September 15, 2011
Acer restructure continues as another honcho heads out
The Register
Paul Kunert looks at the company’s possible out with the old strategy.
“Industry sources however alleged that Levit was asked to leave Acer as he was seen as part of the old guard which helped to create the inventory glut that has plagued the business in 2011 and won it few friends in distribution.”
Steve Ballmer: We are “reimagining Microsoft”
Ars Technica
Jon Brodkin explores the CEO’s direction for the company.
“Ballmer boasted that that 500,000 people already downloaded the Windows 8 developer preview released this week and that the hundreds of millions of Windows users form the biggest user base of any single operating system, but he noted that Windows Phone 7 still hasn’t achieved great popularity. While Windows 8 will be the operating system for both PCs and tablets, the phone OS is also crucial for Microsoft to reach mobile users and sell them on the Metro interface.”
Intuit, Salesforce combine forces in small-business CRM play
ZDNet
Heather Clancy reports on the collaboration.
“The integrated application comes in either a Group or Professional edition and it is compatible with QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2011 and QuickBooks 2012. The integrated application also works with QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Enterprise versions 11 and 12. Currently, the pricing for the software is $18 per user per month for the Group edition and $60 per user, per month for the Profesional edition.”
