http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - The Office System Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 05:36:27 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 05:36:27 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Provide-Office-365-to-OIEC-271538.shtml Today, Microsoft announced the signing of an agreement with the Catholic International Education Office (OIEC) to provide Office 365 for the latter’s community of Catholic schools around the world.

The adoption of Microsoft’s cloud service is part of a new Social Network for Catholic Education, and it will kick off with the deliv... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 13:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Provide-Office-365-to-OIEC-271538.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Provide-Office-365-to-OIEC-271538.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Office-for-iPad-and-Android-to-Arrive-in-November-271405.shtml Microsoft is reportedly gearing up to make available new versions of its Office productivity suite, one set to arrive on Apple’s iPad, while the other is expected to hit Google’s Android tablets.

A few months ago, the company was rumored to plan the release of an iPad-specific flavor of Office, but it denied t... (read more)]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 07:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Office-for-iPad-and-Android-to-Arrive-in-November-271405.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Office-for-iPad-and-Android-to-Arrive-in-November-271405.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Celebrates-9-6-Million-US-Small-Businesses-with-Office-365-270578.shtml Microsoft’s Office 365 is increasingly popular among small and medium businesses around the world, and is seeing increased adoption in the United States as well.

Made public in June last year, the cloud service has attracted customers of all sizes, yet the main target for it is the small and medium business... (read more)]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 09:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Celebrates-9-6-Million-US-Small-Businesses-with-Office-365-270578.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Celebrates-9-6-Million-US-Small-Businesses-with-Office-365-270578.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Welcomes-Emperor-Group-to-Its-Customer-List-270207.shtml Microsoft Office 365 is enjoying increased adoption around the world, with Hong Kong-based conglomerate Emperor Group being one of the latest companies to choose its capabilities.

Microsoft’s productivity solution is now being provided to over 300 users primarily within Emperor Watch & Jewelry and more of them are expect... (read more)]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 13:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Welcomes-Emperor-Group-to-Its-Customer-List-270207.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Welcomes-Emperor-Group-to-Its-Customer-List-270207.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Electronics-Company-Note-Saves-Money-with-Office-365-268587.shtml Electronics manufacturer Note is one of the companies which decided to move to Microsoft’s Office 365, and which is already ripping the fruits of its decision.

Following the decision to adopt Office 365 and leave Google Mail aside, the company managed to unify its communication infrastructure and to enjoy significant IT co... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 14:13:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Electronics-Company-Note-Saves-Money-with-Office-365-268587.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Electronics-Company-Note-Saves-Money-with-Office-365-268587.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Office-365-Becomes-FISMA-Certified-268358.shtml Last week, Microsoft announced that its Office 365 service was granted the Authority to Operate under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) by the Broadcasting Board of Governors.

For those out of the loop, we should note that FISMA creates a process for federal agencies to certify and accredit the security of their i... (read more)]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 14:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Office-365-Becomes-FISMA-Certified-268358.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Office-365-Becomes-FISMA-Certified-268358.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Registers-Increased-Adoption-in-Italy-262881.shtml Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 service is registering increased adoption on the market in Italy, Microsoft announced recently.

The company claims that eight companies and public agencies have joined the service, along with an increasing number of Italian customers interested in enhancing productivity.

By adop... (read more)]]> Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:11:02 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Registers-Increased-Adoption-in-Italy-262881.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Registers-Increased-Adoption-in-Italy-262881.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Office-for-Education-App-Set-to-Arrive-on-SharePoint-15-260665.shtml Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is reportedly gearing up for the release of a new Office for Education application as part of its SharePoint offering.

At the moment, the company is testing the application among a select group of users, a recent article from ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley shows.

Sources ... (read more)]]> Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Office-for-Education-App-Set-to-Arrive-on-SharePoint-15-260665.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Office-for-Education-App-Set-to-Arrive-on-SharePoint-15-260665.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-for-Education-Can-Deliver-the-Value-Institutions-Seek-260651.shtml Today, education can take full advantage of cloud services, and IT professionals and leaders in education often turn to this area to ensure they offer students all they need for increased efficiency.

