Wipro Enhances Employee Collaboration With Microsoft Lync Server 2010

BANGALORE, India, July 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –Microsoft Corp. today announced that Wipro Technologies /quotes/zigman/267974/quotes/nls/wit WIT +5.03% , the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited, has migrated to Microsoft Lync Server 2010 for its ease of use and its single, simple-to-use user interface for real-time Since…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft’s Yammer buy raises questions about NewsGator’s future

When NewsGator Technologies decided to play in the nascent enterprise social collaboration market a few years ago with a product that worked only with Microsoft’s SharePoint, it was making a big bet. It was gambling that by making a deeply integrated SharePoint add-on, it would carve a profitable niche that…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

ARMSTRONG: Fights Slick Track To Finish 13th At Kentucky

Facing triple digit heat for the first time in 2012, Dakoda Armstrong and the rest of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitors struggled to conquer slick track conditions and survive the UNOH 225 on Thursday night at Kentucky Speedway. Armstrong’s No. 98 EverFi Toyota Tundra team had high hopes Making some quick…

Posted on: July 2, 2012 9:00 am

Block on Outlook for a Microsoft Tablet

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Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am

How Microsoft OneNote Helps Me Organize My Life on the Go

I’m not sure whether my job is becoming increasingly complicated or whether I’m just getting older and can’t remember anything. Either way, keeping on topof every task seems nearly impossible these days. Fortunately, I’ve discovered that using Microsoft OneNote to integrate some common tools has helped mekeep it all together….

Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am

Microsoft Seals Deal for Social Site Yammer

Microsoft Corp. struck a deal to buy Yammer Inc. for $1.2 billion in cash, a transaction that highlights a new trend in business software and perceived shortcomings in Microsoft’s own products. Yammer is often called Facebook for the workplace, offering companies a kind of social network that is designed to be…

Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am

Former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir dies

JERUSALEM Yitzhak Shamir, the hawkish Israeli leader who balked at the idea of trading occupied land for peace with the Palestinians, died on Saturday after a long illness. He was 96. Only on msnbc.com Updated 43 minutes ago 7/1/2012 5:16:48 PM +00:00 American mauled by chimps has 6-hours surgery Families brace He was twice…

Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am

FP Passport: Microsoft office in Greece attacked

Fire gutted the ground floor of the blue four-storey HQ of the U.S. software giant, blackening its walls with flames, on the eve of yet another European summit seeking a solution to a regional debt crisis first unleashed by Greece. At least two attackers were involved in the sophisticated…

Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am

Nexus 7 tablet: Android no longer an also-ran

There’s no single facet of Google’s new Nexus 7 that stands out as a game-changer on its own. However, the combination of a number of minor upsides is a powerful one, making the tablet into an intriguing contender in a competitive arena. Android tablets seem to always launch in a haze…

Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am

Yardi Orion for SharePoint Earns Digie Award

Realcomm Recognizes Groundbreaking Business Intelligence Platform with Real Estate Technology Innovation Citation SANTA BARBARA, Calif.–(EON: Enhanced Online News)–Yardi announced today that it received a prestigious Digital Innovation ("Digie") Award from Realcomm in the Real Estate Technology Innovation category. The award recognizes the breakthrough role Yardi Orion for SharePoint is playing…

Posted on: July 1, 2012 9:00 am