Tag: Office
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Microsoft Launches Office 365 Beta
Microsoft has introduced the public beta of its Office 365, the company’s cloud-productivity offering and current best chance for driving back the threat presented by Google Apps and similar platforms. Microsoft has a habit of launching large-scale betas for its products, the better to apparently weed out bugs and other issues ahead of the general… Read more
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Oracle Makes OpenOffice.org Open Source
Categories: News and TrendsOracle is relinquishing its tight control over OpenOffice.org, the popular office software suite, and will no longer offer a commercial version. OpenOffice.org will be moving to a purely community-based open-source project, Oracle said April 15. While Oracle will stop selling a commercial version of OpenOffice, the company intends to continue working with the community on… Read more
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Intermedia, Microsoft Negotiate Office 365 Billing
What does Microsoft Exchange hosting giant Intermedia think about Microsoft’s Office 365 and the software giant’s current plan to own the billing for the cloud-based version of Microsoft Office? Not so much. Like many Microsoft partners, Intermedia isn’t really interested in carrying Office 365 as long as Microsoft retains control over the billing, according to… Read more
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Microsoft, RIM Join Forces on Cloud Solution for PlayBook, BlackBerry
Research In Motion is planning to partner with Microsoft on the latter’s cloud offerings, which will be integrated into BlackBerry devices as well as the upcoming Playbook tablet. “Cloud has always been core to our business,” Alec Taylor, vice president of Software, Services and Enterprise Marketing for RIM, told analysts and reporters listening to a… Read more
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Avaya Adds IP Office Development Partners
Avaya DevConnect provides a range of developer-oriented resources, including access to application program interfaces, developer tools and technical support. Its membership has grown by over 16 percent in the last year, and there are more than 1,400 Avaya compliance tested solutions, with 30 to 40 new solutions added per month, according to the company. For… Read more
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Patch Tuesday Brings Fixes for Windows, Office
Microsoft has plans for a small Patch Tuesday next week that will include just three security bulletins. Of the three, just one is rated "Critical," while the other two are rated "Important." The critical bulletin, as well as one of the bulletins classified as important, impacts Microsoft Windows. The other bulletin affects Microsoft Office. Click… Read more