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Microsoft y Yahoo Cambian el Panorama de las Búsquedas

Published Thu, Jul 30 2009 4:12 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Español,Search,preferences,Microsoft,Yahoo

Yahoo! y Microsoft anunciaron un acuerdo que mejorará la experiencia de búsqueda web de los usuarios y los anunciantes y ofrecerá innovación sustentable a la industria. Microsoft ahora impulsará las búsquedas en Yahoo! mientras que Yahoo! se convertirá...
Microsoft and Yahoo Change the Search Landscape

Published Wed, Jul 29 2009 4:28 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Search,Microsoft,Yahoo

Microsoft’s and Yahoo’s agreement to combine their search and search advertising businesses will help achieve the scale and develop the technology needed to bring vigorous competition to search and search advertising. As part of the 10-year global agreement...
Two Pieces of Positive Economic News for the Tech Industry

Published Mon, Jul 27 2009 5:41 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Windows 7

Two pieces of positive economic news recently came across my transom that are worth noticing: First, the New York Times is reporting that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) will publish a report this week showing that technology...
Open Government Doesn't Equal Open Source

Published Fri, Jul 24 2009 10:37 AM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:open government,Open Source

Interesting blog post from Teresa Carlson, VP of U.S. Federal Government Sales at Microsoft. Re-posted here in its entirety: The term “open” has many different connotations across the federal landscape. According to the president, open government is the...
Thoughts on WPC - From VFI Member Joe Honan

Published Wed, Jul 22 2009 9:04 PM by WPC

Filed under:Worldwide Partner Conference,WPC Group,WPC,WPC 2009

Voices for Innovation member, Joe Honan, shared his thoughts from this year's WPC here . We wanted to share this with the entire VFI community. If you were at this year's WPC too, we would love to hear from you. Please share your stories and pictures...
Privacy, Security, Google Apps, and the City of Los Angeles

Published Tue, Jul 21 2009 11:44 PM by DELevin

Filed under:cloud computing,Policy Beat,Security,Privacy

An illuminating controversy has emerged over the City of Los Angeles' plan to use Google Apps for email and data storage. Regardless of vendor, we are likely to hear more about government use of cloud computing services. To be sure, cloud computing will...
Back from the Worldwide Partner Conference

Published Mon, Jul 20 2009 8:10 PM by aphraner

Filed under:WPC 2009

This year's Worldwide Partner Conference was unbelievable - I'm still download videos and pictures from the event. It was great to finally have the opportunity to meet many members face-to-face. Bing, Windows 7, Share Point and Surface were all the buzz...
Take the WPC 2009 Issue Flash Poll

Published Thu, Jul 16 2009 12:30 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:WPC 2009,Flash Poll

A Flash Poll is running over in the WPC 2009 Group. Any member can go over there and take the quick one-question poll, which asks what your top policy concern is (out of a list of ten policy issues). Here's the link .
Bringing WPC to You - Last Night's Voices for Innovation Reception

Published Thu, Jul 16 2009 10:40 AM by aphraner

Filed under:Worldwide Partner Conference,WPC 2009

This year's Worldwide Partner Conference has been a great opportunity to meet Microsoft Partners and Voices for Innovation members from around the world. Last night, Voices for Innovation hosted a reception at WPC; it was great to see so many VFI members...
Microsoft Surface at WPC 2009

Published Mon, Jul 13 2009 7:18 PM by focaltechnology

Filed under:WPC,Microsoft,Microsoft Surface

Walking around WPC 2009 I see people gathered around tables chatting, exchanging electronic business cards, and pictures. As I get closer I see a familiar screen on each table, it is the Microsoft Surface, and there are all over the WPC 2009. The first...
Pictures from WPC: Day of Giving

Published Mon, Jul 13 2009 2:09 PM by aphraner

Filed under:Worldwide Partner Conference,WPC Group,WPC

I was priviledged to have the opportunity to participate in the Day of Giving at this year's Worldwide Partner Conference. As part of the "afternoon crew," I helped out at Arise Academy working on improvements around the school. Check out some of the...
An Illustrative Story about Standards and Standards Organizations

Published Fri, Jul 10 2009 2:44 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Standards

Over on CNET's Webware, Stephen Shankland offers a very interesting and detailed look at the demise of the XHTML 2 Web standard . For those of you interested in learning more about the importance of standards and how they are devised, this article is...
New Feature: ‘Intersections’ – Where Business and Policy Meet

Published Wed, Jul 08 2009 4:41 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Intersections,vote

Every day, you operate your business in a legal and regulatory environment. Many day-to-day tasks, from sending e-mails to recording customer information, are affected by state and national laws and rules. To enable VFI members to better understand these...
You're Invited to the VFI Reception at WPC09 in New Orleans

Published Tue, Jul 07 2009 4:00 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:WPC

The Worldwide Partners Conference in New Orleans is just one week away, and members and interested partners are invited to attend the Voices for Innovation reception. When: Wednesday, July 15, 5:00 – 6:00 PM Where: Room 343 of the Morial Convention Center...
What Do the Goverment IT Dashboard and the Open Government Dialogue Have in Common?

Published Thu, Jul 02 2009 1:10 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Innovation,IP Licensing,open government

The launch of an IT Dashboard to track federal government IT projects and spending has received a fair amount of buzz. On a very quick time frame, U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra has managed to put together a useful and user-friendly Flash-based tool for policy...

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Microsoft y Yahoo Cambian el Panorama de las Búsquedas

Microsoft and Yahoo Change the Search Landscape

Two Pieces of Positive Economic News for the Tech Industry

Open Government Doesn't Equal Open Source

Thoughts on WPC - From VFI Member Joe Honan

Privacy, Security, Google Apps, and the City of Los Angeles

Back from the Worldwide Partner Conference

Take the WPC 2009 Issue Flash Poll

Bringing WPC to You - Last Night's Voices for Innovation Reception

Microsoft Surface at WPC 2009

Pictures from WPC: Day of Giving

An Illustrative Story about Standards and Standards Organizations

New Feature: ‘Intersections’ – Where Business and Policy Meet

You're Invited to the VFI Reception at WPC09 in New Orleans

What Do the Goverment IT Dashboard and the Open Government Dialogue Have in Common?