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| Dec 11, 2015 | Microsoft apologizes for OneDrive trainwreck, backpedals slightly on downgrades but not unlimited storage | Microsoft today issued an apology for its OneDrive trainwreck. The company is backpedaling slightly on the downgrades announced in November, but not the removal of unlimited storage.
In other words, the situation is still a clusterfuck. Now... |
| Nov 2, 2015 | Microsoft kills unlimited OneDrive storage, will downgrade free and paid plans next year | Just over a year ago, Microsoft removed the 1TB limit on its OneDrive service for Office 365 subscribers. If you were paying for Office 365, you suddenly had unlimited storage, at no additional cost. Today, the company killed that upgrade.
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| Nov 2, 2015 | Microsoft kills unlimited OneDrive storage, will downgrade free and paid plans next year | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Just over a year ago, Microsoft removed the 1TB limit on its OneDrive service for Office 365 subscribers. If you were paying for Office... |
| Jul 21, 2015 | Lima Finally Ships Its Dropbox Alternative To Its Kickstarter Backers, Sort Of | It’s been a long time coming. French startup Lima is shipping its device to its 12,840 Kickstarter backers two years after raising $1.2 million on the crowdfunding platform. This showcases the long and windy road for many hardware startups ... |
| Feb 19, 2015 | Save yourself from your OEM’s bad decisions with a clean install of Windows 8.1 | Enlarge / You, too, can reinstall a fresh copy of Windows 8.1 on any PC with a USB stick and some time.
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| Jan 6, 2015 | Microsoft Officially Axes SharePoint Online's Public Website Tool | News Microsoft Officially Axes SharePoint Online's Public Website Tool By Kurt MackieJanuary 06, 2015
An obscure Microsoft support article from December confirms that the company plans to remove the Public Website feature from its Shar... |
| Jan 6, 2015 | Microsoft Officially Axes SharePoint Online's Public Website Tool | News Microsoft Officially Axes SharePoint Online's Public Website Tool By Kurt MackieJanuary 06, 2015
An obscure Microsoft support article from December confirms that the company plans to remove the Public Website feature from its Shar... |
| Dec 11, 2014 | Huddle Raises $51 Million To Compete In Online Collaboration Market | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Huddle, a company that offers Web-based workspaces to businesses for collaboration and document storage, announced today it has raised $51 million in a financing round to arm ... |
| Dec 9, 2014 | Report: Microsoft Axing Another Feature from SharePoint Online | News Report: Microsoft Axing Another Feature from SharePoint Online By Kurt MackieDecember 09, 2014
The "Office 365 Public Sites" feature may be the latest feature that Microsoft plans to drop from SharePoint Online.
The informati... |
| Dec 9, 2014 | Report: Microsoft Axing Another Feature from SharePoint Online | News Report: Microsoft Axing Another Feature from SharePoint Online By Kurt MackieDecember 09, 2014
The "Office 365 Public Sites" feature may be the latest feature that Microsoft plans to drop from SharePoint Online.
The informati... |
| Nov 26, 2014 | Preview: Office for Android tablets is like Office for iPad, but on Android | Enlarge / Google Docs on the Nexus 10. Quick and convenient, yes. Versatile, not so much.
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| Nov 17, 2014 | OneDrive Coming to Office 365 ProPlus in January | News OneDrive Coming to Office 365 ProPlus in January By Kurt MackieNovember 17, 2014
The rollout of Microsoft's OneDrive for Business service Office 365 ProPlus users will be completed "before the end of January 2015," Micro... |
| Nov 17, 2014 | OneDrive Coming to Office 365 ProPlus in January | News OneDrive Coming to Office 365 ProPlus in January By Kurt MackieNovember 17, 2014
The rollout of Microsoft's OneDrive for Business service Office 365 ProPlus users will be completed "before the end of January 2015," Micro... |
| Nov 7, 2014 | Microsoft Expands Office for iPad and iPhone Capabilities for Free | News Microsoft Expands Office for iPad and iPhone Capabilities for Free By Kurt MackieNovember 07, 2014
Users of Office apps on iPads or iPhones can now create and edit documents at no cost, Microsoft said on Thursday.
