Microsoft readies next two versions of Office Communications Server
All about Microsoft — ... next two versions of Office Communications Server Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:52 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Channel , VOIP , Telecommunications , Speech , Network service providers , Web conferencing , Office 14 Tags: Communications Server , Server , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office Communications Server , OCS Release 2 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is on tap to show off ...

Reading the Redmondian ‘Live’ tea leaves
All about Microsoft — October 20th, 2008 Reading the Redmondian ‘Live’ tea leaves Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:50 am Categories: Windows Live , Office Live , Corporate strategy , Web 2.0 , Web conferencing , Office Live Workspace , Utility/cloud computing , PDC 2008 Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Collaboration , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley , Microsoft Office Live Rajesh Jha, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President in charge of Office Live, is now also heading up ...

Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” feels more like a service pack than a new release
Hardware 2.0 — October 20th, 2008 Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex” feels more like a service pack than a new release Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 3:00 pm Categories: Linux , My Linux Experience Tags: Ubuntu , Release , Service Pack , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes , Open Source , OpenOffice , Networking , Office Suites , Software With only ten days to go until Ubuntu 8.10 is released I decided to take a look at the latest beta to see what the new release has to offer. Oddly enough, “Intrepid Ibex” feels more like a ...

ACCESS extends its Linux platform family
Between the Lines — October 21st, 2008 ACCESS extends its Linux platform family Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:30 am Categories: General , Mobile , Linux Tags: Phone , Microsoft Access , Linux , Microsoft Office , Databases , UNIX , Operating Systems , Open Source , Software , Office Suites ACCESS, the Japanese company that powers a wide range of phones around the globe, announced this week that it is extending its Linux platform, allowing it take data services previously available only on ...

Office 2007 SP2 due in early 2009
All about Microsoft — October 22nd, 2008 Office 2007 SP2 due in early 2009 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:03 pm Categories: Vista , Windows Server 2008/ Windows Server Longhorn , Windows client , Windows server , Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2007 , SharePoint Server , Service Pack Tags: Microsoft Office 2007 , Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley , Team , Service Pack , ...

Microsoft’s Fiscal 2009 Q1: The good, bad and (not so) ugly
All about Microsoft — October 24th, 2008 Microsoft’s Fiscal 2009 Q1: The good, bad and (not so) ugly Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:54 am Categories: Windows client , Corporate strategy , Office Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Earnings , Financial Accounting , Finance , Mary Jo Foley , Revenue , Operational Accounting , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software There are a lot of write-ups around the Web aboutMicrosoft’s first quarter earnings for fiscal 2009, which the company announced on October ...

Microsoft to ‘webify’ Office (sort of)
All about Microsoft — October 28th, 2008 Microsoft to ‘webify’ Office (sort of) Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:09 am Categories: Office Live , Office , Office 14 , Office Live Workspace , PDC 2008 Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley , Web Application , Office Web Application Microsoft is finally doing what many have been clamoring for — making Web-based versions of its Office apps available — but in a different way than expected. As part of the Office 14 release ...

Online Office: Microsoft keeps promising while Google delivers
Between the Lines — October 28th, 2008 Online Office: Microsoft keeps promising while Google delivers Posted by Sam Diaz @ 4:46 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Google , Microsoft , Cloud computing Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Microsoft Corp. , Foley , Microsoft Office , Microsoft Excel , Office Suites , Software , Sam Diaz No one really expected Microsoft to completely abandon the idea of desktop software, did they? Today, at the Professional Developers Conference, the company ...

Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft
All about Microsoft — November 10th, 2008 Sun switches search alliances from Google to Microsoft Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:01 am Categories: Windows Live , Corporate strategy , Channel , System builders , OEMs , Resellers , Search , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Alliance , Sun Microsystems Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , StarOffice , Blogging , Strategy , Office Suites , Software , Internet Which came first — Google dropping StarOffice from its Google Pack or ...

Sun adds Apple native support to StarOffice 9
Between the Lines — November 17th, 2008 Sun adds Apple native support to StarOffice 9 Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:24 am Categories: General , Software Infrastructure , Sun Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc. , Apple Inc. , StarOffice , Office Suites , Software , Larry Dignan Sun on Monday announced that StarOffice 9 was available with native Mac OS X support. The company’s latest StarOffice ( statement ) gets a revamp throughout and makes it easier to edit PDF files, blog and publish wikis. It also supports Open Document Format, ...

