for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) adoption in the enterprise as both Microsoft and ISV platforms start to bed it down within their applications.
Ry Crozier Nov 17 2008 3:01PM Software
Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel

Microsoft downgraded Vista Capable specs to help Intel

Numerous emails exchanged by Microsoft and Intel executives have revealed that Microsoft knowingly cut its 'Vista Capable' PC specifications to help Intel flog rafts of cheap kit.
Egan Orion Nov 17 2008 7:06AM Software
New deal for Microsoft CRM customers

New deal for Microsoft CRM customers

New customers wanting to pay for Microsoft's Dynamics and CRM software in monthly instalments can now do so free of interest for the first three years.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Software
Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft launches online store

Microsoft has launched an online store where customers can download the company's software, and where US residents can buy the company's hardware products.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 15 2008 10:20AM Hardware
Microsoft SharePoint security concerns surface

Microsoft SharePoint security concerns surface

Sensitive data at risk from Microsoft collaboration platform, according to
research.
Phil Muncaster Nov 14 2008 9:34AM Security
Microsoft unveils new server tech for SMBs

Microsoft unveils new server tech for SMBs

Microsoft unleashed its latest range of enterprise-class server technologies for medium and small businesses yesterday, claiming it would give firms a competitive boost and help cut costs.
Sylvie Barak Nov 14 2008 6:37AM Software
‘Cavalier’ Google burning enterprise Apps bridge

‘Cavalier’ Google burning enterprise Apps bridge

Google’s strategy of sneaking its hosted applications into enterprise environments without the knowledge of IT appears to be working, but its ‘cavalier’ attitude to the enterprise way of doing things may also be its undoing, Gartner has said.
Ry Crozier Nov 13 2008 2:16PM Software
Good green vendors are hard to find

Good green vendors are hard to find

HP, Fujitsu and IBM have topped one of the world’s first in-depth studies into the actual green credentials of ICT suppliers, as many of their counterparts were publicly named and shamed for their lack of action or refusing to even participate.
Ry Crozier Nov 13 2008 10:10AM Hardware
Microsoft patches ancient bug

Microsoft patches ancient bug

Microsoft has finally got around to patching security flaws for Windows and Office, including a critical bug that had been publicly disclosed nearly two years ago.
Nick Farrell Nov 13 2008 12:23AM Security
Microsoft doles out two patches for four flaws

Microsoft doles out two patches for four flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday delivered fixes for four vulnerabilities, three labelled critical, as part of its monthly security update.
Dan Kaplan Nov 12 2008 11:04AM Security
Netbooks eat into Microsoft revenues

Netbooks eat into Microsoft revenues

Netbooks may be little, but they seem to be causing big problems for Microsoft, which blames them for a drop in first-quarter earnings and decreased revenues, despite increased sales of Microsoft operating systems.
Sylvie Barak Nov 11 2008 6:31AM Software
Microsoft opts for Windows 7 for next embedded release

Microsoft opts for Windows 7 for next embedded release

Microsoft has confirmed that the next version of Windows Embedded will be built on Windows 7.
Daniel Robinson Nov 11 2008 6:24AM Software
Unified Comms experts talk about ROI, Google, govt and philosophy

Unified Comms experts talk about ROI, Google, govt and philosophy

At the Frost & Sullivan ICT Roundtable, representatives from five major unified communications (UC) firms talked about demonstrating ROI to potential clients, the philosophy behind product development, the use of UC in government and Google's role in the expanding market.
Kathryn Small Nov 10 2008 3:02PM Software
Microsoft-only patchers will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability

Microsoft-only patchers will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability

Shavlik Technologies has claimed that organisations that rely on patch management solutions limited to Microsoft-only applications will be hit by the Adobe vulnerability.
Dan Raywood Nov 10 2008 10:36AM Security
Microsoft reports new malware attacking vulnerability

Microsoft reports new malware attacking vulnerability

Microsoft has reported 'strong deployments' of the MS08-067 Security Bulletin.
SC Australia Staff Nov 10 2008 10:36AM Security
Microsoft to deliver a pair of November fixes

Microsoft to deliver a pair of November fixes

Microsoft is preparing to release a pair of updates next Tuesday.
Shaun Nichols Nov 10 2008 1:15AM Security
Ballmer encourages broadband development to speed Azure

Ballmer encourages broadband development to speed Azure

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has given his ’encouragement’ to the Australian government and telcos to come together and ’get on with’ making high-speed broadband in Australia a reality.
Ry Crozier Nov 7 2008 12:04PM Software
Microsoft preps two patches for Tuesday

Microsoft preps two patches for Tuesday

Security administrators may get a respite on Tuesday, with Microsoft planning to release only two patches, one deemed "critical."
Dan Kaplan Nov 7 2008 9:54AM Security
Opinion: It's time to pull the plug on PowerPoint

Opinion: It's time to pull the plug on PowerPoint

In the era of the podcast and myriad other pervasive, rich media, view-anytime communications technologies, do we need live presentations?
Steve Hipwell Nov 6 2008 2:56PM Software

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