Microsoft launches Office 365 with rates tailored to small business

After stumbling twice with offering productivity applications as a service, Microsoft Corp. is finally giving what those who dream of in a cloud service have always wanted: a full-featured Office 365. The company

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 27th, 2013 Howard Solomon

Small pediatric therapy clinic commits to full Windows 8 environment

When it comes to running a business that helps children with learning disabilities, and operates out of five locations scattered across south western Ontario, Steven Taylor finds coordination of staff and collaboration between

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: December 12th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Most SMBs have no plan to use cloud-based office suite

Despite the persistence of Google Apps and Microsoft’s move to a software-as-a-service model for Office, most small and medium-sized businesses still say they have no plans to adopt a cloud based productivity suite,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 10th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Microsoft may price Office 365 as low as $2 per month

Microsoft must aggressively price its Office 365 subscription plans, perhaps as low as $2 a month, to convince consumers that it's better to rent software than to buy it, analysts said today.When CEO

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 27th, 2012 Gregg Keizer

Microsoft’s Office 15 embraces software-as-a-service model

Small business trial customers of Microsoft Corp.'s new version of widely-used productivity suite are giving the new Web-based delivery approach a thumbs up. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said in San Francisco on Monday that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 18th, 2012 Paolo Del Nibletto

First look at Microsoft Office 2013 customer preview

I spent most of my time with Word and Excel on a laptop and on a desktop all-in-one equipped with a touchscreen. As expected, Microsoft is tying Office 2013 and Office 365 tightly

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 16th, 2012 Michael Brown

Microsoft Office 365 selling like hot cakes to SMBs

Office 365, Microsoft's cloud collaboration and communication suite for organizations, is selling eight times faster than its predecessor, the Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) and has been particularly successful among small businesses, which

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 30th, 2011 Juan Carlos Perez

Zoho Docs offers comfortable, flexible productivity suite

Among online productivity suites, Zoho Docs brings a unique third-party perspective to the mix. Microsoft and Google are each entrenched in their own cultures and tools, but Zoho Docs takes a moreflexible cross-platform

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 31st, 2011 Tony Bradley

Office 365 offers great value compared to on-premises alternative

Microsoft has officially launched Office 365--the new cloud-based subscription productivity suite. Inevitably, there are a myriad of head-to-head comparisons and face-offs with the rival Google Apps platform, but those are only valuable for

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 30th, 2011 Tony Bradley

Lync the hidden gem in Office 365

By Robert Dutt After more than eight months of hype from Microsoft, Microsoft's cloud-based productivity suite, Office 365, formally goes live Tuesday with Microsoft launch events from New York and around the world.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 29th, 2011 IDG News Service

Microsoft Office 365 exits beta after testing by SMBs

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched the much-awaited Office 365 on Tuesday, after a beta program of about nine months, as the company responds -- some critics say belatedly -- to the rising popularity

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 28th, 2011 Juan Carlos Perez

Microsoft Office 365: weak points to expect at launch

Microsoft Corp. is all but sure to launch the full version of Office 365 tomorrow and the online version will fall short of its on-premises cousin in several ways, according to an independent

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 27th, 2011 Brian Jackson

Office 365 beta delivers simple user experience

Office 365, the cloud-based version of Microsoft Office, was released its public beta version earlier this year, and CEO Steve Ballmer will be commenting on the offering’s future and whether it will continue

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 16th, 2011 Harmeet Singh

City chooses Exchange Online over Google Apps

The City of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has never owned an Exchange server, but starting on Memorial Day it will roll out Exchange and Outlook e-mail for 2,700 of its workers.Winston-Salem - population 230,000

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 24th, 2011