Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest.
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29.11.2007 Microsoft Backpedals on its Post-Vista Plans
Microsoft Corp. Friday declined to comment on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment -- a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features to Vista's successor. The list was yanked from a Microsoft forum earlier this week.
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17.7.2007 Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest.
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29.11.2007 Microsoft Still Plans October 2006 Vista Release
According to sources at Microsoft, the company plans to ship Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) in early September.
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15.8.2006 OEMs Unveil Their Windows Vista Upgrade Plans
The leading OEMs have unveiled their Vista upgrade plans, and so far Dell is the only vendor planning to charge some customers who buy certain PCs this holiday season for the move.
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27.10.2006 Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans
Microsoft declined to comment Friday on post-Vista plans by releasing a comment -- a move bloggers attributed to buzz about a list of most-asked-for features to Vista's successor. The list was yanked from a Microsoft forum earlier this week. Thanks pacpis to for this news.
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14.7.2007 Microsoft denies plans to give 'reparations' for Vista, Office 2007 delays
August 11, 2006 (Computerworld) -- Microsoft Corp. said reports that it secretly plans to offer "reparations" to corporate customers hurt by delays in the release of Windows Vista and Office 2007 are inaccurate.
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13.8.2006 Microsoft Plans to Combine 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Vista After SP1
A clue for the development strategy of Windows Seven? Thanks to odeeee for this post. Although it has downplayed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as just a standard refresh, Microsoft in fact plans to combine 32-bit and 64-bit versions of its latest operating system.
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16.6.2007 MySpace plans parent software
MYSPACE plans to offer free parental notification software in a bid to appease government critics, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
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18.1.2007 Microsoft leaks its own search plans
A Microsoft employee has posted details about planned changes to Microsoft's Live Search, ahead of an event next week where the company was slated to unveil the changes to reporters.
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21.9.2007 Microsoft Details a Few Office 12 Plans
Microsoft on Monday talked up a few features of its next-generation Office release, due next year, which revolve around the concept of "business intelligence." A major focus of Office 12 will be on improving the way users access data in existing applications, thereby making business intelligence (BI) more pervasive.
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Microsoft outlines IE7 security plans
Microsoft is tightening up the way its Internet Explorer browser handles HTTPS for version 7, which is used to secure online transactions, in an attempt to give people more protection online.
In a posting on the Microsoft Internet Explorer blog, IE program manager Eric Lawrence said that IE7 would support the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol by default.
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Microsoft sets plans to go 64-bit only
Bob Muglia, senior vice president of Microsoft Server and Tools, announced at the IT Forum being held in Barcelona, Spain that while the first release of the upcoming next-version Windows Server family code-named Longhorn will be both 32-bit and 64-bit, the future update release to that, known as Windows Server "Longhorn" R2, will bring the complete transition to 64-bit-only hardware.
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18.11.2005 Microsoft Plans Office Genuine Advantage
Despite the criticism leveled at Microsoft Corp. after its recent rollout -- and partial rollback -- of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), that tool was just the first phase in the company's latest antipiracy effort.
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28.7.2006 Microsoft Sets 2008 Launch Plans
Microsoft's chief operating officer says that Windows Server 2008--formerly code-named Longhorn Server--will be launched next February along with upgrades of SQL Server and Visual Studio.
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17.7.2007 Microsoft Plans Nine Security Updates for Next Week
Security Patches include six critical updates for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and the company's Visual Basic development software.
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10.8.2007 Microsoft plans to divorce viruses for free!
Ever heard of "Morro"? Neither had I until today. It appears the boys and girls at Microsoft have been planning a nice surprise for consumers.
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18.11.2008 Microsoft plans 500 retail spots in 8 cities
Microsoft on Thursday said it will set up 500 retail points in eight cities across India, to drive revenues from the home user segment.
"We will set up points of sale in 500 stores in eight cities in another six months to increase our reach among the consumer segment," Neelam Dhawan, managing director, Microsoft India said.
The eight cities would include Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Pune and Ahmedabad.
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26.11.2005 Blu-ray to Outline Launch Plans at CES
Blu-ray assured reporters and analysts at a demonstration Tuesday that the new DVD format is still on schedule for a spring 2006 release. The Sony-led group said it also planned to have specific launch plans available in the form of product announcements at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
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30.11.2005 Microsoft Confirms WMF Vulnerability, Plans for Patch
Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory (912840) concerning the recent WMF vulnerability exploit. Microsoft also confirmed the REGSVR32 workaround as a viable solution to protect your PC until they have had time to fully research the vulnerability and issue a patch. The following is a quote from the Microsoft Security Advisory.
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30.12.2005 MS Plans Windows Live Answer Service
Microsoft confirmed Friday that it plans to debut a new Windows Live service in the coming months that would allow users to ask questions and receive responses from fellow users. Additionally, the answers to these questions would be searchable.
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9.5.2006 Microsoft Plans to Release IPod Rival for Christmas
Microsoft Corp. is planning to have a portable music and video player out by Christmas in a challenge to Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod.
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6.7.2006 Microsoft plans big Vancouver, B.C., software center
Microsoft announced this morning that it will open a software development center this fall in the Vancouver, B.C., area, with room for hundreds of workers.