Previously, the apps ... |
| Nov 7, 2014 | Microsoft Expands Office for iPad and iPhone Capabilities for Free | News Microsoft Expands Office for iPad and iPhone Capabilities for Free By Kurt MackieNovember 07, 2014
Users of Office apps on iPads or iPhones can now create and edit documents at no cost, Microsoft said on Thursday.
Previously, the apps ... |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Office Apps for Android Tablets Released to Preview | News Office Apps for Android Tablets Released to Preview By Kurt MackieNovember 06, 2014
Touch-based Microsoft Office apps, already available for the Apple iOS platform, are now also enabled for all Google Android-based devices.
Microsoft o... |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Office Apps for Android Tablets Released to Preview | News Office Apps for Android Tablets Released to Preview By Kurt MackieNovember 06, 2014
Touch-based Microsoft Office apps, already available for the Apple iOS platform, are now also enabled for all Google Android-based devices.
Microsoft o... |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Hands-on with the new, free-to-use Office for iPhone apps | Enlarge / The new Office update brings the power of the iPad version to small screens.
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| Oct 27, 2014 | Microsoft increases OneDrive storage from 1TB to unlimited for Office 365 subscribers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Microsoft today announced it is increasing OneDri... |
| Oct 27, 2014 | Microsoft increases OneDrive storage from 1TB to unlimited for Office 365 subscribers | Microsoft today announced it is increasing OneDrive storage from 1TB to unlimited for all its Office 365 customers, at no additional cost. In short, this means storage limits are becoming a thing of the past for both Office 365 business and... |
| Oct 20, 2014 | Microsoft Discontinuing Several SharePoint Online Features | News Microsoft Discontinuing Several SharePoint Online Features By Kurt MackieOctober 20, 2014
Microsoft has disclosed that it is axing a number of features from its SharePoint Online product, apparently as part of an effort to urge users t... |
| Oct 20, 2014 | Microsoft Discontinuing Several SharePoint Online Features | News Microsoft Discontinuing Several SharePoint Online Features By Kurt MackieOctober 20, 2014
Microsoft has disclosed that it is axing a number of features from its SharePoint Online product, apparently as part of an effort to urge users t... |
| Oct 7, 2014 | Microsoft reveals new, cheaper Office 365 subscriptions for SMBs | Microsoft is introducing new, cheaper Office 365 subscriptions to businesses in a bid to encourage small businesses into using its office suite. The cost of an Office 365 Personal subscription remains at $6.99 but small to medium-sized busi... |
| Oct 3, 2014 | Microsoft Launches New Office 365 Subscription Plans For Small And Midsize Businesses | Microsoft is rolling out new Office 365 plans for companies with fewer than 250 employees that will slowly replace the company’s existing plans for small and midsize businesses. The company had already outlined some of these changes earlier... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Microsoft Makes New SMB-Focused Office 365 Plans Available | News Microsoft Makes New SMB-Focused Office 365 Plans Available By Kurt MackieOctober 02, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday launched three new new Office 365 subscription plans aimed at small-to-medium businesses (SMBs).
First announced in July, t... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | Microsoft Makes New SMB-Focused Office 365 Plans Available | News Microsoft Makes New SMB-Focused Office 365 Plans Available By Kurt MackieOctober 02, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday launched three new new Office 365 subscription plans aimed at small-to-medium businesses (SMBs).
