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Microsoft Shuffle Makes Room for Developers
Microsoft’s reorganization into three major business units will have only a slight impact on its developer-focused division, company officials and analysts say. The change which will have primary impact will be that Eric Rudder, Microsoft Corp.’s senior vice president of Server and Tools, will be taking on a new role. Rudder will be working directly…
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Corente Launches Partner Recruiting Effort
The race between providers of managed services technology for mind share intensified on Wednesday as Corente Inc. launched an initiative to recruit channel partners. Corente, of New York, is launching the Authorized Partner Program in effort to enlist VARs, integrators and service providers to deliver managed services to customers through Corente’ Applications Without Boundaries (AWB)…
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$15B Up For Grabs At GM
The recently announced recompetition for General Motors Corp.’s outsourcing business has put $15 billion in contracts into play. That’s the word from Bob Swan, executive vice president of Electronic Data Systems Corp., the company with the most at stake in the GM deal-making. EDS won about two thirds of GM’s outsourcing spend—a chunk worth about…
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Microsoft Plans to Reorganize; Allchin Out with Vista Release
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a sharp reorganization of the company into three divisions in order to streamline decision making and speed to market. The software giant will realign several existing units into three core divisions—Platforms and Services; Business; and Entertainment and Devices—that better represent Microsoft’s goals, said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO. In addition, Ray Ozzie,…
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Oracle Must Sell Itself to Midmarket VARs
Oracle has its eye on capturing a share of the market for medium-size business, but before it gets there it must craft a channel strategy that takes cultivates its partners, VARs say. Oracle has established a high-volume channel in conjunction with distributors Avnet Inc., Ingram Micro and Tech Data Corp., to create greater access to…
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Microsoft Must Evolve to Survive
There’s a lot going on in Microsoft’s reorganization announcemen, but there’s more to it yet if you read between the lines. It’s clear Microsoft executives know what the primary challenges are for the company: innovation and growth. Both were (perhaps not so) coincidentally highlighted in this week’s BusinessWeek cover story on what’s ailing Microsoft. This…
