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Article | 23/05/2013 Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days
A freelance Java developer claims it took him only 30 days to build and launch a basic open source office suite that runs on multiple OSes.
Article | 17/05/2013 No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention
Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show an...
Article | 13/05/2013 Harmon.ie aims to close the mobile gap in Office 365
A new mobile application from Harmon.ie promises to improve the way people use Microsoft Office 365 from iOS, BlackBerry and Android tablets and phone...
Article | 8/05/2013 Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products
Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps ...
Article | 8/05/2013 Microsoft to boost Office Web Apps features
Microsoft plans to accelerate improvements in Office Web Apps, the browser-based version of the Office suite, adding features like real-time co-author...
Article | 3/05/2013 Microsoft to grow Office 365's capacity to import contacts from third-party tools
Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Face...
Article | 23/04/2013 Microsoft says Office 365 adoption accelerating, but questions remain
When Microsoft reported its third-quarter financial results last week, company officials trumpeted several metrics about sales and adoption of Office ...
Article | 27/03/2013 Microsoft touts Office 365 wins, but customers want more
Microsoft is trumpeting Office 365 customer successes at its U.S. Public Sector CIO Summit on Tuesday, but some of those otherwise happy clients have ...
Article | 22/03/2013 Google Drive hit by three outages this week
Google Drive, the cloud storage and applications suite used by millions at home and at work, has suffered three service interruptions this week, makin...
Article | 20/03/2013 Open-Xchange to launch open-source, browser-based office suite
Collaboration software vendor Open-Xchange plans to launch an open-source, browser-based productivity suite called OX Documents.
Article | 4/03/2013 Microsoft equips Visual Studio for Office app-building
Microsoft has released a collection of tools that will help Visual Studio 2012 users more easily write add-on applications for Microsoft Office 2013, ...
Article | 4/03/2013 Microsoft promises Surface Pro in European stores next quarter
Microsoft's Surface Pro tablet will go on sale in Europe in the second quarter priced somewhere around €899, while a local telco is now reselling the ...
Article | 27/02/2013 Office 365 for businesses gets upgraded, new bundles added
Microsoft will upgrade on Wednesday its existing Office 365 cloud email and collaboration suites for businesses, as well as introduce new bundles, gro...
Article | 26/02/2013 OneNote, Yammer, SkyDrive are growth drivers for Office, DelBene says
The note-taking application OneNote, cloud storage service SkyDrive and Yammer enterprise social networking software have emerged as rising stars in t...
Article | 25/02/2013 Red Cross offers Office 365 to its units worldwide to improve communications
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) now offers its more than 180 National Societies the option to adopt Office...