First announced in July, t... |
| Sep 29, 2014 | CallTower Cloud-Hosted Lync: PSTN-enabled VoIP UC without the mess [review] | A few weeks back, I finally had a really good chance at stress testing our company's still-fresh hosted Lync solution from CallTower. Merging calls. Transferring calls. Starting ad-hoc conference calls with clients. All the while IM�... |
| Sep 29, 2014 | Migrating from Windows Server 2003: 12 best practices straight from the trenches | Most of us have hopefully managed to get off the sinking ship that was Windows XP. As much of a recent memory as that has become, a new end of life is rearing its head, and it's approaching fervently for those who haven't started ... |
| Sep 22, 2014 | Microsoft Dumping 'Office on Demand' for Office 365 | News Microsoft Dumping 'Office on Demand' for Office 365 By Kurt MackieSeptember 22, 2014
Effective November, Microsoft will no longer offer its Office on Demand feature to business users of Office 365 services or to those who use... |
| Sep 22, 2014 | Are you a student or teacher? Here's how to easily get Microsoft Office for free! | There are many office suites available nowadays such as Google Docs and LibreOffice, but as fine as they are, none compare to the venerable Microsoft Office. When you send your son or daughter to school, you are hoping that they become equi... |
| Sep 22, 2014 | Microsoft Dumping 'Office on Demand' for Office 365 | News Microsoft Dumping 'Office on Demand' for Office 365 By Kurt MackieSeptember 22, 2014
Effective November, Microsoft will no longer offer its Office on Demand feature to business users of Office 365 services or to those who use... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | With Delve, Microsoft surfaces things you need to know through Office 365 | Microsoft today announced that its Delve product, which pulls up relevant documents to help business people, has shipped to Office 365.
The tech giant first announced the service in March. A Microsoft executive showed off the product during... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | Microsoft Adds App Sharing Feature to Office 365 ProPlus | News Microsoft Adds App Sharing Feature to Office 365 ProPlus By Kurt MackieSeptember 08, 2014
Microsoft recently added a "shared computer activation" feature for Office 365 business subscribers, making it possible to share a comp... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | Microsoft Adds App Sharing Feature to Office 365 ProPlus | News Microsoft Adds App Sharing Feature to Office 365 ProPlus By Kurt MackieSeptember 08, 2014
Microsoft recently added a "shared computer activation" feature for Office 365 business subscribers, making it possible to share a comp... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | With Delve, Microsoft surfaces things you need to know through Office 365 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Microsoft today announced that its Delve product,... |
| Aug 27, 2014 | Dropbox matches Google and Microsoft pricing for a terabyte | Dropbox reader comments 107 with 77 posters participating, including story author
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| Jul 25, 2014 | Google Docs Makes Collaborative Editing Easier For Word Users | At its I/O developer conference earlier this month, Google announced a major update to its suite of productivity apps, including Docs, Sheets and Slides. The main feature there was the integration of QuickOffice, which now makes editing nat... |
| Jul 19, 2014 | New competition! Win a year's subscription to Office 365 Home | In the second of our (hopefully) regular competitions, we have quite a treat for you. You've read the headline so you should know what's up for grabs, but if you missed it, the prize is a year's subscription to Office 365 Hom... |
| Jul 9, 2014 | Microsoft To Launch Three New Office 365 Plans | News Microsoft To Launch Three New Office 365 Plans By Kurt MackieJuly 09, 2014
Microsoft plans to replace three current Office 365 plans -- Small Business, Small Business Premium and Midsize Business -- with new plans, effective Oct. 1.
Th... |
| Jul 9, 2014 | Microsoft To Launch Three New Office 365 Plans | News Microsoft To Launch Three New Office 365 Plans By Kurt MackieJuly 09, 2014
Microsoft plans to replace three current Office 365 plans -- Small Business, Small Business Premium and Midsize Business -- with new plans, effective Oct. 1.
Th... |
| Jul 7, 2014 | Is this the new warm and fuzzy Microsoft? | Does Microsoft (MSFT) want to sell you a copy of Windows? Of course, and sign you up for Office, a Windows Phone device, and an Xbox gaming console to boot.