Microsoft vs. Google Web-based office battle heats up again
All about Microsoft — November 17th, 2008 Microsoft vs. Google Web-based office battle heats up again Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:55 am Categories: Office Live , Corporate strategy , Office , Google , Office 14 , Office Live Workspace Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Microsoft Corp. , Channel Management , Marketing , Mary Jo Foley , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software After a few months of relative quiet, the war of words and customer wins is on again, with Microsoft and Google ...

Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debut
All about Microsoft — November 18th, 2008 Two more Microsoft Labs deliverables debut Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:39 pm Categories: Office , Research , Web 2.0 Tags: Deliverable , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley , Microsoft Silverlight Two of Microsoft’s hybrid research-product labs made available test versions of new wares this week. Microsoft’s Live Labs — the unit that married Microsoft Researchers with MSN developers — quietly delivered a new spinoff to its Seadragon ...

Office-for-Web: More waiting from Redmond
Between the Lines — December 5th, 2008 Office-for-Web: More waiting from Redmond Posted by Sam Diaz @ 1:25 pm Categories: General , Web Technology , Apple , Google , Microsoft , Cloud computing Tags: Google Inc. , Web , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Channel Management , Office Suites , Software , Marketing , Sam Diaz It looks like it may take longer than expected for anyone to start trying out the Web versions of Microsoft Office. Wait. Here’s another way to say it: It looks ...

Office 14: The (near) silence is deafening
All about Microsoft — December 9th, 2008 Office 14: The (near) silence is deafening Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:40 am Categories: Office Live , Corporate strategy , Office , SharePoint Server , Search , Office 14 Tags: Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley While Microsoft has begun to eek out details about the next version of its Windows cash cow, company officials have maintained almost total silence about the next version of its other big ...

Microsoft inches ahead with new Live services build, new search brand
All about Microsoft — ... , Office Suites Microsoft has delivered a refreshed beta build of its Windows Live Essentials services and has taken another step forward toward rebranding Live Search. On December 15, ...

What will — and won’t — Microsoft do in 2009?
All about Microsoft — ... , Apple , Windows 7 , Search , Google , Yahoo , Office 14 , Utility/cloud computing , Windows Server 2008 R2 /("Windows 7 Server") , Visual Studio 10 ("Hawaii") , Azure , CES 2009 , Mobile services ("Pink"/"Rouge") Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Corp. , RTM , Microsoft Windows , Operating Systems , Microsoft Office , Software , Office Suites , Mary Jo Foley It’s time for the Microsoft pundits, press and the peanut ...

Microsoft and pay-as-you-go: Been there, done that
All about Microsoft — ... 30th, 2008 Microsoft and pay-as-you-go: Been there, done that Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:35 pm Categories: Vista , Windows client , Corporate strategy , Office , Anti-piracy , WGA , OGA , Activation , Channel , System builders , OEMs , Resellers , Windows 7 , Google , Office 14 Tags: Microsoft Corp. , FlexGo , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Much is being made of Microsoft’s recent ...

Cloud Computing: Apple vs. Microsoft
The Apple Core — January 6th, 2009 Cloud Computing: Apple vs. Microsoft Posted by David Morgenstern @ 12:13 pm Categories: Macworld Expo , iWork , Microsoft , Office , Mac BU Tags: Microsoft Office Live Workspace , Apple Macintosh , Cloud Computing , Apple Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Document Collaboration Companion , Microsoft Office , Desktops , Office Suites , Software Cloud Computing: Apple vs. Microsoft Both Apple and Microsoft rolled out the beginnings of a cloud ...

Maybe we’ll see Win 7 and Office 14 launch together, after all
All about Microsoft — ... Win 7 and Office 14 launch together, after all Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:45 am Categories: Windows client , Corporate strategy , Office , App Compatibility , Channel , System builders , OEMs , Resellers , Windows 7 , Office 14 Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Corp. , O14 , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Office , Operating Systems , Software , Office Suites , Mary Jo Foley It’s hard to know what to believe any more, with ...

A new member of the Office 14 family: Office for Sales
All about Microsoft — January 13th, 2009 A new member of the Office 14 family: Office for Sales Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:16 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Development tools , Office , SharePoint Server , Dynamics CRM , CRM Live/CRM Online , Office 14 , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Office Business Application , Sales Strategy , Sales Force Management , Microsoft Office , Sales , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Several years ago, Microsoft execs seemed to be ...

Microsoft to merge Windows Live and Office Live
All about Microsoft — January 22nd, 2009 Microsoft to merge Windows Live and Office Live Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:41 pm Categories: Windows Live , Office Live , Corporate strategy , Windows 7 , Office 14 , Office Live Workspace Tags: Microsoft Office Live , Microsoft Windows Live , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Collaboration , Microsoft Windows , Office Suites , Software , Operating Systems , Mary Jo Foley One of the bits of news buried amid the Microsoft ...

Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage … genuine pain in the rear!
Hardware 2.0 — January 30th, 2009 Microsoft Office Genuine Advantage … genuine pain in the rear! Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 4:48 am Categories: Microsoft Tags: Microsoft Office 2007 , Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Fax , Office Suites , Software , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Here’s when mechanisms such as Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) and Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) really get on my nerves … when they get in the way of me doing what I want! Here’s an example. Yesterday I needed to fire ...

Microsoft to target ‘Outlook Live’ phone service at small-biz users
All about Microsoft — ... by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:47 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Mobile services ("Pink"/"Rouge") , Network service providers , OEMs , Office , Office Live , Windows Mobile Tags: Phone , Microsoft Windows Mobile , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Outlook , E-mail , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Telecom & Utilities , Office Suites , Software The cat’s out of the bag, in terms of Microsoft’s “ My ...

Former Softies aim to make Office work like Google Docs
All about Microsoft — February 11th, 2009 Former Softies aim to make Office work like Google Docs Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:29 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace Tags: Google Inc. , Google Docs , Microsoft Corp. , DocVerse , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Two former Microsoft employees have started a company aimed at making Microsoft Office more like Google Docs — at least on the ...

Microsoft-hosted e-mail for educational users now named ‘Outlook Live’
All about Microsoft — ... educational users now named ‘Outlook Live’ Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:43 am Categories: Code names , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Mobile services ("Pink"/"Rouge") , Windows Live , Windows Mobile Tags: Microsoft Corp. , E-mail Service , Outlook Live Service , Skyline , E-mail , Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Online Communications , Office Suites Exchange Labs — a Microsoft-hosted e-mail service for users at colleges ...

Ballmer: Office 14 not this year
All about Microsoft — February 24th, 2009 Ballmer: Office 14 not this year Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:14 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 14 , SharePoint Server , Windows 7 , Windows client Tags: Steve Ballmer , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley During his annual “Strategic Update” briefing with Wall Street analysts on February 24, CEO Steve Ballmer said Office 14 won’t be shipping in 2009.“Office 14 will not be this year,” Ballmer told ...

Which part of Office 14 will be ad-supported? Web apps
All about Microsoft — March 3rd, 2009 Which part of Office 14 will be ad-supported? Web apps Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:35 pm Categories: Advertising , Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 14 , Office Live , PDC 2008 Tags: Advertisement , Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Some company watchers are scratching their heads over a Microsoft exec’s claim that part of Office 14 will be ad-supported . Psst. Hey guys… ...

VMware picks up yet another former Softie
All about Microsoft — March 24th, 2009 VMware picks up yet another former Softie Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:34 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Research , Virtualization Tags: VMware Inc. , Microsoft Corp. , Research & Development , Content Management , Microsoft Office , Enterprise Software , Business Operations , Software , Office Suites , Mary Jo Foley At the rate it’s going, VMware is going to be Microsoft’s alumni clubhouse No. 1. On March 24, VMware ...

There's more than one way Microsoft could bring Office to the iPhone
All about Microsoft — ... ("Pink"/"Rouge") , Office , Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace , Office for Mac , PDC 2008 , SharePoint Server , Utility/cloud computing , Web 2.0 , Windows Live , Windows Mobile Tags: Apple iPhone , Mobile , Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Office Web Apps , Office Live Service , Office Team , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software Choice is good. But too many choices with too much overlapping ...

Is there an open source alternative to Microsoft Outlook?
Hardware 2.0 — April 7th, 2009 Is there an open source alternative to Microsoft Outlook? Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 8:40 am Categories: Questions Tags: PST File , Open Source , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Outlook , E-mail , Microsoft Office , Groupware , Office Suites , Software , Online Communications A question from the Hardware 2.0 mailbox that I thought I’d share with you for comment: Question : I used to be a big fan of Microsoft Office, however, for the past few years the only thing keeping me ...

Microsoft to release Exchange 2010 beta on April 15
All about Microsoft — ... beta on April 15 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:48 pm Categories: Azure , Code names , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Office , Office 14 , Office Live , SharePoint Server , Speech , Telecommunications , Utility/cloud computing , VOIP , Windows Mobile Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Beta , E-mail , Microsoft Office , Online Communications , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is releasing for download ...

Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28
All about Microsoft — April 14th, 2009 Office 2007 SP2 coming April 28 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:17 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2007 , Service Pack , SharePoint Server , Vista , Windows client Tags: Microsoft Office 2007 , Service Pack 2 , Server , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is confirming that Service Pack 2 for Office 2007 will be released in April, as ...

Five unanswered questions after Microsoft's Q3 earnings call
All about Microsoft — ... , Office Suites I could have entitled this post “10 unasked and unanswered questions” or maybe, if dinner wasn’t calling, “50 unasked/unanswered questions.” But let’s start with five…. Microsoft had ...

Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for download
All about Microsoft — April 28th, 2009 Office 2007 Service Pack 2 available for download Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:05 am Categories: Office , Office 2007 , Service Pack , SharePoint Server , Vista , Windows client Tags: Microsoft Office 2007 , Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft recently committed to making Office 2007 Service Pack 2 (SP2) available for download on April 28 . And, as promised, it is ...

Broader Microsoft Office 2010 test program to kick off in July
All about Microsoft — May 11th, 2009 Broader Microsoft Office 2010 test program to kick off in July Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:07 am Categories: App Compatibility , Code names , Corporate strategy , Database , Office , Office 14 , SQL Server , SharePoint Server Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Community Technology Preview , RTM , Microsoft Office , Microsoft SQL Server 2008 , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Office 2010 will begin rolling out to a wider cross-section of ...

New Microsoft Office 2010 test build leaks
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With Wave, did Google jump the (Microsoft) shark?
All about Microsoft — ... , Office Suites Is Google Wave a threat to Microsoft or an example of Google becoming too Microsoft-like for its own good? If and when you manage to wade through the “Google Wave is the next best thing to Google search” tweets and posts, a few interesting counterpoints rise to the surface. A few brave doubters are throwing some tentative questions out there: ...

Google Apps: With Outlook sync, feel free to dump Exchange
Between the Lines — June 9th, 2009 Google Apps: With Outlook sync, feel free to dump Exchange Posted by Sam Diaz @ 12:40 pm Categories: Enterprise 2.0 , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Microsoft Outlook , Cloud Computing , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software , Sam Diaz Google today announced a feature that allows Google Apps customers to sync their mail, calendar and contacts directly into Outlook, allowing the users to keep ...

Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's search
Between the Lines — June 17th, 2009 Google Apps Sync cuts off Outlook's search Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:48 am Categories: General , Google , Microsoft Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Plug-in , Chances , Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software Installing the Google Apps Sync plug-in apparently prevents Outlook to search your email data. According to Microsoft’s Outlook blog , Google’s much ballyhooed effort to sync Apps and ...

Microsoft's Office 2010 Pro Plus: What's inside?
All about Microsoft — June 19th, 2009 Microsoft's Office 2010 Pro Plus: What's inside? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:17 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SharePoint Server Tags: Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft Corp. , SKU , Office 2010 Beta , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley A month ago, Microsoft officials acknowledged the name and one feature of the company’s forthcoming Office 2010 Pro Plus SKU. Thanks to a new slide from an alleged Microsoft ...

Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' it
All about Microsoft — June 24th, 2009 Microsoft: Outlook's not broken and we aren't 'fixing' it Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:37 pm Categories: App Compatibility , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Office , Office 2007 , Office 2010/Office 14 Tags: HTML , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Outlook , E-mail , Microsoft Office , Groupware , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Office Suites , Software Microsoft’s decision to change the rendering engine in its Outlook mail client from ...

No vertically-focused Microsoft Office on the docket (for now)
All about Microsoft — June 26th, 2009 No vertically-focused Microsoft Office on the docket (for now) Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:28 am Categories: Advertising , Corporate strategy , Database , Housekeeping , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SQL Server , SharePoint Server Tags: Advertisement , Microsoft Corp. , Mediabrands , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley A report in Advertising Age earlier this week, entitled “Microsoft to Create ‘Office Suite’ for ...

One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?
All about Microsoft — June 29th, 2009 One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:46 am Categories: Advertising , Apple , Corporate strategy , Legal , Web 2.0 Tags: Ray Ozzie , Bill Gates , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Office , Operating Systems , Software , Office Suites , Mary Jo Foley It was just a year ago (June 27 was the actual date) that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates relinquished his day-to-day responsibilities at ...

Microsoft seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite
All about Microsoft — ... seeks a name for its new Office Web Apps suite Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:23 am Categories: Code names , Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 2007 , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace , SharePoint Server , Web 2.0 , Worldwide Partner Conference (WWPC) Tags: Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Cloud Computing , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is surveying potential ...

