In a move which is good for business both coming and going, Microsoft has indicated that it intends to commit an additional $20 million dollars to its Project Shiksha in India, which trains school teachers on the use of technology in education.
With the additional funding, the company plans to expand the program to directly address schools and students, providing them in some cases with the necessary hardware running the necessary software: Windows.
This of course is a boon to both the company's business directly by providing a whole generation of potential new customers, but also indirectly by providing a ready-made pool of talent to support additional off-shoring of the company's operations in the coming years. As a bonus, it dovetails nicely with the Gates Foundation's mission to support global learning.
I don't mean to cast any aspersions on the company's motivations, incidentally; I have nothing but the highest praise for what Bill has chosen to do with ...
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With the stock market going nowhere but south these days, it is no surprise to see many shares hitting historical lows these days. Among them is RIM, hovering at the $53 mark currently despite touching $148 on Nasdaq just four months ago. This has led Microsoft to ponder over its options as it aims to remain relevant against Google and Apple. Word has it should RIM drop below the $40 mark, Microsoft might step in and make a $50 bid per share. It would change the handset landscape entirely i... more
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Analysts have confirmed the numbers . Apple did indeed surpass RIM in sales during the second quarter to become the second-largest provider of smartphones. It also surpassed Windows Mobile. But can Apple keep the momentum going?
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Gates on Google From: cio-weblog.com Post Date: 2008-03-04 08:18:37
Since you want unbiased commentary, I thought it would be best if I put up a link to this eWeek article quoting Bill Gates talking about Google at this week's Sharepoint conference in Seattle. He says, basically, that they stink and don't know what they are doing and, ha ha ha, of course Microsoft has nothing to fear from them on the business collaboration front.
More importantly, and more generally, Gates implied that Google doesn't understand business needs and remains mired... more
To be honest, I am a bit Microsofted-out after the last few weeks, but I have one last thing to mention before I go on a Microsoft-moratorium (which will only last as long as they fail to make some newly egregious newsworthy move in the marketplace, I'm sure). That thing is the new operating system, Singularity, released recently to Codeplex by Microsoft Research.
Singularity is not intended as a Windows 7 precursor or in fact as a "true" Microsoft operating system at all; ins... more
iPhone 2.0 From: cio-weblog.com Post Date: 2008-03-06 15:41:35
As expected, Apple's announcement today regarding enterprise options in the new iPhone SDK was a doozy: the company has unveiled the long-rumored support for Exchange ActiveSync, the absence of which had been one of the largest obstacles to effective iPhone use in the average Exchange-based enterprise (in other words, most enterprises).
The SDK was also released in beta, but the built-in business-ready features are the real news. The Exchange integration sounds pretty deep on th... more
So hinted Apple CFO Pete Oppenheimer yesterday during a Morgan Stanley technology webcast, according to CIO Magazine.
From the article:"Tomorrow we're going to talk a bit about the iPhone in the enterprise at our event on campus," said Peter Oppenheimer, chief financial officer of Apple, via a webcast of the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference. "We believe the iPhone is great for all parts of the market, including the enterprise."
This comes in concert with the release of an officia... more
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