But recent moves by the software maker show how it is shifting its strategy away fr... |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Microsoft Makes Office 365 for Business Plans More Public | News Microsoft Makes Office 365 for Business Plans More Public By Kurt MackieJune 20, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday announced its "Office 365 for Business public roadmap" in an effort to help organizations plan for future Office 365 ... |
| Jun 20, 2014 | Microsoft Makes Office 365 for Business Plans More Public | News Microsoft Makes Office 365 for Business Plans More Public By Kurt MackieJune 20, 2014
Microsoft on Thursday announced its "Office 365 for Business public roadmap" in an effort to help organizations plan for future Office 365 ... |
| Jun 19, 2014 | Microsoft Scores Contract To Deploy Office 365 for L.A. County | News Microsoft Scores Contract To Deploy Office 365 for L.A. County By Kurt MackieJune 19, 2014
Related: Anatomy of the Microsoft-L.A. County Office 365 Deal
The county of Los Angeles will begin moving 100,000 public sector employees, inclu... |
| Jun 19, 2014 | Microsoft Scores Contract To Deploy Office 365 for L.A. County | News Microsoft Scores Contract To Deploy Office 365 for L.A. County By Kurt MackieJune 19, 2014
Related: Anatomy of the Microsoft-L.A. County Office 365 Deal
The county of Los Angeles will begin moving 100,000 public sector employees, inclu... |
| Jun 8, 2014 | The apps and accessories you need to get truly productive with your Apple iPad | While the iPad is seen as a content consumption rather than a content creation device by some, there's no denying that it has been widely adopted across many organizations, and has made an impact on the business world as well as the co... |
| Jun 3, 2014 | Outlook.com custom domain support all but dead come July 31, 2014 | After Google chopped off the umbilical cord from the oft-used Free Edition of its Google Apps suite back in late 2012, users were left wondering where they could take their custom email domain needs to. One of the best remaining alternative... |
| May 26, 2014 | Skype vs Lync: The case for killing off Skype | As we enjoy the restive Memorial Day weekend here in the States, I finally have a chance to relax from the hustle and bustle of tech consulting life. In my leisurely net browsing, I came across an interesting conundrum raised in an article ... |
| Apr 30, 2014 | Microsoft Boosts OneDrive for Business Storage to 1TB | News Microsoft Boosts OneDrive for Business Storage to 1TB By Kurt MackieApril 30, 2014
OneDrive for Business clients will see an increase in their default storage capacity from 25 GB to 1 terabyte (TB) "over the next few months,"... |
| Apr 30, 2014 | Microsoft Boosts OneDrive for Business Storage to 1TB | News Microsoft Boosts OneDrive for Business Storage to 1TB By Kurt MackieApril 30, 2014
OneDrive for Business clients will see an increase in their default storage capacity from 25 GB to 1 terabyte (TB) "over the next few months,"... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | Microsoft’s Enterprise Cloud Services Get A Privacy Thumbs Up From Europe’s Data Protection Authorities | Microsoft is no stranger to the chilling effects of European regulation, facing fines for some of its own practices and seeing rivals like Google get off the hook more lightly. But today comes a piece of good news for Redmond: the data prot... |
| Apr 8, 2014 | April 8 Support Deadline Affected More than Windows XP | News April 8 Support Deadline Affected More than Windows XP By Kurt MackieApril 08, 2014
Windows XP may have taken the lion's share of the spotlight on April 8 when it hit its "extended support" deadline, but many other Micro... |
| Apr 8, 2014 | April 8 Support Deadline Affected More than Windows XP | News April 8 Support Deadline Affected More than Windows XP By Kurt MackieApril 08, 2014
Windows XP may have taken the lion's share of the spotlight on April 8 when it hit its "extended support" deadline, but many other Micro... |
| Apr 7, 2014 | Windows XP support ends tomorrow … unless you cough up millions | Just one day away from cutting off Windows XP support for enterprise users, Microsoft is making exceptions. Big exceptions. Microsoft warned us about its plans to phase out Windows XP for years, but some organizations just won’t let go, inc... |
| Mar 31, 2014 | Microsoft hits home run with Office for iPad | It has taken years of development -- and endless, vigorous denials that the product even existed -- but Microsoft [MSFT] finally unveiled its Office suite for the iPad last week. Ironically, it did this on the first day of the annual Macwor... |
| Mar 30, 2014 | The Resurgent, Post-Windows Microsoft | Contributor Contributor
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| Mar 29, 2014 | How to Get Started With Microsoft Office On iPad | Now that Microsoft Office is available on the iPad, it’s a runaway hit: The three apps in the mobile productivity suite are sitting solidly at the very top ranks of Apple’s App Store.
