Wednesday, July 11, 2007

MS WPC: Microsoft debuts ERP for small businesses



HIGHLIGHTS

News: MS WPC: Microsoft debuts ERP for small businesses
News: Who's to blame for browser bug? IE or Firefox?
News: Google lets users customize their own maps
News: Infosys forecasts over 29 percent annual revenue growth
News: HP looks to add color to cell phones
News: EEye: Sun update system exposes users
News: Active Directory flaw patched in Microsoft's July updates
News: Dell's Vostro aims to ease PC use for small businesses
News: Samba switches to GPLv3
News: Phishing tool constructs new sites in two seconds
News: MS WPC: Ballmer gives his take on software-plus-services plan
News: MS WPC: Microsoft: Search wins tied to sales compensation
News: MS WPC: Microsoft to launch next product wave in February 2008
News: MS WPC: Microsoft sets initial pricing, rollout for CRM Live
News: MS WPC: Microsoft launches OBA partner program
Green IT: Europeans mandate public-sector Energy Star purchases
Green IT: Fujitsu Siemens launches low-carbon server
Feature: WORLDBEAT: Common sense tops SMS alert system
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NEWS UPDATES

MS WPC: Microsoft debuts ERP for small businesses
Microsoft Corp. hopes to better meet the back-office needs of smaller businesses with a new take on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software called Dynamics Entrepreneur Solution.

For more news from Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), being held this week in Denver, see MS WPC, below.


Who's to blame for browser bug? IE or Firefox?
A security researcher has found a security bug that could be attacked in Internet Explorer. Mozilla Corp. said it plans to patch the problem in its next Firefox software update.


Google lets users customize their own maps
Google Inc. introduced a feature to its mapping service on Wednesday that allows people to create their own customized maps, by adding information such as the location of cheap gas stations or property for sale.


Infosys forecasts over 29 percent annual revenue growth
India’s outsourcing industry continues to do well despite the appreciation of the Indian rupee against the U.S. dollar and higher staff costs.


HP looks to add color to cell phones
Hewlett-Packard Co. could soon turn mobile phones into shopping advisors with a color-matching prototype technology it demonstrated on Wednesday.


EEye: Sun update system exposes users
Sun Microsystems Inc. is putting millions of Java users at risk by staggering the release of security patches for the software, security vendor eEye Digital Security Inc. said Monday.


Active Directory flaw patched in Microsoft's July updates
Microsoft Corp. released six sets of security patches Tuesday that address critical flaws in its products, including a bug in Active Directory software.


Dell's Vostro aims to ease PC use for small businesses
Dell Inc. reached for a larger share of the small business market Tuesday, launching the "Vostro" brand of notebook and desktop PCs designed to simplify tech support, an area that has attracted complaints and lawsuits for Dell in recent months.


Samba switches to GPLv3
Samba developers have definitively switched future versions of the software to the GPL v3 licence, which could have a serious impact on companies maintaining software patent covenants.


Phishing tool constructs new sites in two seconds
Software developers like to make installation of their programs simple and quick. So do hackers.


MS WPC

Ballmer gives his take on software-plus-services plan
Microsoft Corp.'s top executive Tuesday for the first time outlined the company's plan to transition from a traditional software company to offering software plus services, giving some roadmap details for how the strategy will play out in the next year.


Microsoft: Search wins tied to sales compensation
Microsoft Corp. is emphasizing areas of its business where it needs to catch up to competitors by tying partner team compensation to specific product deployments, such as enterprise search, a top executive said Tuesday.


Microsoft to launch next product wave in February 2008
Microsoft Corp. Tuesday said it would formally unveil the next wave of its enterprise products -- including the long-awaited "Longhorn" version of Windows Server -- in February 2008 at a launch event in Los Angeles.


Microsoft sets initial pricing, rollout for CRM Live
Microsoft Corp. continues to prepare for the third-quarter launch of its Dynamics Live CRM service with Tuesday's announcement of initial pricing and product information.


Microsoft launches OBA partner program
Determined to get partners on board to help transform Office 2007 from a productivity suite to a platform for business applications, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday unveiled a program to help partners add functionality to the suite by creating Office Business Applications, or OBAs.


GREEN IT

Europeans mandate public-sector Energy Star purchases
All public-sector purchasers of office equipment in Europe will in future be obliged to buy brands that carry the Energy Star logo, the environmental quality standard agreed on by the U.S. and the European Union, following a vote in the European Parliament Tuesday.


Fujitsu Siemens launches low-carbon server
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) has launched what it claims is the smallest and quietest server with the lowest carbon footprint currently available.


FEATURE

WORLDBEAT: Common sense tops SMS alert system
After smoke was spotted billowing from a San Francisco subway tunnel on June 5, the city government swung into action, alerting citizens via SMS to not panic and to expect public transport delays.


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