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• Office 365 at National Small Business Week - San Francisco: More than just technology

  18 May 2012

  In 1975 Microsoft was founded as a small business after Paul Allen showed Bill Gates and the idea of Microsoft was born. In three short years the year-end sales exceeded $1 million. Since the beginning, Microsoft has worked to tackle big challenges and we take pride in the solutions we provide for businesses...
• Customize your public facing website with Office 365 and gadgets

  10 May 2012

  Microsoft Office 365 provides small businesses with tools to create professional-looking websites. Powered by SharePoint Online, you can choose your own domain and use the provided tools and templates to build, publish and maintain your site. Gadgets, which are standalone applications that come with...
• Celebrate small businesses in the U.S. with the Better Business Tour

  9 May 2012

  During the month of May we celebrate the almost 10 million small businesses in the United States with learning sessions, tweetups, giveaways, and other special events. Join us during National Small Business Weeks across the nation at these events: May 14 - 19: Microsoft Office 365 and Windows Intune...
• Office 365: Turning email from a hassle to a help

  9 May 2012

  By Jennifer Freeman, Executive Director, Colorado Youth Corps Association I've been working with the Colorado Youth Corps Association for 12 years and our job is to support Colorado youth corps through fund raising, contract management, lobbying, and communications with stakeholders and funders. There...
• Office 365 helps C&I Engineering gain efficiencies and compete with larger companies (Video)

  2 May 2012

  C&I Engineering provides engineering services to the nuclear industry. With employees working at several customer locations, the company needed better ways to communicate and collaborate. By using Microsoft Office 365, a set of cloud-based communications services, C&I has saved time by automating...
• Extend your Office experience to the web with Office 365 (Video)

  2 May 2012

  Microsoft Office Web Apps, as part of Office 365, provide a familiar Office experience whether you're working from a mobile device, a public computer or at home. Through a web browser, the Web Apps allow you to create, view and edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote files online. With many of the same...
• Being there from anywhere: Online meetings using Office 365

  4 Apr 2012

  By Ben Waters, Director, Cluster Internet Six years ago, I founded Cluster Internet, a company in Essex, United Kingdom, that was initially focused on website hosting for small and midsize businesses. Today, I've moved away from hosting-we now spend more of our time on advanced web development and application...
• Office 365 Helps Small Businesses Imagine the Possible

  31 Jan 2012

  By Cindy Bates, Vice President, US SMB, Microsoft Corp. Yesterday was a bit of a different day for me. Instead of conducting business meetings, I found myself paddling down rivers and riding on rainbows. Of course, these were metaphoric rivers and rainbows. In reality, I spent the morning doing imaginative...
• Differentiating the Business in a Tough Economy

  4 Jan 2012

  Based in Seattle, Washington, findwell is a startup real estate company that strives to deliver exceptional service through the smart use of technology and a progressive business approach. The company implemented Microsoft Office 365 in 2011 for cloud-based email and document sharing. We recently sat...
• MasterCard and Microsoft Office 365: The Perfect Stocking Stuffer for Small Businesses

  20 Dec 2011

  By Eugene DeSilva, Vice President, Small and Medium Enterprise Global Products, MasterCard Worldwide For every small business owner, the holiday season and the start of the New Year brings excitement about new business opportunities and strategies to increase sales. They’re looking for tools and...
• Creating a More Productive Mobile Workforce

  13 Dec 2011

  One of the key trends spurring an increasingly mobile workforce is telecommuting. Already, 17.2 million people in the United States work from home or remotely at least one day a month, according to a survey by the nonprofit organization WorldatWork. And interest in telecommuting is growing. Nearly 60...
• Revamping Real Estate with findwell Insurance

  8 Dec 2011

  Today we have a guest post from one of our customers, Kevin Lisota , Chief Executive Officer, findwell . Learn how he is differentiating his company from their competition with Office 365. You can read more guest posts from customers here . My real estate company, findwell, isn’t your normal real...
• Working Effectively Wherever You Are

  16 Nov 2011

  The number of employees working from home, on the road, and other places away from the office continues to skyrocket. Indeed, the global market intelligence firm IDC predicts that by 2013, over one in three workers worldwide will be mobile. In the United States, which has the largest number of mobile...
• How the Cloud Helps Small Businesses

  10 Nov 2011

  Cloud computing is truly a savior—especially in today’s economy where small businesses must do everything within their power to boost productivity and cut costs. Nearly all 9.6 million small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) in the United States – 98 percent-- say technology is important...
• The 7/365 Review – Productivity in the Cloud

  28 Oct 2011

  Here is a snapshot of news and information from the last week about Office 365 that features information about why a variety of businesses are moving to Productivity in the Cloud. Top Hotel Group Goes 365 In this Computer World article, Stefan Hammond writes about why Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels Limited...
• Just Like Being There

  11 Oct 2011

  Today we have a guest post from one of our customers, Elia Wallen, President of Travelers Haven. Learn how he is unifying his distributed workforce with Office 365. You can read more guest posts from customers here . I launched Travelers Haven ( http://www.mytravelershaven.com , http://www.shorttermhousing...