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6.7.2007 Microsoft's plans for post-Windows OS revealed
Microsoft is incubating a componentized non-Windows operating system known as Midori, which is being architected from the ground up to tackle challenges that Redmond has determined cannot be met by simply evolving its existing technology.
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30.7.2008 Nokia denies plans to run Googles Android
In perhaps an unsurprising turn of events the telecommunications giant Nokia have squashed rumours regarding their rumoured move to the Android platform.
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6.7.2009 "Father of DVD" blasts Sony's Blu-Ray plans
Warren Lieberfarb, who is known as the "Father of DVD" for his efforts to standardize the format while president of Warner Home Video, spoke yesterday at the European Video Perspectives conference about Sony, Blu-Ray, and the battle for the next video format.
Lieberfarb launched right into Blu-Ray versus HD DVD, but his comments were somewhat surprising. He stated that Hollywood had been "duped" into blindly following a battle between game consoles instead of making a decision based on their best interests.
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13.12.2005 Patch Tuesday: MS plans 5 Security Patches, 4 for Windows
Bink is reporting that on Tuesday April 10, 2007 Microsoft plans to release the following updates as part of its Patch Tuesday cycle.
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6.4.2007 Intel Plans to Speed-Up Desktop Quad-Core Chips’ Bus
Intel Corp. may be planning to once again speed-up its quad-core offering next quarter and introduce a chip with four processing engines with 1333MHz processor system bus (PSB), a rather unexpected, but a very logical move of the world’s largest maker of x86 microprocessors.
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14.4.2007 February 27, 2008: Microsoft plans a triple-play launch
Microsoft announced at its partner conference on July 10 that it will launch Windows Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 together in a single launch on February 27, 2008, in Los Angeles.
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10.7.2007 Microsoft Plans to Add Rootkit Detection to Windows Live OneCare
Windows Live OneCare is right on track to getting an anti-rootkit upgrade. Microsoft plans to added rootkit detection capabilities to its line of security products, but not only OneCare will be impacted by the change.
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20.3.2008Rumored New Vista plans
Paul Thurrott is launching an
interesting rumor today, this
time about Windows Vista's
release date. According to
him, the RC1 version of Vista
would be released in early
september, as opposite to
oth..
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15.08.2006Stardock outlines Object Desktop for Vista plans
Software developer Stardock
Corp. has begun to unveil its
Windows Vista plans for its
popular desktop enhancement
suite, Object Desktop. Object
Desktop is a set of programs
designed to allow users to..
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15.11.2006Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
CIO Jury: "It could be a long wait"¦
Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows
Vista operating system and most are delaying any plan..
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29.11.2007Microsoft Mum on Vista Plans After Windows 7 Launch
How long does Microsoft plan to keep selling copies of its Windows Vista operating system after the upcoming launch of Windows 7? The company isn't
saying.
With previous versions ..
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04.05.2009IT managers share Windows Vista install plans
Few Windows shops had plans for Windows Vista migrations in 2007, and it appears that there may also be little interest well into next year.
Of more than 200 responses from IT managers to an online survey conducted by SearchWinIT.com, 37.3 % said they had no plans whatsoever in
place to install Vista, while 7.6 % said they would begin adding the new desktop OS in the first quarter of 2008, and 8.5 % expect to begin the
upgrade in Q2 2008.
Application compatibility was the primary concern for the IT shops, with 55.2 % citing it as the biggest
Vista upgrade issue. This was in line with the runner-up concern, third-party application support, which 48.5 % said is stalling their migration
plans.
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30.11.2007Survey: Half 'Have No Plans' To Deploy Vista
Migration to the Windows Vista operating system apparently isn't generating much enthusiasm among IT personnel in the enterprise. A
survey conducted in November of last year by market research firm
King
Research supports that notion. The study found that "90 percent of participants have concerns about the migration to Windows Vista."
What's worse, from Microsoft's perspective, is that future plans to deploy Vista seemed stunted too. Roughly half (53 percent) of
respondents said that they "have no plans to deploy Vista at this time." Other plans for Vista included installing it for testing (18 percent), new
machines only (14 percent) and other uses (two percent). Just 13 percent said they planned to be fully deployed on Vista.
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16.02.2008Buena Vista Preps More Blu-ray Titles
Buena Vista Worldwide Home
Entertainment plans to
continue its delivery of
dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray movies
early next year with the
release of 4 new titles on
January 23. The studio
previously announced plans to
ship its first 50GB Blu-ray
titles on November 21...
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15.11.2006Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
CIO Jury: "It could be a long wait"¦
Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to Microsoft's Windows
Vista operating system and most are delaying any plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest.
One year after the business launch
of Vista, only one of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they had plans to move to the new OS in 2008.
Most
plan to stick with the stability of Windows XP and implement Service Pack 3 for that OS before they even start thinking about Vista.
Adrian Hughes, head of IS for insurance company Amlin, said: "We are sticking with XP and look to take XP SP3 in 2009. Vista not until 2011,
unless there is a good reason to migrate, by which time the next OS may be out so we would then skip a generation."
