Tag: Office
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Cloud Cuts CIO Clout, Study Says
CIOs are losing their influence a little at a time as off-premise technologies such as SAAS grow in popularity. That’s according to a new survey by technology consulting firm Diamond Management & Technology Consultants. As SAAS continues to weaken IT’s role in organizations, VARs who rely on budget from the CIO’s office may need to… Read more
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10 Reasons to Dump Microsoft Office for a SaaS Office Suite
Categories: Tech Companies1. Lower costs: Business class SaaS office applications, like Google Apps and ZOHO Business, cost as little as $50 per user per year, while MS Office 2010 Professional retails for $499 per license. 2. Reduced storage costs: SaaS office applications include hosted storage as part of the user fee. Both ZOHO business and Google Apps… Read more
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HP Teams with Trump on Printer Payback Promotion
Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world’s largest technology company, unveiled its HP LaserJet Pays You Back global marketing campaign to illustrate the cost savings, which the company pegs at up to $2,500 in less than one year, that are possible when using an HP color LaserJet multifunction printer (MFP). The worldwide campaign includes a number of channel… Read more
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Microsoft vs. Google: The Battle to Own Productivity Apps in the Cloud
As vendors build out aggressive cloud strategies, two behemoths are going toe-to-toe for marketshare in the office productivity applications space. Although Google beat Microsoft to the punch in the cloud computing world with the launch of its successful Google Docs portfolio of cloud applications, Microsoft has been playing catch-up lately, announcing a stronger commitment to… Read more
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Microsoft’s Worldwide Release of Office 2010
In a bid to bolster its hardware partners, Microsoft is touting the versions of Office 2010 pre-installed on new PCs. While expectations for the software’s success runs high, Office 2010 enters a market under rapid change due to cloud-based productivity apps such as Google Docs. The worldwide launch of Office 2010 follows the software’s release… Read more
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Microsoft Counters Google Apps Threat with Free Office Web Apps on SkyDrive
Quietly jumping ahead of schedule, Microsoft launched a series of Office Web applications on SkyDive, a free storage service on Windows Live. Available to everyone in the United States, UK, Canada, and Ireland, the service will be expanded when Office 2010 is released to consumers, and include information on how Office 2010 in conjunction with… Read more