Windows XP - Invincible?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, IT strategy, Microsoft on October 8, 2008 at 11:53 am
So, the day of execution for Windows XP has been lifted…once again. Have we just fallen in love with Teletubby landscapes, and feel-good factors such as ‘My Documents’, ‘My Computer’, and ‘My PC needs a reboot after that upgrade…’? Read more
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Google Vs. Microsoft - Office Politics
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Google, Microsoft on July 18, 2008 at 10:38 am
The announcement (Thursday 17th July) by The Telegraph Media Group (TMG) that Google Apps will replace Microsoft Office as the productivity suite for its 1400 employees should send a warning call to Microsoft. In my mind it’s a bombshell! Not that Microsoft will mourn the loss of 1400 business users (a drop in the ocean of its installed customer base), but for what the move represents. Read more
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Goodbye XP… Ten Days to Go
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT strategy, Microsoft on June 20, 2008 at 2:25 pm
As of June 30, large PC makers will no longer be able to sell Windows XP-based PCs, at least on mainstream notebooks and desktops. Retailers will also have only until their current supply is exhausted to sell boxed copies of the operating system. Despite a brief “Save XP” movement (and continued criticism of Windows Vista from many corners), it appears that Microsoft is not going to change the deadline, which is now just 10 days away. Read more
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You cannot be serious!
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Microsoft Dynamics, IT Success, business goals, Microsoft on March 27, 2008 at 2:28 pm
“The biggest decision we’ve made is to push into business applications,” declared Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the Dynamics-based Convergence conference in Florida last week. “I still get asked “is Microsoft a serious player in business applications?’” The answer it seems is, yes. “This is mission-critical for us,” thundered Ballmer. (myCustomer.com 18/03/08)
The question of whether Microsoft is serious about business software is really a non-starter. Read more
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Microsoft’s Answer to the Google Challenge
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Microsoft Dynamics, Business processes, Microsoft on March 16, 2008 at 7:44 pm
In 2007, Google threw down the gauntlet to Microsoft. After years of denying that it was after the Microsoft Office space, the gloves came off, and following a spate of acquisitions incorporating word processing, spreadsheet, and other applications, the free bundle was revealed to the world as “Google Apps”. Read more
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Microsoft and Yahoo! What’s the end game?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT strategy, business goals, Collaboration, Microsoft on February 11, 2008 at 10:26 am
Let’s say for arguments sake that Microsoft is successful in its takeover of Yahoo! Where does Microsoft see the end game? Granted that the biggest driver here is advertising revenue, but is that it? Will we get a Google imitation - just some software originally developed ‘the old way’, client-server and standalone products, others online apps? Read more
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How Much! In Defence of Microsoft
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in SME, Microsoft on January 31, 2008 at 10:12 am
One of the most annoying questions asked of IT professionals apart from the ubiquitous “How long will it take?” must be, “How much?” In truth, we are irritated by these two words because they are more a statement than question. What is implied is “where is the value in that?” Read more
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Do Kids Really Learn at School?
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in IT Success, Government policy, Microsoft on January 6, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Do schools actually teach our kids anything? I don’t mean do they teach facts and figures and dates and numbers and poems… what I mean is, do schools ever teach our children how to think? Do they open the possibility for creative thought, lateral thinking, allowing for the production of new and exciting ideas to explore?
Rated: 100% (6 votes)
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Web 2.0 – ‘We Don’t Do Collaboration’!
By Moshe Zeidman in Reader
Posted in Business processes, Collaboration, SME, Microsoft on November 29, 2007 at 9:28 pm
“The British don’t do collaboration”! At least that was my first reaction to Office 2003. Not the response Microsoft was looking for back in 2004. The marketing hype surrounding its launch was all about collaboration. We were told by beaming sales people that the answer to all Read more
Rated: 90% (2 votes)
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