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Microsoft, BT hook up for hosted apps

February 22, 2007 Small customers will soon get access to an online marketplace for "software as a service" applications. TAGS: software-as-a-service, British Telecommunications, marketplace, software company, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft updates hosting package

July 18, 2006 The software giant woos hosting firms away from open source with support for SQL Server 2005 and ASP.Net 2.0. TAGS: ASP.NET 2.0, hosting company, Microsoft SQL Server 2005, software-as-a-service, Web development, Microsoft ASP.NET, Microsoft Update, Microsoft SQL Server, open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Microsoft swipes at Google Apps

September 12, 2007 Redmond responds to Google's alliance with Capgemini by suggesting that Google Apps is not appropriate for many businesses. TAGS: Google Apps, Capgemini, enterprise, software-as-a-service, Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Salesforce plans on-demand language, service

October 9, 2006 Apex, a new service for building general purpose business programs, challenges Oracle and Microsoft. TAGS: Salesforce.com Inc., on-demand, business computing, software-as-a-service, SAP AG, Oracle Corp., ISV, CRM, software company, conference, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft: Streaming Office 'infringes license'

February 8, 2008 Company says British ISP selling a 'streaming' version of Office infringes on license regulations, but Fasthosts denies the claim. TAGS: business productivity, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007, software-as-a-service, regulation, claim, Microsoft Office 2003, Internet Service Provider, Microsoft Corp., server, PC

Ballmer on PC's role in Web services world

October 10, 2006 Microsoft CEO argues that "software plus services" idea takes advantage of local processing on PCs. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, David Smith, Ray Ozzie, software-as-a-service, Gartner Inc., Web service, client, CEO, Microsoft Corp., PC, Google Inc., server, video, Microsoft Windows

Software: No longer business as usual

November 17, 2005 Microsoft's eyeing free, ad-supported products while companies dump "big beast" software projects in favor of hosted. TAGS: TRW, software industry, software-as-a-service, annuity, SAP AG, BEA Systems Inc., shift, Salesforce.com Inc., consultant, software company, Oracle Corp., open source, Microsoft Corp.

Benioff takes stock of software shifts

March 17, 2008 The Salesforce.com CEO weighs in on cloud computing, an uneasy economy, and why Microsoft is still a dinosaur. TAGS: Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com Inc., chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, software-as-a-service, Microsoft SQL Server, Gmail, MSN Hotmail, platform, Microsoft Corp., CEO, server

CRM sector not done with mergers yet, says Gartner

June 20, 2006 Frustration from company boards, founders over slow growth will fuel further consolidation, researcher predicts. TAGS: CRM, Gartner Inc., consolidation, Salesforce.com Inc., Siebel Systems Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., SAP AG, market leader, Oracle Corp., software-as-a-service, merger, sector, founder, Microsoft Corp.

Sage merges Web 2.0 tech into CRM line

March 14, 2008 The company will incorporate Web 2.0 functionality gradually until 2010, in a bid to better take on Microsoft and Salesforce.com. (By Suzanne Tindal of ZDNet Australia) TAGS: Sage Software, CRM, Web 2.0, software-as-a-service, ERP, Salesforce.com Inc., mashup, Microsoft Corp.

Lane: Software shake-up favors new thinking

April 4, 2006 As software industry shifts, companies need new payment models and consumer-style apps, ex-Oracle executive says. TAGS: software industry, enterprise software, software-as-a-service, enterprise, payment, software company, Microsoft Corp.
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