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Microsoft Offerings Help Overcome Holiday Overload

By Guest PostNovember 24, 2010Technologyben rudolph, bing, black friday, brooke burke, Facebook, happy holidays, lisa gurry, Microsoft, oprah winfrey, thanksgiving, windows

*With the holiday shopping season just around the corner, Microsoft has been partnering with celebrities to promote Bing as a cure for holiday overload. The company is also showcasing new PCs as gift ideas and partnering with Southwest Airlines to offer travelers a free holiday photo with Santa.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 24, 2010 – As Black Friday looms, Microsoft is trying to help consumers survive the holiday crunch through high-tech gift ideas, a stress-free shopping experience, and even a chance to meet St. Nick himself.

The day after Thanksgiving has long marked the start of the holiday shopping season, and Black Friday has become the busiest shopping day of the year. Microsoft has been busy trying to get out the word that Bing can help shoppers “cut through the clutter this holiday season,” said Lisa Gurry, director of marketing. (more…)

IGH Solutions Drives User Adoption Up by 246 Percent by Switching From Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM

By Guest PostNovember 23, 2010Technologybrad wilson, drew climer, igh solutions, Microsoft, microsoft dynamics, microsoft dynamics crm, microsoft outlook, microsoft sharepoint, microsoft sql server, salesforce, software

*With new deployment, company increases ROI by 595 percent and resolves data entry issues.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 23, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. today highlighted the benefits attained by IGH Solutions, a world leader in developing and delivering innovative solutions for specialty and dimensional printing, in three years since switching from Salesforce.com to Microsoft Dynamics CRM. They include an increase in sales-team productivity valued at $1.2 million, nearly $400,000 in reduced costs for licensing fees, a 246 percent increase in user adoption, and an ROI of 595 percent — all realized by establishing a cost-effective and standardized sales-force automation solution for use across the enterprise.

With Microsoft Dynamics CRM, IGH Solutions also resolved integration and data entry issues that had plagued the company because Salesforce.com could not integrate with its Hagen ERP system. In addition, the company was able to capitalize on its existing investment in Microsoft business productivity software, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Office, Microsoft InfoPath and Microsoft SQL Server, because of the interoperability Microsoft Dynamics CRM has with these applications. (more…)

comScore Releases October 2010 U.S. Search Engine Rankings

By Guest PostNovember 18, 20101 commentTechnologyamericans, ask network, bing, Comscore, comscore qsearch, Google, google instant search, in-channel search, Microsoft, mywebsearch, u.s. search marketplace, us explicit core search market, Yahoo

RESTON, VA, November 18, 2010 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in October with 66.3 percent of searches conducted, an increase of 0.2 share points from September 2010.

The October 2010 qSearch figures represent the second month of results including the impact of Google Instant Search, a Google search feature that delivers results in real-time while users type their query. To learn more about how comScore is measuring search activity as users engage with Google Instant Search, please read our blog post on the subject: https://blog.comscore.com/2010/10/comscore_september_qsearch.html (more…)

Microsoft Lync 2010: The Future of Communications, Right Now

By Guest PostNovember 17, 20102 commentsTechnologya t Kearney, Bill Gates, communications, fortune 500, gurdeep singh pall, instant messaging, Microsoft, microsoft lync, microsoft office 365, microsoft office communications server, ocs, Technology

*Microsoft Lync puts people at the center of communications, connecting in new ways, across the PC, phone and browser.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 17, 2010 — Three years ago, the introduction of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) changed the way people stay connected. An individual’s identity and presence became the center of business communication, thanks to the integration of unified communications across e-mail, voice, instant messaging, audio- and videoconference tasks — and even desktop sharing. People could choose how to manage their conversations, redirect calls, set their level of availability, and decide how and when they could be reached. (more…)

The Industry Standard in Mobile Messaging Keeps Work Tasks Ticking Along

By Guest PostNovember 16, 2010Technologyadam glick, apple, e mail, eas, exchange server, global crossing, hp, htc, Microsoft, microsoft exchange activesync, nokia, outlook mobile inbox, palm, Samsung, smartermail, smartphone, sony ericsson, windows phone 7, xml based protocol

*Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync popularity on smartphones continues to grow.*

Adam Glick, senior technical product manager for Microsoft Exchange Server, navigates his phone using Exchange ActiveSync. Image credit: Microsoft

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 16, 2010 — On any given day, millions of people around the world will take a few minutes to check their Outlook Mobile Inbox on a smartphone, especially while in transit or away from the office.

There may be something urgent that requires their immediate response, a meeting room location change, or a new calendar appointment waiting for attention. In any instance, the ability to check in via a smartphone helps them manage tasks and get on with the day while on the go.

For many, the convenience of accessing e-mail, calendar and contacts on a smartphone is integral to their business’ success, and they cannot imagine working without this capability.

The protocols that allow this mobile messaging to take place on smartphones reside in Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), which has become the de-facto industry standard for mobile messaging synchronization.

EAS is an XML-based protocol that communicates over HTTP (or HTTPS) to synchronize e-mail, contacts, calendar, tasks and notes from a messaging server to a mobile device. The protocol also provides mobile device management and policy controls. (more…)

Usability Experts Discuss How to Make Life Easier for the Rest of Us

By Guest PostNovember 11, 20101 commentTechnologyalbert shum, amritansh raghav, communication, kinect for xbox 360, lync, Microsoft, redmond campus, steve seow, Technology, upa, usability professionals association, windows 7, windows phone 7, windows phone design, world usability day

*Today, Microsoft sponsors an afternoon of workshops to mark World Usability Day, the annual event for usability professionals to raise awareness for their field and discuss research, best practices and products.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 11, 2010 – Making the world work better, helping people communicate better, enhancing communication between people and computers – these are all things that interest Steve Seow and other usability experts around the world.

As part of World Usability Day today, members of the Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) worldwide will host events to discuss usability and to share research and best practices. (more…)

Microsoft Awards Up to $8 Million in Cash and Software to Help Veterans Get Jobs

By Guest PostNovember 10, 2010Technologyafghanistan, akhtar badshah, elevate america, Iraq, magdalena gonzalez, mi hausvater, Microsoft, microsoft information technology, military2microsoft, msit, naugle, technology jobs, veterans, vetworks, vin perrone

*Microsoft today awarded grants to six organizations that help veterans and their spouses find jobs. The grants were part of the company’s Elevate America Veterans Initiative, a series of training and placement programs.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Nov. 10, 2010 – Microsoft is providing millions of dollars in cash and software to help returning veterans find employment in technology jobs.

The company announced today the grant recipients of its Elevate America Veterans Initiative, a series of training and placement programs to help give veterans and their families the skills and resources they need to succeed in today’s work force. Six nonprofits that work with veterans and their spouses will share $2 million in cash and up to $6 million in software and information technology skills training curriculum. (more…)

SQL Server Masters Certification Goes Global

By Guest PostNovember 9, 20101 commentTechnologybrent ozar, don field, mcm, mcm exam, Microsoft, microsoft certified master exam, microsoft certified master program, microsoft sql server, nicolas husson, sql masters, sql server

*Microsoft dramatically expands access to one of its most elite certification programs.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 9, 2010 — Microsoft is making it more feasible for some of the world’s most talented technology consultants, architects, database engineers and administrators to earn credentials and recognition for their skills. Starting today, the Microsoft SQL Server Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Exam — which certifies professionals’ expertise in the data management platform — will be available in testing centers in nine countries. (more…)

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