Microsoft this morning launched a technical preview of the next generation of its Office programs — releasing the products to a selected group of customers who will test them privately and provide feedback to the company under the terms of non-disclosure agreements. The company announced the milestone this morning and promised a public beta during… Read More…
Microsoft’s Lync product group today rounded out its lineup of mobile apps with the release of apps for iPhone and iPad, bringing a core component of business communications lineup to the Apple devices. Lync was also recently made available for Google Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. The mobile apps offer instant messaging, audio conferencing, and… Read More…
How much support should come free with the purchase of a tech product? And when does it become something people should pay for? The issue isn’t clear-cut, which makes the debut of Microsoft’s new “Answer Desk” online service an interesting experiment, at least. Rolled out quietly by the Redmond company last week, it’s an online… Read More…
This might be as close as we’re going to get to a time machine. Unless they’re working on that, too. Microsoft this morning is premiering a new video that shows how the company believes technology is poised to evolve over the next five to 10 years, based on the trends its researchers and engineers are… Read More…
Our latest Geek of the Week, Jeff Teper, had been at Microsoft for about six years in 1998 when he oversaw the formation of a new group focused on “knowledge management.” Later that group would launch a new business collaboration technology, then called SharePoint Portal Server. SharePoint has since become one of Microsoft’s largest products, surpassing… Read More…
Microsoft is expected to launch its Office 365 service tomorrow, charging businesses a monthly subscription — rather than a one-time licensing fee — for online versions of SharePoint, Exchange, the Lync communications server and desktop versions of Office. In a recent interview with GeekWire, the president of the Microsoft Office division, Kurt DelBene, described the service… Read More…
Microsoft is marking the first anniversary of the Office 2010 launch today with a series of stats that show the company’s flagship productivity software continuing to fare well despite the rise of free online alternatives such as Google Docs. Microsoft says its business customers are upgrading to the new version five times faster than they… Read More…
Apple this morning debuted versions of its iWork productivity applications for iPhone and iPod touch, adapting the Pages word processing, Numbers spreadsheet and Keynote presentation software for use on the smaller iOS devices. The programs will be available for $9.99 each, or as a free update for users of the existing iWork apps for Apple’s… Read More…
Business collaboration company Jive Software of Palo Alto is buying OffiSync, a Seattle-based startup known for a plug-in that adds social and collaboration features to Microsoft Office programs. OffiSync was founded by two Microsoft veterans, brothers Oudi and Roy Antebi, who have been working out of Seattle and Israel. Tony Zingale, Jive CEO, calls it “a… Read More…
Despite rising interest in Google Docs and other Microsoft Office rivals, actual implementation of web-based and desktop alternatives remains relatively low among businesses. But their growth is still impacting Microsoft, as companies delay Microsoft Office upgrades to consider alternatives or use the threat of adopting them to negotiate better licensing deals with Microsoft. Those are… Read More…
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