Microsoft launched a handful of new initiatives for both consumers and businesses this week. In addition to Exchange Server 2010, the new version of its messaging and collaboration platform, Microsoft also added features to Bing, including a more robust video page and search results from Wolfram Alpha, a computational engine that nominally returns a single numerical answer or chart in response to a search query. Microsoft also saw its market share for both Bing and Windows 7 creep up incrementally, as Redmond battles a variety of competitors ranging from Google to Apple for points amidst a still-tight economic climate.
– After Microsoft’s release of Windows 7 on Oct. 22, any product rollout from Redmond
will seem small by comparison. Realizing this, Microsoft introduced its Bing
revamp and new Exchange
Server 2010 in comparatively low-key fashion.
Microsoft
announced the worldwide launch of Exchange Server 201…