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January 27, 2012 - The 2012 Microsoft Product Roadmap
The star of last year's product roadmap was Office 365. Microsoft this year looks likely to pivot from the public cloud to the private cloud, while also shipping staples like SQL Server and releasing major betas -- and possibly final versions -- of blockbusters including Windows 8 tablet, client and server, and Office 15. Read more
The star of last year's product roadmap was Office 365. Microsoft this year looks likely to pivot from the public cloud to the private cloud, while also shipping staples like SQL Server and releasing major betas -- and possibly final versions -- of blockbusters including Windows 8 tablet, client and server, and Office 15. Read more
January 11, 2012 - Application development in the cloud with SharePoint Online 2010
Microsoft launched Office 365 (O365) in June 2010, including SharePoint 2010 Online, as an update to its existing Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) suite that offered SharePoint 2007 Online. But what is SharePoint? Read more
Microsoft launched Office 365 (O365) in June 2010, including SharePoint 2010 Online, as an update to its existing Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) suite that offered SharePoint 2007 Online. But what is SharePoint? Read more
January 11, 2012 - Microsoft's Offers Users Enhanced Office 365 for Less than a Happy Meal
Microsoft is adding new features its least expensive Office 365 subscription tier, the Kiosk Worker Plan. For a few additional dollars per user per month, users receive some useful capabilities and twice the email storage. Read more
Microsoft is adding new features its least expensive Office 365 subscription tier, the Kiosk Worker Plan. For a few additional dollars per user per month, users receive some useful capabilities and twice the email storage. Read more
January 6, 2012 - Temporary and Contract Hiring to Increase in 2012
More than a third (35 percent) of American companies are operating with smaller staffs than before the recession. To keep pace with market demand, many are turning to staffing and recruiting companies and temporary workers. Thirty-six percent of companies will hire contract or temporary workers in… Read more
More than a third (35 percent) of American companies are operating with smaller staffs than before the recession. To keep pace with market demand, many are turning to staffing and recruiting companies and temporary workers. Thirty-six percent of companies will hire contract or temporary workers in… Read more
December 21, 2011 - New SharePoint 2010 features aid in enterprise content management
SharePoint has come a long way since its infancy a decade ago. Over the last 10 years, it has undergone various changes that have helped to broaden the software’s usefulness and business value. In the latest version, SharePoint 2010, one of the major areas of improvement involved the… Read more
SharePoint has come a long way since its infancy a decade ago. Over the last 10 years, it has undergone various changes that have helped to broaden the software’s usefulness and business value. In the latest version, SharePoint 2010, one of the major areas of improvement involved the… Read more
November 21, 2011 - Despite push, Google Apps not gaining on Microsoft Office
Google has targeted Microsoft’s lucrative Office software business but hasn’t made much of an impact with bigger businesses. The New York Times reports that Google’s Apps for Businesses cloud-based word processing and e-mail software has been popular with some smaller businesses… Read more
Google has targeted Microsoft’s lucrative Office software business but hasn’t made much of an impact with bigger businesses. The New York Times reports that Google’s Apps for Businesses cloud-based word processing and e-mail software has been popular with some smaller businesses… Read more
November 21, 2011 - Microsoft Upgrades Developer Tools and SaaS Capabilities for Dynamics CRM
Microsoft has released new tools to accelerate development of custom components in Dynamics CRM 2011 solutions. At the same time, they published an update to Dynamics CRM Online that includes better integration with Office 365 and the introduction of social capabilities. For the rest of the article… Read more
Microsoft has released new tools to accelerate development of custom components in Dynamics CRM 2011 solutions. At the same time, they published an update to Dynamics CRM Online that includes better integration with Office 365 and the introduction of social capabilities. For the rest of the article… Read more
October 28, 2011 - Windows 8: Microsoft's Game-Changing Technology
Although it is too early to say for sure, it seems as if Microsoft plans to try to get its customers to deploy private clouds based on Windows Server 8 rather than pushing everyone to subscribe to Office 365. Read more
Although it is too early to say for sure, it seems as if Microsoft plans to try to get its customers to deploy private clouds based on Windows Server 8 rather than pushing everyone to subscribe to Office 365. Read more
October 28, 2011 - Blackberry, Microsoft Cloud Play Goes To Open Beta
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's (RIM) and Microsoft's cloud collaboration, which offers a RIM (NSDQ:RIMM)-hosted cloud-based service that extends Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones, has been launched into open beta, the two companies have revealed. Read more
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion's (RIM) and Microsoft's cloud collaboration, which offers a RIM (NSDQ:RIMM)-hosted cloud-based service that extends Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) Exchange Online to BlackBerry smartphones, has been launched into open beta, the two companies have revealed. Read more
October 28, 2011 - Microsoft Office 365 set to feature on BlackBerry phones
BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the launch of a hosted online service for users to access Microsoft Office 365 on their mobile device. Read more
BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) has announced the launch of a hosted online service for users to access Microsoft Office 365 on their mobile device. Read more
