Tag: Office

  • MS Office 12’s Secrets Begin to Trickle Out

    MS Office 12’s Secrets Begin to Trickle Out

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Microsoft still isn’t ready to talk publicly about Office 12, its next major release of its information-worker family of products. But the company is briefing selected partners and customers about the forthcoming family of Office desktop and server products. According to partner sources who requested anonymity, Microsoft has established an internal Office 12 ship calendar… Read more

  • New Microsoft Office Servers on the Way

    New Microsoft Office Servers on the Way

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Microsoft has been holding its Office 12 cards close to the vest. But it’s becoming increasingly apparent that there will be some new Office Server products in the company’s next-generation Office suite lineup. Sources close to Microsoft say the company is well on its way to developing a server version of its desktop Excel spreadsheet… Read more

  • Office Alternatives Explore Server-Based Apps

    Office Alternatives Explore Server-Based Apps

    Michael Myser

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    While Microsoft quietly pursues developing new servers for its Microsoft Office applications, Sun Microsystems’ StarOffice and the open-source OpenOffice.org are taking another route with their applications. Citing security, portability and deployment benefits, both see offering server-based applications as a future option. In fact, Sun took it so seriously that it went down this path several… Read more

  • Microsoft Releases First Service Pack for Office 2003

    Microsoft Releases First Service Pack for Office 2003

    Peter Galli

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    Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released the first service pack for Office 2003, which is largely a collection of security and bug fixes for the entire Microsoft Office System but also contains some new feature enhancements for Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 and Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003. Office Service Pack 1 (SP1), available for download here, also… Read more

  • Microsoft CRM to Benefit from New Office Bridge

    Microsoft CRM to Benefit from New Office Bridge

    Dennis Callaghan

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    At its TechEd conference in San Diego, Microsoft on Monday released the technical beta of its Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework, which will allow the company to form stronger ties between its Microsoft CRM application suite and the Office suite, company officials said. The Office integration framework will allow Microsoft Corp. to develop deeper levels… Read more

  • Can IBM Workplace Displace Microsoft Office in the Channel?

    Can IBM Workplace Displace Microsoft Office in the Channel?

    Jacqueline Emigh

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    The new IBM Workplace is touted as a remedy for a wide range of ills, all the way from viruses to Microsoft Office licensing fees. How are members of the channel responding to IBM’s recently launched “application management model?” At this point, the answer hinges largely on whether the partner hails from the IBM/Lotus or… Read more