News (501)

  • Ballmer plays up business focus

    Microsoft will spend US$500 million this year to promote upcoming products designed to make business workers more productive, CEO Steve Ballmer said on Thursday.

  • Microsoft eyes services for business

    Microsoft may be rushing headlong into online services targeted to consumers. But for its all-important business customers, the software giant has been taking a more measured approach.

  • Microsoft pitches Web tools to hosting companies

    As part of the launch of its flagship database and development tool, Microsoft on Monday in the United States was expected to unveil a program to entice Web hosting companies to use its server software, an important avenue to reach consumers and small businesses.

  • Microsoft throws .Net over China

    Microsoft has partnered with Digital China, the nation's leading software vendor and systems integrator, to develop .NET-based enterprise and e-government packages for the Chinese market.

  • Running Linux with Office XP: Ready for business?

    Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. Has that all changed?

More News >

Features and Case Studies (210)

  • Raikes: Office Live beta on track

    Microsoft's business unit chief is on the lookout for ad-supported rivals to the Web-based service.

  • Microsoft: SMEs' favourite software vendor?

    Who do small businesses consult before purchasing IT solutions? Vendors, consultants or the press? We take a peek inside their decision-making process.

  • Can't J2EE and .NET just be friends?

    special report The two Web services standards are now settling into their respective roles and the reasons for choosing one over the other are becoming clearer.

  • Running Linux with Office XP: Ready for business?

    Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. Has that all changed?

  • MS and IBM get caring and sharing

    Both IBM/Lotus and Microsoft have recently released new versions of their groupware suites--Notes/Domino and Exchange--with an emphasis on collaboration. We take them both through their paces.

More Features and Case Studies >

Reviews (71)

  • Microsoft Small Business Server 2003

    For small companies that need a business in a box and want to stick with Microsoft technology, SBS 2003 is the only game in town.

  • Running Linux with Office XP: Ready for business?

    Linux has made a big impact in the server room, but usability issues and lock-in to Microsoft Office have conspired to hold it back on the desktop. Has that all changed?

  • Mac vs. PC: Which is better for business?

    A friend of mine is starting a new business. I get to choose which computer he's going to use. Question is: Should we go with the PC or the Mac? Here's what I think.

  • A lesson in logic

    Fundamentalists are people who can't tolerate the idea that there are legitimate points of view other than their own. Publish something negative about Linux, and you'll soon find out what I mean.

  • MS and IBM get caring and sharing

    Both IBM/Lotus and Microsoft have recently released new versions of their groupware suites--Notes/Domino and Exchange--with an emphasis on collaboration. We take them both through their paces.

More Reviews >

Create an e-mail alert for "business"
ZDNet Australia Alerts is an e-mail alert service which provides personalised news, features and reviews to readers’ inbox on an hourly, daily and weekly basis.
Alert:
business


Frequency: *

Filter Tags

  1. Popularity: 7 antitrust
  2. Popularity: 8 antivirus
  3. Popularity: 9 apple
  4. Popularity: 8 ballmer
  5. Popularity: 5 bill gates
  6. Popularity: 7 china
  7. Popularity: 6 court
  8. Popularity: 9 crm
  9. Popularity: 5 database
  10. Popularity: 5 domino
  11. Popularity: 6 enterprise
  12. Popularity: 7 eu
  13. Popularity: 7 exchange
  14. Popularity: 7 flaw
  15. Popularity: 9 gates
  16. Popularity: 23 google
  17. Popularity: 17 ibm
  18. Popularity: 7 licence
  19. Popularity: 5 license
  20. Popularity: 23 linux
  21. Popularity: 8 live
  22. Popularity: 17 longhorn
  23. Popularity: 6 lotus
  24. Popularity: 7 ms
  25. Popularity: 10 msn
  26. Popularity: 25 office
  27. Popularity: 6 onecare
  28. Popularity: 7 open source
  29. Popularity: 10 oracle
  30. Popularity: 9 os
  31. Popularity: 8 patch
  32. Popularity: 5 patent
  33. Popularity: 8 sap
  34. Popularity: 10 search
  35. Popularity: 16 security
  36. Popularity: 15 server
  37. Popularity: 5 services
  38. Popularity: 13 software
  39. Popularity: 5 spyware
  40. Popularity: 11 sun
  41. Popularity: 5 system
  42. Popularity: 7 t&b
  43. Popularity: 8 technology
  44. Popularity: 5 virus
  45. Popularity: 26 vista
  46. Popularity: 59 windows
  47. Popularity: 5 xml
  48. Popularity: 9 xp
  49. Popularity: 5 yahoo
  50. Popularity: 6 2005

Latest Videos

Sponsored content

Power Centre - Content from our premier sponsors

Blogs

  • David Braue Welcome to National Censorship Day
    Conroy's blind adherence to his net filtering plan will abandon net neutrality ideals and push ISPs down a slippery slope of unprecedented responsibility for a callously politicised Australian internet.
  • Array That sinking Tcard feeling
    There's something terribly unsettling about realising that the NSW Government is considering hiring a company to build a new electronic ticketing system which has already put it through the legal wringer for the system's predecessor.
  • Array The challenge of government 2.0
    The Government 2.0 Taskforce released its draft report last week, and its recommendations for Open Government almost reads like a manifesto. Stilgherrian's guest on Patch Monday this week is the chair of the Taskforce, Nicholas Gruen.
  • More blogs »

Back to top

Featured