Office Applications
News, blogs, analysis, tips, discussion and how-to about office applications.
Can Google Apps Unseat Microsoft Office and Exchange?
Microsoft Detects New Malware Targeting Apple Computers
Wed, May 02, 2012 - Apple users should be sure their Mac version of Office has up-to-date patches
Combating Mobile Content Fragmentation With Box
Wed, April 25, 2012 - As workers increasingly turn to mobile devices to interact with enterprise content, that content is getting fragmented into silos within apps. Box is attempting to combat that fragmentation with its Box OneCloud mobile framework.
Microsoft to Support ODF 1.2 Open Document Standard in Office 15
Wed, April 25, 2012 - Microsoft will also support ODF 1.2 in its cloud office suite Office 365.
Windows RT, Formerly WOA, to have Office Apps Included
Tue, April 17, 2012 - Windows 8 on ARM, now dubbed Windows RT by Microsoft, will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote applications, according to a chart included in a blog by Microsoft posted yesterday.
Microsoft Adds 6 Months to Office 2007's Support Lifespan
Thu, April 12, 2012 - Microsoft has extended the mainstream support period for Office 2007 by six months to align the suite's lifecycle with a little-known provision in the company's support policy.
Yammer Buys OneDrum for Office Collaboration Tools
Wed, April 11, 2012 - The deal comes amid growing consolidation in the social collaboration market
IT Must Provide Enterprise Collaboration Tools Employees Will Use
Tue, March 27, 2012 - Businesses are under pressure to enable collaboration beyond the corporate firewall as workers increasingly need to connect with remote colleagues as well as business partners, suppliers and consultants. The challenge to IT departments is that many employees are turning to email and consumer-grade file-sharing services to get their work done and exposing the enterprise to risk in the process.
Microsoft Cuts the Prices of Some Office 365 Plans
Thu, March 15, 2012 - Prices of plans for midsize companies and enterprises fell as much as 20 percent
Quickoffice Gets Enterprise Makeover
Tue, March 13, 2012 - Quickoffice added some security heft to its popular iPad and iPhone app, in hopes of wooing businesses.
15 Things to Know About "Office 15"
Mon, March 12, 2012 - The next version of Microsoft Office is expected to arrive later this year. We don't know for sure what new major features will be added to its individual applications (i.e. Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint, Word), but several tidbits about the overall suite have been subtly revealed or officially announced by Microsoft. Plus, there's been plenty of speculation by the tech news media.
Microsoft : OnLive, Cloud Provider of Windows and Office, is Improperly Licensed
Fri, March 09, 2012 - Microsoft is 'actively engaged' with the company to bring it into compliance
Google Improves Docs PDF Search
Wed, March 07, 2012 - The new functionality is based on OCR technology
Application Streaming Gets a New Face With Cloudpaging
Mon, March 05, 2012 - Application streaming--delivering software on-demand from centralized servers or the cloud--holds great promise, but has proved elusive in practical application. Legacy applications can prove difficult to virtualize and performance has been problematic. But Numecent, a startup born of a DARPA project, aims to change that.
7 Office Suites for Android Devices
Mon, March 05, 2012 - You can take your work with you, thanks to several office suites which let you view and edit your documents on an Android device. Most were originally designed for use on a smartphone, but here are seven that are compatible with most Android tablets that run Android 2.3 (codenamed "Gingerbread").



