Tag: productivity

  • Microsoft Office 2010 Goes to RTM

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Microsoft announced that Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 have reached their release-to-manufacturing milestone on April 15, bringing one step closer to release a host of products that the company hopes will allow it to maintain its market share in the productivity arena. “RTM is the final engineering milestone of a product… Read more

  • Google Acquisition Lets Microsoft Office Users Share Documents on Web

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    (Reuters) – Google Inc stepped up its assault on Microsoft Corp’s productivity software business with the acquisition of a small start-up company that allows Microsoft users to edit and share their documents on the Web. Google said on its company blog on Friday that it has acquired San Francisco-based DocVerse. Terms of the deal were… Read more

  • Microsoft’s Ballmer Says Company Betting on Cloud

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    Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used a speech at the University of Washington to suggest that the company’s strategy moving forward will focus primarily on the cloud. Ballmer cited a number of services and platforms, including Windows Phone 7 Series and <leo_highlight style=”border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 255, 150); background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; cursor:… Read more

  • Level Platforms Releases Update to Managed Services Platform

    Jessica Davis

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    Level Platforms’ update to its managed services platform, Managed Workplace 2010, now includes on-site utilities and a Website console, plus support for mobile clients and new Intel vPro productivity enhancements. "It’s a product maturity launch loaded with lots and lots of small features that our partners have been asking for," Peter Sandiford, CEO of Level… Read more

  • Microsoft Puts Web-Based Office Apps into Beta

    Carolyn April

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    In a telling move that indicates the momentum of cloud computing, Microsoft this week placed into technical preview its forthcoming Web versions of its juggernaut Office suite. Originally announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in July, the now officially dubbed Office Web Apps are lightweight versions of their on-premises counterparts. The technical preview program will… Read more

  • Microsoft Pushes Partner Opportunity for Online Services

    Carolyn April

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    At its partner conference on Monday, Microsoft dipped into its arsenal and rolled out a combination of new tools, incentives and clarified messaging to help shed greater light on the partner opportunity around the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) of services. “I hope we can debunk some of the myths that have grown up around… Read more