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An Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

whitepaper An Introduction by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer View Microsoft's Webcast to see how you can use Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and learn about the importance of CRM from Martha Rogers, globally recognized leader in customer strategy and relationship...

Tags: back-office

[11 May 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08

Round-Up According to an open letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo! deal fell through, Ballmer and co started sniffing around Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to see if he was interested in selling the $15bn-rated social networking site.

Tags: yahoo, microsoft, governement

[09 May 2008]

Yahoo! - Microsoft walks away

News After three months of negotiations, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer raised his offer for Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned   Ballmer on Yahoo! In a letter to Yang over the weekend, Ballmer warned that any deal between...

Tags: bid, yahoo, microsoft

[06 May 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Price in mind and not "a dime" more

News Microsoft chief executive, Steve Ballmer, told employees he has a figure in mind as to what Yahoo! Ballmer told the Journal: "Look at all the properties on the internet - everything on the internet. Among those Ballmer named were AOL, Facebook...

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[02 May 2008]

Microsoft board meets over Yahoo! - but no decisions

News Meanwhile, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer, who is also a member of the board, has appeared ready in recent days to abandon the offer since Yahoo! Ballmer had said last week that Microsoft was considering walking away from the deal.

Tags: bid, microsoft, yahoo

[01 May 2008]

Dell and HP find ways to keep Windows XP alive

News As for whether a broader reprieve might yet come for XP, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has left the door open a crack. Ballmer said in Belgium recently, according to Reuters: "XP will hit an end-of-life.

Tags: xp, vista, hp, dell

[28 Apr 2008]

Microsoft dashes Yahoo!'s hopes of higher bid

News He was echoing a public threat made by chief executive Steve Ballmer at a conference near Milan on Wednesday that Microsoft would withdraw its cash-and-stock offer, originally for $31 a share, if Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[25 Apr 2008]

Ballmer: Windows XP may live and breathe for longer

News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said the company could re-evaluate its plans to phase out Windows XP by 30 June, if customers demand it stick around. According to Reuters, during a news conference Ballmer said: "XP will hit an end-of-life.

Tags: vista, xp, windows, microsoft

[24 Apr 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Microsoft prepared to walk away

News if the two sides can't agree on a price, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday. Speaking at a technology conference near Milan, Ballmer said Yahoo! Ballmer said: "We're prepared to move forward without a merger with Yahoo!

Tags: steve ballmer, microsoft, yahoo, google

[24 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer had signalled before the report's release that nothing Yahoo! Ballmer said yesterday during a visit to Morocco, in comments first reported by Reuters: "I wish Yahoo!

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08

Round-Up If you listen very carefully, you can still hear the sonic boom of Steve Ballmer's roar echoing throughout time and space. Reward: £1,000. An elaborate stunt dreamed up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International is offering a...

Tags: windows, yahoo, gordon brown, microsoft

[11 Apr 2008]

Microsoft deals Yahoo! an ultimatum

News Steve Ballmer, Microsoft chief executive, stated in his letter to Yahoo! s board is expected to discuss Ballmer's letter next week, as well as provide a briefing on how talks between the two companies went last week, one source said.

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[07 Apr 2008]

Microsoft touches the Surface of AT&T

News And, although Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said he wants the consumer version of Surface speeded up, Thompson said he also wants to make sure the company doesn't disappoint its earliest customers, who are all large businesses.

Tags: at&t, surface, microsoft

[02 Apr 2008]

Google voices Yahoo! bid concerns

News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer pledged earlier this month that his company would gain market share against Google in online advertising and web searching, even if it led to his "last breath" at the company.

Tags: google, yahoo, microsoft, executive

[17 Mar 2008]

Microsoft and Yahoo! in 'informal' merger talks

News This adds further clarity to comments Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made at the CeBIT tech trade show a couple of weeks ago, in which he said "'there is a range of dialogue' for both companies about the proposed takeover," as cited in an Associated...

Tags: microsoft, yahoo!, aol, ceo

[14 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 07.03.08

Round-Up The final word on the debacle comes from CEO Steve Ballmer who was also copied in on the email trail. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer hasn't. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer - him again - has gone all green and claimed that more efficient use...

Tags: vista, microsoft, steve, battle

[07 Mar 2008]

Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green

News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one of the company's main priorities for the future, despite the fact the company has been widely criticised for producing processor-hungry software.

Tags: windows xp, consumers, operating system, machines

[06 Mar 2008]

Steve Ballmer: Yahoo! bid still 'makes sense'

News s rejection of the bid, Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer said. Ballmer said: "There's been a range of dialogue and there's a range of alternatives being considered. Microsoft officials did not respond to questions asking to clarify whether...

Tags: steve ballmer, yahoo, bid, microsoft

[04 Mar 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 29.02.08

Round-Up As the news sent shockwaves across the globe, the Round-Up was delighted to note that at a press conference announcing the seismic shift, CEO Steve Ballmer and his co-joined executives decided they would eschew ties to adopt the relaxed, anti...

Tags: microsoft, torvalds, robots, open source

[29 Feb 2008]

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 gets cautious welcome

News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched Windows Server 2008 this week, calling it the most significant Windows Server release since the first version. Steve Gediking, head of IT & facilities, Independent Police Complaints Commission

Tags: microsoft, cio jury, windows server 2008, cio

[28 Feb 2008]

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