Zoho melds Microsoft Access with Creator via plug-in
Between the Lines — July 9th, 2009 Zoho melds Microsoft Access with Creator via plug-in Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:10 am Categories: Enterprise 2.0 , General , Web 2.0 , Web Technology Tags: Zoho , Microsoft Access , Microsoft Corp. , Plug-in , Microsoft Office , Databases , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software , Data Management Zoho on Thursday said that its Creator application can take Microsoft Access information and turn them into Web applications. For the average bear ...

Clippy's back: Can Office 10 live up to the trailer?
Between the Lines — July 9th, 2009 Clippy's back: Can Office 10 live up to the trailer? Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:33 pm Categories: Microsoft Tags: Office 10 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Larry Dignan Office 10 will take the spotlight next week, but in the meantime we have some funny trailers from the folks at Microsoft. What follows isn’t going to lead to a lot of Office 10 sales, but it’s worth the two minutes. Enjoy.

Microsoft to deliver invitation-only tech preview build of Office 2010
All about Microsoft — July 13th, 2009 Microsoft to deliver invitation-only tech preview build of Office 2010 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:16 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SharePoint Server , Worldwide Partner Conference (WWPC) Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley On July 13, Microsoft is slated to make available a limited technical test build of its Office 2010 suite to select testers via the company’s Connect download site. The new build ...

Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until next month
All about Microsoft — July 13th, 2009 Microsoft Office Web Apps: No test build until next month Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:16 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SharePoint Server , Worldwide Partner Conference (WWPC) Tags: Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Cloud Computing , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Many industry watchers were expecting July 13 to be Microsoft’s coming-out party for Office Web Applications , the company’s ...

Microsoft privately testing Office 2010 streaming-download model
All about Microsoft — July 28th, 2009 Microsoft privately testing Office 2010 streaming-download model Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:54 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Windows client Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Click-To-Run , Windows Team , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft has invited selected testers to try out a new way of delivering Office 2010 to customers using virtualization and streaming technologies. Microsoft made test ...

OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface
All about Microsoft — August 5th, 2009 OpenOffice users: Just say no to a Microsoft-like Ribbon interface Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 3:09 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2007 , Office 2010/Office 14 , Open source Tags: Microsoft Office 2007 , Microsoft Corp. , Ribbon , OpenOffice , Microsoft Office , Open Source , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley From the “truth is stranger than fiction” desk ( via Slashdot ), the OpenOffice.org camp is showing off a ...

How will Silverlight light up Microsoft's Web-based Office apps?
All about Microsoft — ... Microsoft's Web-based Office apps? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:31 am Categories: Azure , Code names , Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , SharePoint Server , Silverlight (wpf/e) , Utility/cloud computing , Windows 7 Tags: Web , Microsoft Silverlight , Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Cloud Computing , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft still has yet to release the ...

Softies launch virtual suggestion box for improving Microsoft Office
All about Microsoft — August 10th, 2009 Softies launch virtual suggestion box for improving Microsoft Office Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:15 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 Tags: Team , Microsoft Corp. , Office Team , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Every week, I get at least a couple of e-mail messages asking me to “tell Microsoft” to add Fix X or Feature Y to Windows, Office or another of its products. (Mostly, the requests are about Windows and Office.) ...

Microsoft and Nokia expected to bring Office to Nokia phones
All about Microsoft — August 11th, 2009 Microsoft and Nokia expected to bring Office to Nokia phones Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 1:44 pm Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Network service providers , OEMs , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Windows Mobile Tags: Phone , Nokia Corp. , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft and Nokia are expected to announce on August 12 details of a distribution agreement for Microsoft’s Office on Nokia ...

Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime
Between the Lines — August 12th, 2009 Examine the patent that made selling Microsoft Word a crime Posted by Larry Dignan @ 4:42 am Categories: General , Microsoft , Software Infrastructure Tags: Patent , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Larry Dignan Microsoft is barred from selling any Microsoft Word products that can open XML files (.xml, .docx and .docm), according to a U.S. District Court ruling in favor of i4i, a small Canadian company that ...

Microsoft cries the sky will fall if injunction not stayed
ZDNet Government — August 19th, 2009 Microsoft cries the sky will fall if injunction not stayed Posted by Richard Koman @ August 19, 2009 @ 4:46 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Word-processing , Injunction , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Richard Koman Can the world survive without the latest version of Word? Microsoft thinks not. Facing an injunction of sales of the Office flagship over a patent violation, Microsoft asked to stay the ...

Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken
All about Microsoft — August 21st, 2009 Microsoft Word patent-infringement case: Playing chicken Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:23 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Legal , Office , Office 2007 , Office 2010/Office 14 Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , XML , Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Software/Web Development , Web Development September 23 is the date a federal appeals court has set for a hearing in the i4i vs. ...

MSFT appeals judge's block of Word
ZDNet Government — August 26th, 2009 MSFT appeals judge's block of Word Posted by Richard Koman @ August 26, 2009 @ 3:33 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Richard Koman Microsoft filed its appeal in the patent case that could block Redmond from selling Word 2003 and 2007, The Wall Street Journal reports. A May decision dinged Microsoft $290 million for infringing patents owned by i4i Inc. of Toronto. In the appeal, ...

Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010
All about Microsoft — August 27th, 2009 Microsoft to add more anti-piracy features to Office 2010 Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:57 am Categories: Activation , Anti-piracy , Corporate strategy , OGA , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , WGA Tags: Antipiracy , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is adding more “Genuine Advantage” features to its forthcoming Office 2010 release to make the product harder to pirate. The company is planning to add new ...

Dell joins in on Microsoft's appeal of Word injunction
ZDNet Government — August 27th, 2009 Dell joins in on Microsoft's appeal of Word injunction Posted by Richard Koman @ August 27, 2009 @ 10:44 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Dell Computer Corp. , Microsoft Corp. , District Court , GrokLaw , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Richard Koman Dell and HP have chimed into Microsoft’s plea to stay injunction of future sales of Word . Microsoft lost a patent battle with Toronto-based i4i, and in August a ...

Over 75% of organizations haven't upgraded to latest Microsoft Office
Between the Lines — August 28th, 2009 Over 75% of organizations haven't upgraded to latest Microsoft Office Posted by Jason Hiner @ 5:11 am Categories: Microsoft , Productivity Software Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Jason Hiner One of the jokes in the IT industry is that the biggest competition for Microsoft Office is previous versions of Microsoft Office. A recent TechRepublic poll confirms the truth that most IT departments are laggards in upgrading to the latest version of Office. A lot of IT ...

No Microsoft Office Web Apps test build in August, after all
All about Microsoft — August 28th, 2009 No Microsoft Office Web Apps test build in August, after all Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:39 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , SharePoint Server , Utility/cloud computing , Web 2.0 , Windows Live Tags: Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Office Web Apps , Cloud Computing , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft isn’t going to make its August ...

Office 2010: What Microsoft will and won't say
All about Microsoft — August 31st, 2009 Office 2010: What Microsoft will and won't say Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 4:08 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , SharePoint Server , Utility/cloud computing , Web 2.0 Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Ribbon , Backstage Feature , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley A new build of Office 2010 — more recent than the Community Technology Preview (CTP) Microsoft delivered in July to a ...

Word saved? Microsoft gets of injunction in i4i patent battle
Between the Lines — September 4th, 2009 Word saved? Microsoft gets stay of injunction in i4i patent battle Posted by Larry Dignan @ 6:01 am Categories: General , Microsoft , Software Infrastructure Tags: Patent , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Larry Dignan The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave Microsoft a win in its patent battle with i4i: A stay of an injunction that would prevent the software giant from selling Word. Microsoft filed ...

Court stays ban on Microsoft Word sales
ZDNet Government — September 4th, 2009 Court stays ban on Microsoft Word sales Posted by Richard Koman @ September 4, 2009 @ 11:27 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Sales Strategy , Microsoft Office , Sales Force Management , Office Suites , Software , Sales , Richard Koman Microsoft can keep selling Microsoft Word - at least until its appeal of a patent infringement verdict is heard. In a good call, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a Texas ...

Labs look: Outlook 2010 technical preview
Between the Lines — September 8th, 2009 Labs look: Outlook 2010 technical preview Posted by Larry Dignan @ 2:14 am Categories: General , Microsoft , Software Infrastructure Tags: Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software , Larry Dignan Microsoft’s workhorse Outlook program gets an update in the 2010 suite, but is it enough to upgrade? We look at an early version. More:

Microsoft in 2010: What do IT managers need to know?
All about Microsoft — ... by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:08 am Categories: Azure , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Management tools , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SharePoint Server , System Center , Utility/cloud computing , Virtualization , Visual Studio 10 ("Hawaii") , Windows 7 , Windows Server 2008 R2 /("Windows 7 Server") Tags: IT Manager , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley I’m presenting via Webcast on Thursday ...

