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Microsoft Windows Services

• September 18, 2013 18 Sep'13

  Microsoft unveils 8.1 pricing

  With a month to go until the launch of Windows 8.1 Microsoft has revealed the pricing for the OS upgrade

• September 11, 2013 11 Sep'13

  SAM interest fuelled by end of XP support

  Customers looking to make a move off XP are turning to software asset management as a way of getting themselves ready for transition

• August 30, 2013 30 Aug'13

  BSA unveils IP expert as CEO and president

  The Business Software Alliance has revealed it has appointed a former member of Obama's administration as its latest CEO and president

• August 23, 2013 23 Aug'13

  Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to step down within a year

  Microsoft has announced the retirement of CEO Steve Ballmer

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Microsoft names first UK Surface partners

  Big channel names including Computacenter, Kelway and Softcat picked to resell Microsoft Surface in the UK

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  MicroScope's top stories, week ending 9 August 2013

  Gartner calls for cloud security transparency, Cisco picks Avnet to supply SAP HANA on UCS, and Kelway heads up north.

• August 09, 2013 09 Aug'13

  Government to put 50% of all new IT spend through SMEs

  The government wants to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers – doubling the previous target

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  ITC Infotech warn firms to move on Windows migration

  With the date of XP support getting ever closer another voice in the channel has called out to warn customers over delaying migration

• August 06, 2013 06 Aug'13

  Channel flat over prospect of Windows 8.1 bounce

  Resellers are lukewarm over the prospects of Windows 8.1 making a splash in the market when it comes out later this year

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Surface sales still yet to take off

  Details from Microsoft over the revenues from sales of its Surface tablet have revealed the product has yet to make much of a dent in the market

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Users struggling to get clarity in face of software audit wave

  With three quarters of firms having faced at least one software audit in the last year many are still trying to deal with application management on an ad hoc and manual basis

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Entatech gearing up for Windows 8.1 launch

  Entatech is urging resellers to view the launch of Windows 8.1 as an opportunity to get customers investing in both software and hardware

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  BT Engage IT finds users struggling with app sprawl

  Customers are struggling to cope with a mixture of legacy and in-house apps with many still yet to make moves off Windows XP

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Surface price cuts and PC slowdown hits Microsoft

  A $900m charge to cover Surface price cuts and inventory issues as well as a decline in the Windows division took the shine off Microsoft's Q4 numbers

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  FAST warns against illegal software on Chinese imports

  The Federation Against Software Theft has warned that buying hardware cheaply from China could land users in hot water when it comes to software licensing