Tag: Office
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Microsoft’s Office 15 Now in Technical Preview
Microsoft s next version of Office has reached its technical preview stage. Codenamed Office 15, the platform is being distributed to a select group of testers; a public beta will reportedly arrive this summer. Office 15 is apparently an ambitious project. “For the first time ever, we will simultaneously update our cloud services, servers, and… Read more
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Microsoft Business Software Sales Up, Windows Weak
Microsoft’s results for its second quarter 2012 offered little in the realm of the unexpected: Xbox 360 and Kinect hands-free controllers continued to sell at a steady clip, as did business software, while Windows revenue dipped on softening PC sales. All told, quarterly revenue topped $20.89 billion, a year-over-year increase of 5 percent, with net… Read more
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Avaya Launches IP Office 8.0 Unified Communications Platform
Business communications and collaboration systems and services specialist Avaya unveiled IP Office 8.0, the latest version of the company’s unified communications solution for small to medium-size businesses. The updated version introduces a range of advancements for improving collaboration, including a set of mobile capabilities designed to drive better team performance and keep mobile workers connected… Read more
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Microsoft, MasterCard Partner on Office 365 Program
Payments and technology company MasterCard Worldwide and technology giant Microsoft extended their pledge to increase technology and payment services to small businesses through a new strategic initiative that sees MasterCard become a member of the partner program for Office 365, a cloud productivity service that gives small businesses access to email, documents, contacts and calendars… Read more
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Microsoft, HP Partner on Cloud Services for Businesses
Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft will jointly offer private and public cloud solutions for organizations under a newly announced four-year initiative. Those solutions will break down into three separate verticals: Private Cloud, involving a combination of HP Enterprise Cloud Services and Microsoft cloud products, including Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, SharePoint Server 2010 and Lync Server 2010 delivered… Read more
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Google Docs Presentations Offers Real-Time Collaboration
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Oct. 18 upgraded its Google Docs presentations capabilities, adding real-time collaboration capabilities and more than 50 other new features to better compete with Microsoft Office Web Apps and other tools. Docs presentations won’t be mistaken for Google Wave, the failed collaboration platform that leveraged XMPP to run in real time. However, the online… Read more