Here’s how to get started. First, Make Room For Office
A... |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Microsoft Launches Office For iPad, Available At 11am PT Today | Today at its press event in San Francisco, Microsoft unveiled Office for Apple’s iPad. The news, while expected, matters: Microsoft supporting Apple’s tablet marks an important moment for the company and its platform strategy.
The code will... |
| Mar 27, 2014 | Office For iPad Review: Surprisingly Worth The Wait | Microsoft has launched new Office for iPad software, finally, after people have been asking for it since, oh, say, the day in 2010 when the iPad originally launched. The new apps are currently available for anyone to download, so you can sc... |
| Mar 26, 2014 | David Hunter – CEO of The D-CYDE Group | Originally from Canada, David Hunter is a specialist in business improvement and corporate performance management. Working on challenging contracts for diverse clients, he has built his international career guiding companies to successfully... |
| Mar 24, 2014 | Dump the file server: Why we moved to the SharePoint Online cloud [review] | It's no secret that my company had its own internal usage relationship with Google Apps go sour in the last half year. As our mobility, security, and feature needs continued to grow, at least in my eyes, Google seemed too focused on ap... |
| Mar 17, 2014 | Microsoft’s Free OneNote Hints At Its Larger Strategy | This morning, Microsoft announced that it was making OneNote, its note-taking service that syncs across platforms, free. The PC app, the new Mac app, and a variety of small tools for the service are now available for anyone to use without c... |
| Mar 17, 2014 | Big changes coming to Office, including new pricing | It's been over a year since Microsoft (MSFT) launched its subscription-based version of Microsoft Office, dubbed Office 365. For $100 a year, the suite can be installed on as many as five PCs and also offered other incentives, like add... |
| Mar 13, 2014 | Microsoft To Launch $6.99/Month Office 365 Plan For Individuals This Spring | Microsoft today announced a new plan for Office 365 that’s geared to individuals who want to subscribe to its suite of productivity applications. For $6.99/month (or $69/year), you will be able to get a single license for Office 365 that yo... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | How PSTN voice in Lync Online will bring unified VoIP to the masses | Let's be honest with ourselves: in its current app-driven iterations, VoIP is nothing more than a value added novelty. Sure, we Skype with grandma and Lync with our coworkers, but the extent of VoIP penetration into our daily lives sta... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | 3 Presentation Fails Entrepreneurs Can Avoid | Entrepreneurs find themselves giving presentations often. From pitching at startup events to introducing your product to potential investors, being able to deliver a solid presentation is a useful skill for any entrepreneur.
However, presen... |
| Mar 11, 2014 | Google Launches Add-On Store For Google Docs | Google today announced the launch of its add-on store for Google Docs’ spreadsheet and word processor apps. The store, which resembles the Chrome Web Store in its design, currently features about 50 add-ons, with more coming in the near fut... |
| Mar 3, 2014 | Microsoft To Offer OneDrive for Business as Standalone Service | News Microsoft To Offer OneDrive for Business as Standalone Service By Kurt MackieMarch 03, 2014
Microsoft will release its OneDrive for Business product, formerly named SkyDrive Pro, as a standalone service in April.
Based on SharePoint On... |
| Mar 3, 2014 | Microsoft To Offer OneDrive for Business as Standalone Service | News Microsoft To Offer OneDrive for Business as Standalone Service By Kurt MackieMarch 03, 2014
Microsoft will release its OneDrive for Business product, formerly named SkyDrive Pro, as a standalone service in April.
Based on SharePoint On... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Office 365's E-Mail Encryption Service Hits General Availability | News Office 365's E-Mail Encryption Service Hits General Availability By Kurt MackieFebruary 20, 2014
Microsoft's Office 365 Message Encryption service, unveiled in November, is now commercially available, the company announced th... |
| Feb 20, 2014 | Office 365's E-Mail Encryption Service Hits General Availability | News Office 365's E-Mail Encryption Service Hits General Availability By Kurt MackieFebruary 20, 2014
Microsoft's Office 365 Message Encryption service, unveiled in November, is now commercially available, the company announced th... |
| Feb 17, 2014 | Microsoft Partners With DocuSign To Bring eSignatures To Office 365 | Microsoft and eSignature service DocuSign today announced a long-term partnership that will make it easy for Office 365 subscribers to submit and sign documents without leaving Microsoft’s Office apps.