By choosing cloud services, they also make sure that institutions benefit from both cost and time saving.

read more)]]> Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-for-Education-Can-Deliver-the-Value-Institutions-Seek-260651.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-for-Education-Can-Deliver-the-Value-Institutions-Seek-260651.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-with-Changes-to-Office-Web-Apps-259823.shtml Starting with the upcoming availability of the Office 15 productivity suite, Microsoft plans on delivering a series of changes to the Office Web Apps that it currently provided to its users.

Basically, Microsoft is expected to move its Office Web Apps to a new and separate server product, which should enable faster performance and a bette... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:41:02 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-with-Changes-to-Office-Web-Apps-259823.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-with-Changes-to-Office-Web-Apps-259823.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outlook-15-Promises-a-Revised-User-Experience-259853.shtml One of the applications bound to bring along a series of changes when coupled with the upcoming Windows 8 platform is Outlook.

As part of Office 15, the next-generation productivity suite from Microsoft, the application will deliver optimizations for use on touchscreen devices, and will also provide an experience affected by the Metro... (read more)]]> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outlook-15-Promises-a-Revised-User-Experience-259853.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Outlook-15-Promises-a-Revised-User-Experience-259853.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-SharePoint-Online-2013-Details-Leak-259172.shtml Redmond-based software giant Microsoft is gearing up for the release of a new version of its cloud-hosted SharePoint solution, one that might arrive as SharePoint Online 2013.

A new report from ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley suggests that Microsoft is already hard at work with implementing new features with the solution, and has also conf... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-SharePoint-Online-2013-Details-Leak-259172.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-SharePoint-Online-2013-Details-Leak-259172.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Extensive-Office-15-Technical-Preview-Screenshots-Available-259153.shtml In January, Microsoft kicked off the technical preview availability of the upcoming Office 15 application, allowing only a small number of people to get a taste of the new features and capabilities packed with it.

Office 15 is the next version of Microsoft’s productivity suite, and it should arrive on Windows 8 wit... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 15:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Extensive-Office-15-Technical-Preview-Screenshots-Available-259153.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Extensive-Office-15-Technical-Preview-Screenshots-Available-259153.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Office-365-Now-20-Cheaper-for-Enterprises-258884.shtml Microsoft is slashing the price tag of the Office 365 product for its enterprise customers, while also expanding the product’s reach to more markets around the world.

The company’s service has seen incredible response from customers, and is benefiting from increased adoption in all markets where it has already bee... (read more)]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:06:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Office-365-Now-20-Cheaper-for-Enterprises-258884.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-s-Office-365-Now-20-Cheaper-for-Enterprises-258884.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Pack-Third-Party-Agaves-Web-Extensions-in-Office-15-258843.shtml Microsoft is set to make a series of changes to the way in which its Office Suite handles third-party extensions, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest.

Apparently, the Redmond-based software giant will provide developers with the possibility to come up with “Agaves” web extensions to add more... (read more)]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 13:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Pack-Third-Party-Agaves-Web-Extensions-in-Office-15-258843.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Pack-Third-Party-Agaves-Web-Extensions-in-Office-15-258843.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Pack-Office-15-with-a-Touch-Mode-254892.shtml Microsoft’s upcoming Office 15 suite of applications is expected to become available with a so-called touch mode, which will be enabled only on devices featuring touch capabilities.

The suite will arrive with support for touch, but desktop users won’t be forced to have it enabled if their computers lack touch, it seems.read more)]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Pack-Office-15-with-a-Touch-Mode-254892.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Pack-Office-15-with-a-Touch-Mode-254892.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Technical-Preview-Screenshots-Emerge-254685.shtml In summer this year, we’ll get the chance to have a look at Microsoft’s Office 15 Suite. Before that, however, we can only get a taste of what it has to offer courtesy of leaked screenshots from the Office 15 Technical Preview.

Microsoft released this early flavor of Office 15 in January, but only a small number of people... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Technical-Preview-Screenshots-Emerge-254685.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Technical-Preview-Screenshots-Emerge-254685.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Story-of-Office-Blog-App-for-Windows-Phone-254635.shtml Each mobile application has its own story to tell. Things get even more interesting when the story is about great software or when it can be used to exemplify the application development process for any other app.

