Microsoft Launches Home Version of Office 365
Microsoft has launched a cheaper version of its cloud productivity suite, Office 365, to target the home user and student market. Although it shared the same name as the Office 365 business suite and...
View ArticleMajor Office 365 Update due February 27, says Ballmer
Microsoft will release a major update for Office 365 on February 27, CEO Steve Ballmer said in a blog post today. Amid remarks about the take-up of the cloud productivity suite among business...
View ArticleOffice 365 Home Premium and Office 365: a quick comparison
Recently Microsoft released Office 365 Home Premium for the home. Although it shares the same name as the business suite, it uses different applications.
View ArticleCloud Software for Accountants
This definitive guide to cloud software for accountants reveals the programs which drive enormous productivity benefits for the modern accounting firm.
View ArticleOffice 365 Upgraded with New Features for 2013
Microsoft updated Office 365 with a new contact database, a newsfeed combining RSS feeds, status updates and blog posts, and a centralised SharePoint view.
View ArticleWhy the Patriot Act is Irrelevant
In fact the concern with holding data in Australia or overseas is irrelevant. The Australian government already hands over data stored in Australia to the US government as part of the Australia-US...
View ArticleXero, Thomson Reuters Join Forces in CCH Rebuff
Legal and accounting publisher Thomson Reuters has agreed to supply updates for accountants to cloud accounting company Xero’s practice management suite.
View ArticleMicrosoft’s Domination Unlikely to Extend to the Cloud
Microsoft Office may be the de facto standard for creating documents on the PC but it is unlikely to retain that prestigious role in the cloud. The evidence is supported by two key trends.
View ArticleWhy Your IT Guy Could Lose His Job
The local “IT guy” who installs and maintains computers for small businesses is facing a bleak future. Cloud software and services are easier to buy and manage and often a lot cheaper than running your...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases Office 365 apps for iPhone
Microsoft has released a version of its Office software for the Apple iPhone for users of its cloud suite, Office 365. It was the first time Microsoft had developed the Office suite for an operating...
View ArticleOffice 365 Gives Excel an Intelligence Boost
Microsoft announced this week a cloud-based business intelligence (BI) program for its cloud suite Office 365. Power BI for Office 365 analysed data from Excel and used it to create interactive charts,...
View ArticleOffice 365 On the iPad At Last (Sort Of)
Earlier this month Microsoft made it much easier to use its cloud-based productivity suite, Office 365, on an iPad with the release of a dedicated app.
View ArticleMicrosoft Doubles Office 365 Email Mailboxes to 50GB
Microsoft has doubled the size of email mailboxes for Office 365 from 25GB to 50GB and increased SkyDrive Pro's cloud storage capacity from 7GB to 25GB.
View ArticleHackers Crack Adobe’s Cloud Service: Lessons Learned
Users of cloud services may have felt a little uneasy last week when Adobe reported that hackers had stolen information about 2.9 million customers.
View ArticleWhy You Should Move from Dropbox to SkyDrive Pro
Many businesses find Dropbox too basic for their needs. Collaboration apps like SkyDrive Pro integrate with Microsoft Office and offer greater control.
View ArticleCloud Crowd Winner Preps Accounting Firm for Makeover
Hattam McCarthy Reeves is not a newcomer to cloud. But though it had over 100 clients on Xero, half the firm's internal systems were still on servers.
View ArticleWhich App Should You Choose to Store your Contacts?
If a central list is the goal, which is the app to hold it? This week we will look at which app is best suited to the task.
View ArticleMicrosoft Adds Skype-to-Lync Video Calls to Voice, Chat
Skype users could make video calls to business users of Office 365’s video and call conferencing platform Lync in the latest step to integrate the two Microsoft-owned platforms
View ArticleMicrosoft Office for iPad Requires Office 365
After years of expectation, Microsoft planned to launch Office for iPad on March 27 at an event in San Francisco.
View ArticleMicrosoft Office Apps Free for Android and iPhone
Microsoft made the Office Mobile apps for Android and iPhone free for viewing and editing documents.
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