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Users prefer Cisco NAC over Microsoft NAP, researchers say
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| Sadly where Microsoft really failed was in the area most important for a NAC
| vendor -- security. But this is not so much a statement on Microsoft's
| technology being less secure as it is a view about Microsoft security in
| general, says Jeff Wilson, principal analyst, Network Security Infonetics
| Research.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29912
Microsoft has troubled road ahead with virtualisation
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| According to tech market analyst firm Ovum, Microsoft is in serious damage
| control over the huge technology gulf it needs to bridge in the
| virtualisation space. The problem for Microsoft is that market leader VMware
| is so far ahead of it in its hypervisor software and associated management
| tools, that it could even threaten the Windows revenue.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19458/1168/
With a Microsoft thug heading VMWare now (because EMC is Microsoft's Partner of
the Year), it might be worth expecting a Novell-like no-compete deal. That's
what they did with Xen using The Citrix Proxy (another Microsoft Partner of
the Year).
Related:
Cisco CEO: 'Microsoft Has Given Us a Three-Year Lead'
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| Microsoft has given us a three-year lead. And we've never lost a
| game when we've had a three-year lead... It's a battle we fully
| intend to win.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070405/31630_id.html?.v=1
Microsoft's Worst Nightmare (Nope, Not Google)
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| The Cisco/Linksys drive into the home follows an absolutely miserable
| effort by Microsoft, which had a first-mover advantage but blew it in
| favor of its Xbox gaming play. Maybe Microsoft figured the timing just
| wasn't right. In any case, Microsoft angered a lot of digital home
| integrators who were hoping for some support to break open the
| market.
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http://www.crn.com/digital-home/198700830
Cisco benefits as Microsoft keeps moving the goalposts
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| Forced between choosing between unified comms vendors, many users
| are reluctantly opting to use an alternative to Microsoft. Others,
| it seems, are a lot less disappointed.
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| The Microsoft partner confessed that Cisco is the preferred option. "Cisco
| has a better track record of consistency on upgrades. Whereas Microsoft?s
| new products can be a completely different kettle of fish from the last,"
| he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38259
Can Microsoft and Cisco Still Be Pals?
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| That puts it in direct competition with Microsoft, which is No. 2
| with its Live Meeting service. Microsoft's big push will come in
| June when it begins producing a host of products, including Microsoft
| Office Communicator 2007.
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http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/may2007/db20070509_476708.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
http://tinyurl.com/2pt3yw
Cisco finds that it's not so easy working with Microsoft
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| Apparently Microsoft has "taken limited steps to share users' presence and
| availabilty information," for fear of losing its ability to own all of the
| client.
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| Someone should tell Chambers that in reality it's not so easy working with
| Microsoft.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/19726?ts0hb=&story=ht
Cisco CEO Says Microsoft Screws Its Partners Everytime...Just Like Apple.
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| If partnering with Microsoft is not a win-win then it must be a win-lose…in
| Microsoft’s favor of course.
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http://www.ceosmack.com/2007/07/25/cisco-ceo-says-microsoft-screws-its-partners-everytimejust-like-apple/
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