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Three ways to build your own stimulus package
Since his first menswear store opened its doors in 1954, legendary entrepreneur Harry Rosen has seen his share of difficult economic times. These experiences, said Rosen, speaking at a small business roundtable recently hosted by Microsoft Canada, taught him a valuable lesson: when the economy sours, it’s best to “focus on what’s important for your business and make good, solid investments that will not only keep you going through the tough times, but carry you into more prosperous times.”

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Lesson #2: Develop an A-Team
“At Microsoft, there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top,” says Gates. “I’m afraid that’s not quite right.” While Gates has been the famous face of Microsoft for over thirty years, it took the help of numerous other trusted individuals to help realize the company’s success.

Microsoft Acquires SAP? (A Commentary)
In her December 3rd posting in Information Week, Mary Hayes Weier reported a rumor in which Microsoft was in the process of moving toward acquiring SAP. The markets as Ms. Weier put it “felt strongly enough about the rumor that they drove up SAP’s stock by nearly 2%.” She went on to say that “there could be something to it,” as Microsoft had originally “looked at acquiring SAP” in June of 2004. Here is the link to the post in its entirety: http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/12/microsoft_rumor_1.html?cid=nl_IWK_daily#community

Vista… If We Didn’t Have Darth Vader We’d Invent Him
Bill Gates departed Microsoft leaving Steve Ballmer in charge of a rapidly changing world. Some feel Microsoft will die under the weight of itself. Others are certain that Vista is just a symptom of the worst yet to come. But is it really that bad or is it a case of the fact that we really don't like change? After all the Mac OS has its issues as well.
Three ways to build your own stimulus package
Since his first menswear store opened its doors in 1954, legendary entrepreneur Harry Rosen has seen his share of difficult economic times. These experiences, said Rosen, speaking at a small business roundtable recently hosted by Microsoft Canada, taught him a valuable lesson: when the economy sours, it’s best to “focus on what’s important for your business and make good, solid investments that will not only keep you going through the tough times, but carry you into more prosperous times.”

Lesson #5: “Get yourself a comfortable living, then do a little something to change the world”
In 1997, Microsoft approached Newmark with a proposal to start running banner ads on his site. Microsoft had recognized the growing popularity – and even greater potential – of Craigslist and wanted to get a piece of the action. But, like all of the venture capitalists that Newmark had already turned down, so too did he reject Microsoft’s offer.

10 Ways to Market When cash Is Tight
About a month ago, Staples and Angus Reid released their latest “STAPLES Canada Small Business National Quarterly Index.” It looks like we believe we are over the hump. 70 per cent of business owners expect at least some improvement to their business over the next six months (compared to 58 per cent in March 2009). Now that you’re feeling better, get out there and make sure that your customers will come to you rather than your competition when they are ready to buy. Chances are you are a little tight for cash, so here are ten low-cost ways to market better that we’ve worked out with help from Joanna L. Krotz, co-author of the “Microsoft Small Business Kit”.

A Little Something That Microsoft Doesn’t Want You to Know About Bing
The new search engine Bing sure is cute and cuddly looking isn’t it? Well not so fast. The computer giant Microsoft sure does like getting you to use its product. However, in the early days of Bing, Microsoft probably took things a little too far. Here is the story…
Microsoft's New OneNote and Lync Apps for iPad, iPhone
12th Dec, Microsoft published their new OneNote for iPad and other Apple devices, iPhone, iPod touch, etc. Also Microsoft released Lync apps for iPhone, iPad. Android and Nokia Symbian's mobile app marketplace as soon as they have been approved.
SharePoint – Collaboration & Convergence
Microsoft’s SharePoint Server can get your internal and external resources working hand in glove with each other. It can tie down your management, employees, business partners, associates, customers, and distribution channels all through a single string of information. The past few years have seen SharePoint’s popularity grow with leaps and bounds. As a result, Microsoft recently launched iusesharepoint.com to assist users of SharePoint 2010. The website hands out useful tips and information about this centralized collaborative tool.
Support for compatibility issues with Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Office 2007 supports all older file formats and is downward compatible, whereas, Microsoft Office 2003 does not support newer Extensible Markup Language (XML) based file formats and is therefore, not upward compatible. This gives rise to compatibility issues when a newer file is attempted to be opened using MS Office 2003. Microsoft Office 2007 Support is available online for still unresolved issues.

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