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Microsoft crowns Barclay as new queen of UK channel

Unthroned Ridgway heading to Latin America as veep

Microsoft: Here's some cash, channel. PLEASE sell Office 365

Resellers bunged $40 per seat for first 3,000 sales

Microsoft acquires cloud monitor MetricsHub

Fosters and borgs company in 5 months

Cruel Microsoft will drive us into arms of iOS, Android, warn resellers

Axed sales rewards 'another case of Redmond moving goalposts'

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Microsoft puts off fees overhaul... the resellers are restless

Microsoft has postponed the UK implementation of a rebate rejig in response to biting partner feedback. Large account resellers were last month warned by the software monster that it would shelve Manage and Deploy fees from January and bump up those for Renewals. Reaction from the partner base was mixed - some said the move …

Dixons and Microsoft haggling over Surface RT Ts&Cs

Dixons Retail is currently thrashing out the terms and conditions to flog Microsoft's seemingly little loved Surface RT slab. Sources close to the talks say a deal is on the cards but were unsure if it could be struck before the peak festive sales seasons begins in earnest. "Dixons is likely to get it [Surface] but is still at …

Microsoft: All RIGHT, you can have your Start button back

We blew it but now we're gonna Blue it, says Redmond
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Microsoft: Brits, grab our Surface Pro ten-incher for satisfaction in May

Microsoft's Intel-powered Windows 8 Surface Pro laptop-tablet-thing will arrive in the UK within the next six weeks. But while Brits will be able to order the 10.6" touchscreen-keyboard hybrid direct from the software giant, companies in the IT distribution chain are unlikely to get their hands on pallets of the Pro until months …
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Microsoft Surface priced up for Blighty

Advanced orders for Microsoft's Surface tablet are now being taken in the UK. Prices starting at £399. That'll get you a 32GB version of the ARM-based slate without the touch-to-type keyboard-equipped Touch Cover, which comes bundled for an additional £80. Buy the cover on its own and you'll pay £100. Alternatively, those after …

Blighty's schools shake on new 3-year deal with Microsoft

Freeware and new prices to 'save £10m' for UK says DfE

Microsoft carves out 'niche' in tablets, says numbers chap

Windows 8 battles Apple for second place

HMRC hops back into bed with Microsoft, finds purse £10m lighter

Computacenter puts couple right after four-year split

Microsoft: You want Office for Mac, fanboi? You'll pay Windows prices

Hikes up prices by 17% to push users towards Office 365

Next from Microsoft: 'Blue', the Windows 8 they hope you don't hate

Vid People are used to a blue screen with Windows, right?

Hey Intel, Microsoft: Share those profits with your PC pals, eh? - analyst

Toppling tower of PC weaklings could bury giants, Gartner warns

Microsoft betting on smaller Windows 8 devices and subscriptions

Plans for double-digit decline in traditional PCs

Windows growth keeps Microsoft earnings relatively stable

Quarterly profits slip slightly

Microsoft Surface Pro will land in UK in WEEKS*

Microsoft struggled to fill retailers' shelves with the 128GB Surface Pro in North America but is rolling out both this and the little-loved 64GB version in Blighty later this month. In a statement last night, Redmond confirmed the Pro will start shipping to Australia, China, France Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the UK …

Opinion

Joe Fay

Server boss comes to London, become hostage to fortune
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Tim Ayling

Er, what does that mean? Anything you want it to
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Eddie Pacey

Get your money up front if you want money up front

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