This new solution, the two companies a... |
| Feb 16, 2014 | How do you dive into a large code base? | Stack Exchange reader comments 25 with 19 posters participating
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| Feb 10, 2014 | Power BI for Office 365 Hits General Availability | News Power BI for Office 365 Hits General Availability By Kurt MackieFebruary 10, 2014
Microsoft's so-called "self-service business intelligence" product, Power BI for Office 365, hit the general availability milestone on Mon... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | Microsoft’s Power BI For Office 365 Comes Out Of Preview, Simplifies Data Analysis And Visualizations | After more than half a year in limited preview, Microsoft today launched Power BI for Office 365, its Business Intelligence for Office 365 Enterprise subscribers. In combination with Excel, Power BI allows users to model and analyze their d... |
| Feb 10, 2014 | Power BI for Office 365 Hits General Availability | News Power BI for Office 365 Hits General Availability By Kurt MackieFebruary 10, 2014
Microsoft's so-called "self-service business intelligence" product, Power BI for Office 365, hit the general availability milestone on Mon... |
| Feb 5, 2014 | Microsoft Releases Access Apps for Office 365 | News Microsoft Releases Access Apps for Office 365 By Kurt MackieFebruary 05, 2014
Office 365 users can now take advantage of Microsoft's Access apps, which reached general availability on Monday.
According to Microsoft's announce... |
| Feb 5, 2014 | Microsoft Releases Access Apps for Office 365 | News Microsoft Releases Access Apps for Office 365 By Kurt MackieFebruary 05, 2014
Office 365 users can now take advantage of Microsoft's Access apps, which reached general availability on Monday.
According to Microsoft's announce... |
| Jan 24, 2014 | Office 365 as an educational LMS? Microsoft video demos how it works | With as much time as I've spent in the education sector, as a student on one end and a high school IT specialist on the other, I know the landscape of educational learning management systems (LMS) decently well. And to be completely ho... |
| Jan 22, 2014 | Microsoft Gives Its Office Web Apps A New, Flatter Look | Microsoft is giving its Office Web Apps a new look today, it seems. While the company hasn’t done all that much to promote its Office Web Apps lately, they are pretty capable online versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote that are f... |
| Jan 10, 2014 | From Google Apps to Office 365: Why my company ditched Google | You're probably expecting me to write a scathing exposé on how I've come to dislike Google Apps. That's quite far from the truth behind why we left Google. There is a lot more to the story than meets the eye. It goes way fart... |
| Dec 20, 2013 | Microsoft Enables Office 365 Plan Switching Across Product Families | News Microsoft Enables Office 365 Plan Switching Across Product Families By Kurt MackieDecember 20, 2013
It is now possible to switch Office 365 plans across "product family" offerings, Microsoft announced Thursday.
Microsoft firs... |
| Dec 20, 2013 | Microsoft Enables Office 365 Plan Switching Across Product Families | News Microsoft Enables Office 365 Plan Switching Across Product Families By Kurt MackieDecember 20, 2013
It is now possible to switch Office 365 plans across "product family" offerings, Microsoft announced Thursday.
Microsoft firs... |
| Dec 19, 2013 | Need to switch to a different Office 365 plan? Now you can! | One of the problems facing an organization investing in subscription software is determining what package to opt for. It makes sense to keep things as cheap as possible and plump for the lowest priced package, but what happens when your bus... |
| Dec 17, 2013 | Moving to VoIP? 10 things you need to know before ditching the PBX | If you haven't heard of VoIP (voice over IP) by now, you've been living under a bridge. This broad term blankets a ton of technologies, from things as simple as Skype and Google Hangouts, to more business-esque offerings like Lync... |
| Dec 16, 2013 | 4 big reasons why renting software as a subscription makes sense | It's a fairly typical situation these days: a small business approaches me with a need to replace an aging Exchange 2003 server and Office 2003 for 14 users. They want to compare purchasing their upgrades outright vs just renting them ... |
| Dec 2, 2013 | Microsoft Rolls Out Student Advantage, Giving Students Free Access To Its Office Suite | Today Microsoft flipped the switch on Student Advantage, a program, announced in October, that extends the availability of Office to students of educational institutions that pay for Office 365 for their staff and faculty.