Court overturns $358m verdict against Microsoft
ZDNet Government — September 12th, 2009 Court overturns $358m verdict against Microsoft Posted by Richard Koman @ September 12, 2009 @ 5:06 PM Categories: Government technology Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc. , Court , Microsoft Corp. , Alcatel , Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Enterprise Software The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a patent infringement case against Microsoft but said the $358 million a jury awarded Alcatel-Lucent was not supported. The case will ...

Microsoft Office Web Apps go to testers: Ten things to know
All about Microsoft — ... Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 9:57 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 2007 , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , Office for Mac , SharePoint Server , Windows Live , Windows Mobile Tags: Web Application , Official , Microsoft Corp. , Community Technology Preview , Tester , SkyDrive , Cloud Computing , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software Microsoft is making available to thousands of pre-selected ...

Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud?
Between the Lines — September 22nd, 2009 Google Apps vs. Office Web Apps: Can Microsoft compete in the cloud? Posted by Christopher Dawson @ 4:00 am Categories: Apps , Google , Microsoft , Office 2.0 Tags: Google Inc. , Google Apps , Document , Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Yes , User Experience , Cloud Computing , Microsoft Office , Office Suites Readers of ZDNet Education will know that I’ve been using Google Apps for some time and recently migrated my school district to ...

i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues
Between the Lines — September 23rd, 2009 i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues Posted by Larry Dignan @ 10:32 am Categories: General , Microsoft Tags: Patent , Microsoft Corp. , I4i , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Larry Dignan I4i, the company that was awarded $290 million and an injunction in a patent infringement suit against Microsoft, talked a little trash as three judges heard the software giant’s appeal. Microsoft fired back. Not-so-surprisingly both ...

Court likely to cut damages in MSFT patent infringement case
ZDNet Government — September 24th, 2009 Court likely to cut damages in MSFT patent infringement case Posted by Richard Koman @ September 24, 2009 @ 8:12 AM Categories: Government technology Tags: Patent , Toronto , Judge , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Word , Word Processors , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Richard Koman Federal Circuit judges offered strong hints they will uphold Microsoft’s liability for Word 2003 and 2007’s violation of a patent held by Toronto-based i4i but sharply reduce the damages. ...

Microsoft to add OneNote and SharePoint clients to next Office Mobile release?
All about Microsoft — October 9th, 2009 Microsoft to add OneNote and SharePoint clients to next Office Mobile release? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:02 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , OEMs , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SharePoint Server , Windows Mobile Tags: Mobile , Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft Office OneNote 2003 , Microsoft Corp. , Office Mobile , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft has been totally mum on what it is ...

Microsoft Big Brains: Terry Crowley
All about Microsoft — October 14th, 2009 Microsoft Big Brains: Terry Crowley Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 11:46 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Development tools , Microsoft Big Brains , Office Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Microsoft Windows , Office Suites , Software , Operating Systems , Mary Jo Foley Just before retiring from day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft in 2008, Chairman Bill Gates said that he expected Microsoft’s 22 Technical Fellows to get a lot more publicly visible — now that ...

Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'
Between the Lines — October 22nd, 2009 Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time' Posted by Larry Dignan @ 3:51 am Categories: Cloud computing , Enterprise 2.0 , General , Google Tags: Google Inc. , Eric Schmidt , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Larry Dignan Google CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledges that Google Docs lacks workflow features that Microsoft Office has, but isn’t trying to emulate the suite. In an interview with Stephen Shankland at CNet News , Schmidt continued his ...

Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces
Hardware 2.0 — October 23rd, 2009 Less than 24-hours on and a potential Windows 7 Achilles' heel surfaces Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 5:09 am Categories: Microsoft , Windows 7 Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Windows , E-mail , Microsoft Outlook , Operating Systems , Software , Online Communications , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes Yesterday was Windows 7’s launch day - WooHoo! Yay! PARTAY!!! - but now that the parties are over and people are settling down to actually ...

Microsoft expanding Office Web Apps test program
All about Microsoft — October 24th, 2009 Microsoft expanding Office Web Apps test program Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:16 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , SharePoint Server , Utility/cloud computing Tags: Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Office Web Apps , Microsoft Office , Cloud Computing , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is allowing more testers to join the Office Web Apps Technical Preview program just a few weeks before the ...

Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
All about Microsoft — October 27th, 2009 Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 2:02 pm Categories: Corporate strategy , Development tools , Legal , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 Tags: PST File , Microsoft Corp. , File Format , PST , Microsoft Outlook , E-mail , Groupware , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software On October 26, Microsoft officials announced they were planning to open up the Outlook Personal Folders .PST file format ...

Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services
All about Microsoft — October 30th, 2009 Microsoft to drop Office Accounting product, services Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:28 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Network service providers , Office , Resellers , Systems integrators Tags: Accounting , Small Business , Microsoft Corp. , Office Small Business Web Site , Microsoft Office , Operational Accounting , Financial Services , Office Suites , Software , Finance Starting November 16, Microsoft is ending distribution and ...

Microsoft chops prices of its hosted enterprise cloud offerings
All about Microsoft — ... Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 3:28 pm Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Exchange Server , Office , Office Live , Resellers , SharePoint Server , Speech , Systems integrators , Telecommunications , Utility/cloud computing , VOIP , Web conferencing Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Office , Cloud Computing , Tools & Techniques , Office Suites , Software , Management , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is cutting ...

Microsoft to show Office Mobile 2010 at TechEd Europe
All about Microsoft — November 3rd, 2009 Microsoft to show Office Mobile 2010 at TechEd Europe Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 12:44 pm Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , Network service providers , OEMs , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , SharePoint Server , Windows Mobile Tags: Mobile , Microsoft SharePoint , Microsoft Corp. , Office Mobile 2010 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft officials have shared details about two of the three different ...

Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions
Between the Lines — November 4th, 2009 Xobni expands to include enterprise but where are Web, Mobile and even Mac versions Posted by Sam Diaz @ 3:00 am Categories: Enterprise 2.0 Tags: Web , Apple Macintosh , Mobile , Xobni , Microsoft Outlook , Groupware , Channel Management , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software Xobni, the add-on tool that taps into Outlook to unleash contacts, has been smart about its growth, launching an enterprise version this week at the Enterprise 2.0 conference in San Francisco. ...

OpenOfficeMouse - Put an end to button envy!
Hardware 2.0 — ... , Office Suites OpenOffice, better known for the free alternative to Microsoft’s Office suite, has announced that it will start selling a mouse specifically designed for the OpenOffice suite early next year. And if you existing mouse gives you a case of button envy, then this is the mouse for you. The mouse, called OOMouse, features eighteen (count em, eighteen!) buttons! [image] But that’s not all. Take a look at these raft of features: I like everything about the OOMouse … well, everything except the overall design. OK, I’ve not had any hands-on time with it yet, but the ...

Microsoft lines up testers for free Office Starter 2010 product
All about Microsoft — November 12th, 2009 Microsoft lines up testers for free Office Starter 2010 product Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 5:31 am Categories: Apple , Corporate strategy , Google , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace , Open source , SharePoint Server Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Office Starter 2010 , Potential Tester , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is soliciting existing Office Live Workspace users to be ...

Office 2010 Beta 2 bits leak to the Web
All about Microsoft — November 13th, 2009 Office 2010 Beta 2 bits leak to the Web Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 6:44 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace , PDC 2009 , SharePoint Server Tags: Web , Web Application , Microsoft Corp. , Beta , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft has been having a tough time keeping its Office 2010 bits from leaking. On November 13, the Professional Plus version of ...

Office 2010 beta downloadable by MSDN, Technet subscribers today
All about Microsoft — November 16th, 2009 Office 2010 Beta 2 downloadable by MSDN, Technet subscribers today Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 10:50 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , PDC 2009 , SharePoint Server Tags: Microsoft Developer Network , Microsoft Corp. , Beta , Microsoft TechNet , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley As widely expected, Microsoft has begun rolling out the public beta of its Office 2010 suite this week. On ...

Office Starter 2010 private beta, with 'Office to GO,' goes to testers
All about Microsoft — November 20th, 2009 Office Starter 2010 private beta, with 'Office to GO,' goes to testers Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 8:21 am Categories: Corporate strategy , Office 2010/Office 14 , Office Live , Office Live Workspace , PDC 2009 , SharePoint Server , Utility/cloud computing , Virtualization Tags: Microsoft Corp. , Beta , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley Microsoft released a bunch of public betas of various Office 2010 products this week. But ...

Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
All about Microsoft — November 23rd, 2009 Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:33 am Categories: Channel , Corporate strategy , OEMs , Office , Office 2010/Office 14 Tags: Microsoft Word , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Works , Office Starter 2010 , Microsoft Office , Office Suites , Software , Mary Jo Foley More information is coming in from various testers regarding the Office Starter 2010 build that Microsoft released ...