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Microsoft and Yahoo have inked an Internet search advertising agreement, finally entering a partnership that seemed to die more than one death over the past two years.
In broad terms, the deal gives Microsoft access to Yahoo’s content and advertisers, with its AdCenter platform serving as the interface.
The process of deploying virtual machines has led IT managers to discover that the value of virtualization — the ability to pool resources, rapidly deploy new applications, increase resource utilization, and much more — can only be realized if the process is well managed.
Microsoft said Tuesday it is planning to open its first two retail stores in Arizona and California this fall. The software maker said Tuesday it signed leases at shopping centers in Mission Viejo, Calif., and Scottsdale, Ariz. The Shops at Mission Viejo is already home to an Apple store. The other location, Scottsdale Fashion Square, does not have a competing Apple shop.
A Boston University graduate student was “a kid who did what kids do” when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said Tuesday as his copyright-infringement trial began. The case centers on 30 shared songs, though the recording companies say he distributed many more than that.
I am hearing from vendors that their on-premise CRM sales in the early part of this year are pretty good. No one has briefed me ahead of their earnings calls, but the results from late last year and Q1 seem to be pretty good. I should probably wait until the numbers for the last quarter come out from the vendors, but I’ve seen enough to call an obvious trend.