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Microsoft On Schedule for Big Launch November 30
by Alex Woodie
Microsoft is gearing up for a huge product launch on November 30. That's when the company will officially announce the business availability of a whole raft of new products, including Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Exchange Server 2007. Microsoft has spent years working on these products--particularly Windows Vista--and it's almost time to find out if the real-world demand can match Microsoft's hype. READ MORE >
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Microsoft Shakes Up Licensing for ERP and CRM Products
by Alex Woodie
This week at the Convergence 2006 EMEA conference in Germany, Microsoft unveiled a new hosted subscription licensing model for its Dynamics ERP products that's similar to what it's offered for its CRM package for some time. The company also announced a new version of its Dynamics CRM software designed to work with Windows Vista and the family of Office 2007 products, and unveiled the Software as a Service (SaaS) On-Ramp Program to help its partners sell and deliver their products over the Web.READ MORE >
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Gateway Begins Shipping Opteron-Based Servers<
by Timothy Prickett Morgan
As it hinted it would do a month ago, struggling server and PC maker Gateway announced today that it has begun delivering Opteron-based servers to market. Gateway is hoping to boost its revenues and profits by becoming a supplier of servers based on Intel's Xeon processors and Advanced Micro Devices' Opterons. While Gateway has shipped servers for a number of years, the company has only recently begun to get its product line in synch with the X64 server industry at large. READ MORE >
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Microsoft and Novell in Landmark Partnership
by Alex Woodie
Longtime competitors Microsoft and Novell unveiled a partnership last week designed to foster a greater level of interoperability between Windows and Novell's SUSE Linux distribution. The companies say the partnership resolves several long running issues, including difficulty in managing joint Windows-Linux environments, as well as patent and intellectual property issues regarding co-existence of the two operating systems. Microsoft also issued a covenant not to sue individual developers of open source software. READ MORE >
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Reader Feedback and Insights
We value your feedback and insights. Feel free to send a letter to the editor. Letters may be printed, unless otherwise specified, and edited for clarity or length. READ MORE >
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Editor: Alex Woodie
Contributing Editors: Dan Burger, Joe Hertvik, Shannon O'Donnell,
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Publisher and Advertising Director: Jenny Thomas
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