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12:54 PM Wednesday, May 31, 2006
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SaaS is the acronym for Software as a Service, and it is popping up everywhere. SaaS is software delivered as a service usually in a hosted environment where users pay a monthly subscription for as long as they want to use it. SaaS started out as a consumer
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12:42 PM Friday, May 26, 2006
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Microsoft has been in the news, in a good way, this week. There are so many stories that we can only cover the headlines. Steve Ballmer says Vista is on track for January shipment. This is great news after several delays. Windows Vista Beta 2 was released
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11:40 AM Tuesday, May 16, 2006
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Microsoft partners get $8 of revenue for every $1 to Microsoft. We are talking hundreds of billions of dollars. That is billions with a "B". System Integrators (SIs) large and small do a big business integrating Microsoft products with custom applications
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12:02 PM Saturday, May 13, 2006
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Microsoft held its 6th annual VC Summit yesterday. Over 170 VCs from around the world were invited to attend. Steve Ballmer does the keynote speech every year and many top executives also do presentations at the Summit. The Microsoft VC Summit is an opportunity
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08:12 AM Tuesday, May 09, 2006
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Windows Comes Alive, with apologies to Peter Frampton . Windows Live is the new way for Microsoft to deliver software innovation quickly. Think months instead of years. In just the past week " Live Messenger opens to public " and " Microsoft to launch
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05:17 PM Friday, May 05, 2006
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Adesso Systems chairman John Landry wrote a thought provoking editorial about the long tail of software markets which was republished as an advertorial in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Boston Globe. Mr. Landry says; Adesso is providing
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08:19 AM Monday, May 01, 2006
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Michal Wallace wrote a blog today about his decision to move to Microsoft .Net . Software developers love their tools with almost religious loyalty. It is really tough to abandon your beloved tools and all your existing code bases to try something new.
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