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• Office 365 news round-up: June 17

  17 Jun 2013

  It's been a busy couple of weeks for Microsoft with both the TechEd North America conference in New Orleans and the E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles. TechEd featured key developments to Windows Azure, significant updates to servers, and new tools built for the cloud. At E3, we unveiled a lineup of...
• Office 365 news round-up

  31 May 2013

  It's been another remarkable couple of weeks for Office 365. Thanks to our customers, the new Office is officially the best-selling Office edition yet, with more than one sold every second on average since it launched. And if that wasn't enough, in just over 100 days, Office 365 Home Premium has become...
• Office 365: More value, Most complete

  29 May 2013

  Organizations of all sizes are looking for ways to transform their business. They need effective ways to communicate and work with their customers. Along with the IT capabilities to minimize maintenance overhead, they're seeking solutions to protect their company's data and be compliant. All this while...
• SEPCOIII boosts employee productivity with switch from Gmail to Office 365

  22 May 2013

  Energy company SEPCOIII had been using Gmail for external communication but found it unreliable and cumbersome. The company eventually switched from Gmail to Microsoft Office 365. We recently spoke to Pradeep Parmar, Director of Management Information Systems at SEPCOIII , to learn why: Q: Please tell...
• Arysta LifeScience replaces rollout of Google Apps for Business in favor of Microsoft Office 365 to build a more productive global organization

  21 May 2013

  Arysta LifeScience wanted to standardize on cloud-based communication and collaboration services. It chose Google Apps for Business. However, employees in the pilot group were unhappy with the user interface and IT struggled with compatibility issues. Arysta LifeScience replaced the Google deployment...
• Sensia Hälsovård AB chooses Office 365 over Google Apps, cuts travel costs by 30 percent

  20 May 2013

  Healthcare provider Sensia Hälsovård AB needed a single communication and collaboration platform to accommodate its rapid growth. About 30 percent of its employees had been using Google Gmail, but found it cumbersome and unintuitive. The company eventually chose Microsoft Office 365. We recently...
• Office 365 news round-up

  17 May 2013

  It has been a busy week for Office 365. After announcing our new Office Webs roadmap last week, it was great to see TIME magazine rate Office Web Apps among its 50 best websites. While I hope everybody enjoyed Rob Schneider's turn as the embodiment of Google Apps earlier this week, I'm also hoping the...
• With Office 365, there's no reason to compromise

  13 May 2013

  A lot is said these days about the choices people and organizations are faced with when adopting technology. In the end, it's all about productivity. All of these decisions are made with the aim of optimizing your productivity -- whether you're a stay-at-home mom, accountant, student, or business person...
• Office is a team player

  10 May 2013

  It's amazing to think how far Microsoft Office has come since we first launched Microsoft Word 1.0 in 1983. Word has moved well beyond replacing simple typing functions to a rich set of tools that produce an array of highly formatted documents. Excel has grown from simple ledger functions to become an...
• Google Docs isn't worth the gamble

  10 May 2013

  When you open a Microsoft Office application, you know what you're going to get. Whether you're working from a PC, a browser or a smartphone, the way the software functions is familiar and consistent. You don't have to fret as to whether you're seeing the Office document as it was intended. Productivity...
• Office Web Apps: More Office, more collaborative, more devices

  7 May 2013

  Microsoft has a fully featured, inclusive approach to productivity that spans platforms, devices, browsers, online and offline experiences. After more than two decades delivering the world’s most familiar and trusted productivity tools, we're incredibly proud that more than 1 billion people worldwide...
• Getting work done without workarounds

  30 Apr 2013

  Nothing is more exciting for me than talking to Microsoft Office 365 customers. This experience is more special when they tell me Office 365 provides the features they need to stay organized and productive, rather than having to find workarounds in other products they've tried. I recently hit the road...
• Office 365 news round-up

  26 Apr 2013

  Every couple weeks, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. We hope you enjoy our latest selections. Microsoft: Office 365 Cloud Now $1 Billion Business . Office 365 is now a $1 billion business; one in every four enterprise customers now have cloud seats with Microsoft. Office...
• Why government agencies choose Microsoft Office 365

  22 Apr 2013

  Today's guest blogger is Javier Vasquez, Senior Director of Productivity Sales, State and Local Government at Microsoft. For the past 15 years, Javier has helped public sector customers implement solutions that help them realize value in their technology investments. As government agencies prepare for...
• FHI 360 standardizes on Microsoft Office 365 to better support globally dispersed employees

  17 Apr 2013

  When FHI 360 wanted to move to cloud-based business productivity services, the organization decided to implement a Microsoft cloud-based solution. We recently spoke to Douglas Wilkins, Director of IT Infrastructure at FHI 360, to learn how the company is benefiting: Q: Please tell us about FHI 360. Douglas...
• Communications and collaboration in an information age

  12 Apr 2013

  Part of the thrill of working for the Office Division is the opportunity to tackle thorny business issues on behalf of our customers while providing them with a road map for the future. That may be why an interesting article caught my attention this week. In it, the author examined some of the investments...
• Office 365 news round-up

  12 Apr 2013

  Every couple weeks, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. We hope you enjoy our latest selections. The Office 365 Upgrade: New Outlook Web App . The new Office 365 includes "a vastly improved" Outlook Web App. ABB Deploys Office 365 and Yammer Worldwide . Power automation firm...
• Google pulling the rug out again?

  4 Apr 2013

  Remember the vintage game " Pull the Rug Out ?" It is a board game where players stack different items on top of a rug. Eventually, one of the players tries to pull out the rug without tumbling the pieces stacked on top of it. Google's recent announcement that it is phasing out several additional services...
• dmg Events excites workers, managers, and IT staff with move from Google to Office 365

  2 Apr 2013

  International events producer dmg Events Middle East & Asia moved from an on-premises email system to the cloud-based Gmail system, and the move proved frustrating for employees and IT staff. When the Google contract came up from renewal, dmg decided it was time for a new email system. We recently...
• Office 365 news round-up

  29 Mar 2013

  Every couple weeks, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. We hope you enjoy our latest selections. Office 365 Mixes New Features, Familiar Feel and Bridge to the Cloud . Office 365 and its enterprise-grade cloud services "are a good option for a business of any size." Explained...