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Boycott Novell (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Summary : Microsoft President and Microsoft do a little trick and backtrack after backlash from investors O NE month ago we wrote about the Elop scandal which got Microsoft shareholders furious. Well, Microsoft — probably realising that it had a true scandal in its hands — seems to decided to correct things . Only the Seattle press seems to have covered this though. Complaints arose after Microsoft...
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Computing.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
... in 2006. The conference keynote speech, delivered by Microsoft business division president Stephen Elop, was devoted to the cost and productivity benefits of Exchange 2010. He said that organisations must strike a balance between cost cutting and productivity innovation, and that this is one of the most challenging tasks for businesses in the current economic climate. He said that...
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Wisconsin Technology Network (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Salesforce.com wants you to adopt the cloud whole hog. Microsoft wants you to tread lightly. Why they're both right -- and wrongLeading the "Did you see this, Dave?" articles I received by e-mail last week was that provides a very interesting debate on cloud computing. The discussion was between Stephen Elop, the president of Microsoft's Business Division, and the never-boring Marc Benioff,...
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computing (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... in 2006. The conference keynote speech, delivered by Microsoft business division president Stephen Elop, was devoted to the cost and productivity benefits of Exchange 2010. He said that organisations must strike a balance between cost cutting and productivity innovation, and that this is one of the most challenging tasks for businesses in the current economic climate. He said that...
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deal architect (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The magazine is running a debate on cloud computing between Marc Benioff, CEO of salesforce.com and Stephen Elop, President, Microsoft Business Division. Please check it out and comment. I commented as follows: “How do you recover from someone saying “Have...
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You Had Me At EHLO... (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... Connections in Las Vegas. However, anyone can attend the Virtual Launch Event online and watch Stephen Elop on stage with Julia White, who demos the new features of Exchange. Or you can check out Rajesh Jha on stage at Exchange Connections, with guest appearances on stage (or on video) from many members of the Exchange team in Redmond. And if you are looking for more informal interviews...
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Steve Clayton: Geek In Disguise (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
There is an interesting debate under way over at Economist Debates on Cloud computing and whether it can be trusted. It pits Stephen Elop who runs the Microsoft Business Division (think Office, SharePoint etc) against Marc Benioff of Salesforce.com – as you can imagine, they don’t exactly see eye to eye. Both have strong arguments and though I would naturally err on the side...
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Windows Server Division WebLog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... and a large percentage of them had filled the keynote theater to capacity! Achim then introduced Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, but first he paid homage to the historic celebration happening in Berlin today. It’s been 20 years to the day since the Berlin Wall came down, symbolically ending the cold war and re-uniting both Germany and Europe. He also...
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Brettjo :: Microsoft Exchange Messa (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I’m currently in Berlin for TechED this year and yesterday Stephen Elop announced general availability of Exchange Server 2010. You can see the Key Note and watch the Exchange 2010 Demo expertly navigated through by Julia White: http://vepexp.microsoft.com/thenewefficiency/?s=16828 about 35mins in. Other resources and links on the launch http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2009/11/09/453096.aspx...
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Coated (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
At the TechEd European customer conference being held in Berlin, Germany, Microsoft [NASDAQ:MSFT] officially launched Exchange Server 2010. In a statement released by Stephen Elop, division president, Microsoft, customers that upgrade to the new product can potentially see a 20% efficiency gain due to the new features including the new universal inbox that receives [...]
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CRM Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Microsoft formally introduced Exchange Server 2010 Monday at the company's Tech-Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany. According to Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop, customers already using the new e-mail platform are reporting significant cost savings, thanks in part to new support for low-cost attached-storage options. "For example, the U.K. office of NEC Philips...
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Mobile Tech Today (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Microsoft formally introduced Exchange Server 2010 Monday at the company's Tech-Ed Europe 2009 conference in Germany. According to Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop, customers already using the new e-mail platform are reporting significant cost savings, thanks in part to new support for low-cost attached-storage options. "For example, the U.K. office of NEC Philips...
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Computing.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... to offer security to the server. During a keynote speech, Microsoft business division president Stephen Elop said that the return on investment for a deployment was around six months. “Some of our customers are already [ck] reporting cost savings of 70 per cent on the old exchange environment,” he said. These figures can be explained by several innovations to the Exchange...
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The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... much time, Microsoft expects Exchange 2010 to be "quite aggressively deployed," said Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft's business division, which oversees products such as the Office suite. As part of its case to customers, Microsoft is citing a study it commissioned from research analyst Forrester. The study says that companies can expect to recoup their costs of deploying...
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Microsoft Watch (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Microsoft 's Tech-Ed Europe 2009 conference suggested two things: 1) that Microsoft fully intends to extend its "New Efficiency" theme past the Windows 7 launch, and 2) that some creative types within the company are being allowed to run totally rampant. In a keynote address launching the conference in Berlin, Microsoft Business Division president Stephen Elop built on CEO...