Tag: Office

  • Dunn, 4 Others Charged in HP Scandal

    Dunn, 4 Others Charged in HP Scandal

    Jeffrey Burt

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    The next stop for Patricia Dunn and four others involved in the controversy surrounding Hewlett-Packard’s hunt for a news leak may be a California courtroom. A week after appearing before a Congressional subcommittee in Washington, Dunn, the former chairwoman of HP’s board of directors, was indicted by the California State Attorney General’s office Oct. 4… Read more

  • End-users: Zero Tolerance for Microsoft Office

    Channel Insider Staff

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    I read with interest Peter Coffee’s article “Zero Tolerance for Microsoft Office,” as we are midway through a transition away from that suite [Sept. 11]. However, as this is a transition not to another suite but to a [file] format, I was concerned about Coffee’s comment, “Open XML-based formats are years away from giving enterprise… Read more

  • Microsoft Enlists Intel in Quest to Sanction Open XML Supply Chain Standards

    Microsoft Enlists Intel in Quest to Sanction Open XML Supply Chain Standards

    Chris Preimesberger

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    SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Microsoft announced Sept. 28 that Intel has joined it in an initiative to get its proposed Office Open XML format standard approved by an international standards body. The Office Open XML format standard for documents—a more than 4,000-page, 6.7MB Microsoft Word document—is less of a standard and more of a detailed description of… Read more

  • The Option to Learn

    Pedro Pereira

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    Judging from the responses I received to my column “Keep It Simple” last month, the increasing complexity of IT products weighs on a lot of people’s minds. No one wrote to say that I was off the mark, which may be the first time I got a 100 percent positive response to a column, though… Read more

  • Google Faces a Tall Order in MS Office Challenge

    Google Faces a Tall Order in MS Office Challenge

    Peter Coffee

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    Looking at the prospect of a Google office suite, and at how that package might fare in competition with Microsoft’s Office, requires at least a five-point examination. A credible competitor for Microsoft’s Office must offer good answers to questions concerning application design, user training, enterprise process customization, data control and client computer support. Whatever Microsoft’s… Read more

  • Will the Enterprise Go for Google’s Apps?

    Will the Enterprise Go for Google’s Apps?

    Larry Dignan

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    Google’s plan to offer a bundle of hosted office applications sparks a lot of talk about the search giant’s chances of upending Microsoft’s Office juggernaut, but leaves one question unanswered: Will enterprise customers give Google a chance? On Monday, Google announced Google Apps for Your Domain, a set of ad-supported communications tools such as Google… Read more