SYNNEX Corporation Announces Kevin M. Murai as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors

FREMONT, CA—March 31, 2008—SYNNEX Corporation (NYSE: SNX), a leading business process services company, today announced that Kevin M. Murai has been appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer and has been elected to the SYNNEX Board of Directors.  In addition to joining the SYNNEX Board of Directors, Mr. Murai has been appointed to the Company’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Murai [...]

Microsoft to rebrand “CRM Live” to “CRM Online.”

 
Time to true-up your taxonomies, kids.  From ZDnet.com: 
As part of its ongoing attempt to clarify its online-services branding, Microsoft is renaming its “Dynamics CRM Live” product as “Dynamics CRM Online.”
Microsoft is planning to announce the new name in the next 24 hours, company officials said on March 27.
The move by Microsoft makes sense, given the [...]

Microsoft Blitz Day at SYNNEX Today!

US Resellers, today is your day to get some extra special deals from your SYNNEX Microsoft Rep (yes, even better than usual). 
We’re having a Blitz Day and our reps will be working extra hard to give you the best deal possible. Take advantage of it!

Are buying and using Microsoft acts of patriotism? Apparently so.

Apparently, if you are an IT professional working in the US or for a US company, buying or using Microsoft products may be among the most patriotic acts you will do all day. This is because - according to Red Hat President/CEO Jim Whitehurst - the Microsoft-phobic Open Source movement is being fueled by anti-American sentiment. Per Peter Judge (ZDnet UK):
Anti-US feelings [...]

Open Source Update: Microsoft partners with Jaspersoft and SourceSense

From Paula Rooney/ZDNet:
Microsoft and Jaspersoft are working together to ensure that Jasper’s business intelligence software suite runs well on the latest editions of Windows and SQL Server.
At the Open Source Business Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, Microsoft told ZDNet that the open source BI software will be optimized for Microsoft’s Windows Server [...]

SMB resellers rejoice: The Essential Business Server Team now has a blog.

 
Pretty killer resource if you ask me. 
From the EBS Team blog:
In this Blog, key people that design and develop the product will discuss all of those features, the software, tips and tricks, and yes, even shortfalls that we hear from customers. As engineers, we love details, and with 5 products and 15 workloads plus all [...]

Microsoft signs Contact-Sharing Deals with Facebook, Bebo, Hi5, Tagged, and LinkedIn

From our friends at ZDnet:
Microsoft has signed five separate agreements with five social-networking leaders via which each will allow its users to share contact data with Microsoft in a more secure way.
In a blog post on March 25 to the Microsoft Windows Live Developer site, John Richards, Director of the Windows Live Platform explained the [...]

Experts Applaud Microsoft Security (as they should)

Finally, experts come out in support of what we’ve been saying all along.
From NetworkWorld’s Microsoft Subnet Community, here is a little piece on Microsoft Security (submitted by Micronet):
It seems to be the trend for highly regarded security experts to applaud Microsoft’s security efforts. In blogger Mitchell Ashley’s Converging on Microsoft podcast, author and security analyst Michael Rothman [...]

Vista SP1 Help is here!

Greetings from the Microsoft Sherpa!  Let’s start this puppy up by giving you some quick (good) news about Microsoft and Vista.  
 From ZDnet’s Mary Jo Foley:
Microsoft is providing free phone support for Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 users — whether they get their SP1 from Microsoft or via a PC maker or other retailer — through March [...]