Microsoft will face an uphill battle selling its Office XP suite to corporate users, as anti-piracy measures and 'too many unnecessary features' put them off. The claim comes from consultancy firm Software Strategies.
Businesses could reap savings of 30 per cent from Microsoft's tactical switch of selling more software direct through its Enterprise Agreement (EA) licensing programme. During the past two years Microsoft has increased direct sales to customers...
Microsoft said on Tuesday that it has released a near-final test version of updates to its Windows and Windows Server operating systems. The company said it has reached the "release candidate" stage for Service Pack 1 of Windows Server 2003.
After revving the engine for quite a while, Microsoft is hoping to take 64-bit computing into the fast lane. The software maker, which has been tooling around with the 64-bit version of Windows for the better part of two years, is announcing the...
The European Commission's attempt to increase competition by forcing Microsoft to offer a version of Windows XP without its Media Player looks increasingly forlorn, with many retailers and computer resellers now having indicated they won't sell...
Microsoft will fix three critical security holes, and three other flaws, in tomorrow's scheduled patch release. The critical holes, all of which could allow a hacker to execute code remotely on a target system, affect Window 2000 SP4, Excel 2000...