Tag: Office

  • Microsoft Offers Customers $20,000 in Partner Services

    Jacqueline Emigh

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    In rough conjunction with public statements about a future of better integration for its Office suite, Microsoft Corp. is quietly promoting a sweet-sounding deal around the current Office product. Although many partners say they haven’t even heard about the program yet, Microsoft is offering as much as $20,000 in partner service subsidies to “qualified” users… Read more

  • IBM, Microsoft Collide on Collaboration

    IBM, Microsoft Collide on Collaboration

    Dennis Callaghan

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    IBM’s and Microsoft’s collaboration software strategies are headed for a collision this spring when they pit, respectively, all-in-one products against integrated, a la carte offerings. Microsoft Corp., in the first half of the year, plans to ship its LCS (Live Communications Server) 2005 for instant messaging and Web conferencing; its Live Communications Client, code-named Istanbul;… Read more

  • Hosted VOIP Isn’t Always Up to the Job

    Hosted VOIP Isn’t Always Up to the Job

    Caron Carlson

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    Businesses turning to managed and hosted services for a smooth path to voice over IP are discovering an uncomfortable reality—not all offerings are enterprise-strength. For Micro Office Solutions LLC, an office space rental company in Manhattan targeting small businesses, the attraction to VOIP’s savings and simplicity led to just such a disappointing false start. “It… Read more

  • Novell Linux Desktop Arrives

    Novell Linux Desktop Arrives

    Steven Vaughan-Nichols

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    By the end of the week, Novell Inc.’s new Linux desktop for enterprise customers, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Powered by SuSE Linux, will be available for purchase through Novell channel partners for a suggested price of $50 per system. “Novell is focusing its enterprise desktop efforts on Linux deployments where users can gain the most… Read more

  • Microsoft to Take On Intuit with Office Small-Biz Release

    Microsoft to Take On Intuit with Office Small-Biz Release

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Microsoft Corp. is set to launch on Nov. 8 its small-business solutions strategy, one element of which will be a new version of Microsoft Office designed expressly for the small-business manager or owner. The new Office release is expected to include new payroll functionality, an updated version of Microsoft’s business-contact-manager technology and new Web services,… Read more

  • MS Office 12’s Competition: Its Older Versions and Linux Suites

    MS Office 12’s Competition: Its Older Versions and Linux Suites

    David Morgenstern

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    As Microsoft preps another version of its Office productivity suite, a small group of software vendors waits for an opening in the competitive landscape. However, analysts suggest that the greatest competition to Microsoft’s updated software remains older versions of Office. According to sources, Microsoft Corp. is briefing selected partners and customers about the forthcoming family… Read more