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29.11.2007Survey: Vista Adoption Weakens, as IT Pros Eye Apple
A KACE-sponsored survey on Windows Vista adoption represents more bad news for Microsoft's flagship operating system, even as Microsoft prepares to
pour
an estimated $300 million into a new Vista marketing campaign -- news that
was announced at Microsoft's 2008 Worldwide Partner Conference.
<...> This survey found a slip in Windows Vista deployment
plans, with 60 percent of respondents saying that they had "no plans to deploy Vista at this time," compared with 53 percent in the 2007 survey.
The respondents also appeared to reject the "common wisdom" that people were simply waiting for Service Pack 1 to deploy Vista,
with the idea that initial bugs and incompatibilities would be worked out by then. A solid 92 percent of survey respondents said that "Vista Service
Pack 1 has not changed their plans for Vista deployment."
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24.07.2008Microsoft: Pay no attention to post-Vista plans
Microsoft declined to comment
Friday on post-Vista plans by
releasing a comment -- a move
bloggers attributed to buzz
about a list of most-asked-for
features to Vista's
successor. The list was yanked
from a Microsoft forum earlier
this week.
The
company's statement,
attributed to Kevin Kutz,
director of the Windows client
team, was among the shortest
on record from the company.
"The launch of
Windows Vista was an
incredibly exciting moment for
our customers and partners
around the world, and the
company is focused on the
value Windows Vista will bring
to people today," Kutz said.
"We are not giving official
guidance to the public yet
about the next version of
Windows, other than that
we're working on it. When we
are ready, we will provide
updates." ..
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14.07.2007Microsoft Hints at Six Vista
Editions
A Windows Vista help page has
provided some insight into
Microsoft's packaging plans
for the next-generation
Windows release due out later
this year. While the company
has yet to make any official
announcement, Microsoft is
ostensibly preparing six
different editions of Windows
Vista...
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20.02.2006MS Details WinFS Plans, Releases Beta 1
Microsoft on Monday surprised MSDN Subscribers with an unexpected download: WinFS Beta 1. The company also clarified its plans for the future relational file system technology, which has been the subject of much confusion since the feature was crossed off the list of additions to Windows Vista...
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30.08.2005Vista SP1 goes live on Automatic Updates, but gradually
It's apparently safe to try this now: Microsoft stated this afternoon it's going forward with plans to deploy Windows Vista Service Pack 1 via
Automatic Updates...
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24.04.2008Scoble: MS Has No Plans to Rename RSS
In an interview with IDG, Microsoft technical evangelist Robert Scoble said that Microsoft has never had plans to rebrand RSS, and was trying to work with the community to build some consensus on how RSS should be referred to within Windows Vista and Internet Explorer 7...
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19.08.2005Microsoft won't ditch Vista until at least 2011
Even after the release of Windows 7, it looks like Microsoft won't be quick to ditch Vista according to Computer World. Microsoft plans to
continue selling Vista until January 2011. However, they will drop support for Vista in less than 3 years. This seems to go against an earlier hint
by a Microsoft General Manager that the company would get rid of Vista as soon as Windows 7 was released. However, Microsoft not ditching Vista as
soon as Windows 7 is released shouldn't come as a surprise. It's a company policy to keep an OS in distribution for 4 years after its debut.
So what do you think, Neowin?
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05.05.2009IT Pros: If Not Vista, Maybe Macintosh
Vista can't seem to get a break. Yet another survey points to large numbers of businesses with no adoption plans. Oh yeah, Vista malaise may benefit
Mac OS X.
Today,
KACE Networks released the
study, which it commissioned King Research to conduct. KACE has vested
interest in Vista deployments, as the company is a provider of migration products and services. Seeing as stiff Vista resistance isn't necessarily
good for KACE, I'm not going to give the usual qualifiers for commissioned research.
The King Research study somewhat jives with
last week's Forrester Research report, which also indicated lots of
businesses are uncommitted to Windows Vista.
Fifty-three percent of the 900 IT professionals surveyed by King have no plans to deploy Vista. Forrester's survey put the number at 38 percent.
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19.11.2007Microsoft to Lock Pirates Out of Vista
Microsoft said Wednesday that
it plans to clamp down hard on
piraters of its
next-generation operating
systems, crippling both
Windows Vista and Windows
Server "Longhorn" if
users fail to activate their
copies within 30 days...
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04.10.2006Microsoft to Alter Vista for EU, Korea
Microsoft issued a statement
this morning saying it is
going ahead with plans to
release Windows Vista to
volume licensees worldwide on
November 30, as previously
scheduled. There will be no
further delays, although
Microsoft will be making
changes in response to concern
from the EU and Korea...
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13.10.2006Microsoft, Dell Team on Special Vista PC
Microsoft recently partnered
with Dell to create a special
edition PC to commemorate the
launch of Windows Vista. Only
a few of the computers have
been produced, and there are
no plans to sell it, the
company says...
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22.11.2006Microsoft Details Vista RC1
Pricing
Microsoft has provided further
details on its plans to more
broadly release the first
release candidate of Windows
Vista including a confirmation
of pricing, however criticism
of the build has come from
some unlikely sources...
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