Tagged: cloud computing

Microsoft targets Web

By offering details of its Web-based, free version of its Office software, Microsoft continues its strategy of profiting both from boxed software and online distribution.  And it marks the latest battle in the business war between Microsoft and Internet-based rivals like Google.  School of Management  Professor N. Venkat Venkatraman, head of the Information Systems Department, […]

IBM and Sun meet in the ‘cloud’

School of Management Professor N. “Venkat” Venkatraman, chairman of the Information Systems Department, says a would-be acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM could well serve IBM’s push to lead the effort to create for a “smarter” business infrastructure. “IBM’s supposed move to acquire Sun Microsystems is seen in some quarters as a radical shift in […]