Tag: Office

  • Microsoft Entices SMBs with Freebies

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    Microsoft is giving away tools to entice SMBs to adopt its Office Live Small Business suite of Web-based software and services. However, the move could see the software giant provide tools and services for free that its VARs have previously charged for. Microsoft announced that it has combined its previous three-tier OLSB suite into one product… Read more

  • Office Live a Threat to the SMB VAR

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    General talk about Microsoft’s Office Live offering has been floating around for about a year and a half now, and Microsoft has found some limited success in getting users to adopt the hosted service as their product of choice. Now, Microsoft has fired a shot across the bow of the small business VAR by offering up a… Read more

  • VARs Scramble for Training on ‘Disruptive’ OCS Technology

    VARs Scramble for Training on ‘Disruptive’ OCS Technology
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    Some Microsoft partners believe Office Communications Server could double their business, sparking a rush to get up to speed on the new unified communications technology. To help get VARs up to speed, Techtionary, an online provider of rich media tutorials and technology training, announced the week of Dec. 24 that it will add a Microsoft… Read more

  • A Few of My Favorite Things

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    As January approaches, the time for reminiscing about the year past has come. No, I won’t bore you with the details of family vacations, events, arrivals and passings, but I will tell you about some of the products that left an impression and how those products impacted the channel. All things Microsoft I would be… Read more

  • VARs Still Wary of Vista

    VARs Still Wary of Vista
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    VARs are still reluctant to upgrade either themselves or their clients to Vista despite Microsoft’s recent deluge of service packs, release candidates and the early release of Office 2007 Service Pack 1. Since Dec. 5, Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008 RC1, Windows XP SP3 RC1, Windows Vista SP1, and Dec. 11 the Redmond, Wash.-based… Read more

  • The Utility Company Adds to Services Menu

    The Utility Company Adds to Services Menu
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    Managed services provider The Utility Company has launched an updated menu of services, including more security options, hosted VOIP and Web content management. The Connected Office Technology-as-a-Service Program (Connected Office 3.0) offers small and midsize businesses services covering every aspect of their IT system in five main areas: IT (network, desktop, security and storage), business… Read more