According to Micr... |
| Dec 1, 2013 | Microsoft Should Be Worried About Google’s Chromebooks | Just ahead of the holiday shopping season, Microsoft ramped up its FUD machine and launched the next phase of its infamous anti-Google Scroogled campaign last week. This time, the company is targeting Chromebooks, Google’s cheap ChromeOS-ba... |
| Nov 22, 2013 | 6 areas Microsoft needs to improve in Office 365 for Business | When it comes to Office 365, some people think I'm too soft on Microsoft because I'm always writing about the good things I see in the service. And don't get me wrong, I think the platform is leagues better now than it was ju... |
| Nov 9, 2013 | Microsoft Starts Taking Office On The Web Seriously | Earlier this week, Microsoft updated its Office 365 suite with a couple of new features and licensing terms. Overall, the update was very much in line with the other 100 changes Microsoft had made to its subscription-based Office version fo... |
| Nov 7, 2013 | Microsoft’s Office Web Apps finally get real-time collaboration — 3 years after Google Docs | Microsoft’s online Office suite is finally shaping up to be a strong competitor to Google Docs.
Today, Microsoft announced the addition of real-time collaborative editing for its Office Web Apps, a feature that Google brought to Google Docs... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | Microsoft Updates Office 365, Brings Real-Time Collaboration To Free Office Web Apps, Adds Yammer To All Enterprise Versions | It’s been six months since Microsoft launched Office 365, its subscription-based version of Office for businesses and consumers. Over 2 million consumers now subscribe to Office 365 Home Premium (the Office 365 “family pack” with five licen... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | Gartner Gives Advice on Negotiating Office 365 Contracts | News Gartner Gives Advice on Negotiating Office 365 Contracts By Kurt MackieNovember 06, 2013
Evaluating competitive offerings, such as those from Google, is one of the most effective ways organizations can negotiate Microsoft Office 365 co... |
| Nov 6, 2013 | Gartner Gives Advice on Negotiating Office 365 Contracts | News Gartner Gives Advice on Negotiating Office 365 Contracts By Kurt MackieNovember 06, 2013
Evaluating competitive offerings, such as those from Google, is one of the most effective ways organizations can negotiate Microsoft Office 365 co... |
| Nov 4, 2013 | Comparing cloud vs on-premise? Six hidden costs people always forget about | To cloud or not to cloud? It's a question a lot of my clients are asking more often, and is undoubtedly one of the biggest trends in the IT industry right now. SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, and soon to be DaaS -- all acronyms which represent offlo... |
| Oct 30, 2013 | Windows 8.1 + OneNote: Why the digital notebook is finally a reality | In the mid-2000s, walking into a college classroom holding a laptop that came with a stylus for the purpose of note-taking was without a doubt out of place. The smartphone craze was still years away, and for all intents and purposes, touchs... |
| Oct 28, 2013 | How to easily migrate to SkyDrive from Google Drive, including your Google Docs | Google Docs and Google Drive were all I knew when it came to personal cloud document storage until this summer. I never got on the Dropbox bandwagon, and was so entrenched in the Google ecosystem that SkyDrive didn't interest me at fir... |
| Oct 24, 2013 | Microsoft says Surface 2 is better than iPad Air with iWork, but fails to convince | I am the sort of person who values a versatile device, that lends itself well both to productivity work and content consumption, in a portable package. In my opinion, Microsoft's Surface Pro 2 strikes the right balance and is definitel... |
| Oct 15, 2013 | Microsoft offers free Office 365 to students — but there's a catch | My teachers always told me that there’s no such thing as a free lunch. Apparently, that also applies to Microsoft Office.
On Tuesday, Microsoft announced its Student Advantage benefit, which provides free Office 365 ProPlus licenses to stud... |