This is the case of the official Office Blogs app for Windows Phone, which is available for download via the Windows Phon... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:14:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Story-of-Office-Blog-App-for-Windows-Phone-254635.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Story-of-Office-Blog-App-for-Windows-Phone-254635.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Changes-to-Its-Office-Offerings-for-Students-252411.shtml Microsoft has just made a series of changes to the way in which its Microsoft Office products are made available for students all around the world.

The main change here is the fact that, as of February 1st, 2012, the Office Academic SKU was replaced with the new Office University SKU.

The new Office Univer... (read more)]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:38:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Changes-to-Its-Office-Offerings-for-Students-252411.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Makes-Changes-to-Its-Office-Offerings-for-Students-252411.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Will-Be-Included-in-Windows-8-on-ARM-252018.shtml When made available for purchase, devices that pack ARM processors and run under Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system will have to offer features and capabilities similar to those available for x86/64 Windows 8.

Among these, we can count the inclusion of Office applications that have been designed specifically for the desktop.... (read more)]]> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:11:01 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Will-Be-Included-in-Windows-8-on-ARM-252018.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Will-Be-Included-in-Windows-8-on-ARM-252018.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expands-OneNote-s-Reach-with-Android-App-251412.shtml Starting today, Microsoft’s OneNote is available on more mobiles than before, as it has just landed on devices powered by Google’s Android operating system.

The OneNote Mobile for Android application has been made available for download via the Android Market, with access to all of the features and capabilities OneNot... (read more)]]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 10:16:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expands-OneNote-s-Reach-with-Android-App-251412.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Expands-OneNote-s-Reach-with-Android-App-251412.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Won-t-Sport-the-Metro-UI-on-Windows-8-250063.shtml Yesterday, Microsoft announced the Technical Preview availability of its next-generation productivity suite, codenamed Office 15.

The software is promised in a public beta flavor sometime in summer (only lucky few will get a taste of it now), and might hit the market later this year, most probably at the same time as Windows 8.
read more)]]> Wed, 1 Feb 2012 18:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Won-t-Sport-the-Metro-UI-on-Windows-8-250063.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-15-Won-t-Sport-the-Metro-UI-on-Windows-8-250063.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Kicks-Off-Office-15-Technical-Preview-249623.shtml “Office 15”, the next generation of Microsoft’s productivity suite, has just begun its public journey. On January 30th, 2012, Microsoft announced the beginning of the Office 15 Technical Preview Program.

This is an important milestone for the software’s development team, which should be followed by the public ... (read more)]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Kicks-Off-Office-15-Technical-Preview-249623.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Kicks-Off-Office-15-Technical-Preview-249623.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/RIM-Debuts-BlackBerry-Business-Cloud-Services-for-Microsoft-Office-365-249525.shtml Owners of BlackBerry smartphones from the Canadian mobile phone maker Research In Motion can now take advantage of Microsoft Office 365 while on the go, courtesy of a new service from the handset vendor, called BlackBerry Business Cloud Services.

The new product is aimed at business and government organization... (read more)]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:31:01 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/RIM-Debuts-BlackBerry-Business-Cloud-Services-for-Microsoft-Office-365-249525.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/RIM-Debuts-BlackBerry-Business-Cloud-Services-for-Microsoft-Office-365-249525.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/SkyDrive-and-Office-Web-Apps-Can-Help-Student-Collaborations-249378.shtml Microsoft has been constantly focused on delivering products tailored for the young. Some of these are the company’s cloud offerings, including SkyDrive and Office Web Apps.

These can easily help students better collaborate on various group projects, and all schools, colleges and universities seeking student colla... (read more)]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/SkyDrive-and-Office-Web-Apps-Can-Help-Student-Collaborations-249378.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/SkyDrive-and-Office-Web-Apps-Can-Help-Student-Collaborations-249378.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-on-Office-365-JetBlue-the-American-Heart-Association-Patagonia-247383.shtml Microsoft’s Office 365 is gaining more and more customers, and three new companies have now joined the ranks, namely JetBlue, the American Heart Association, and Patagonia.

With Office 365 chosen to serve as their productivity service of the future, these companies are now part of a group of over 40 percent ... (read more)]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:23:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-on-Office-365-JetBlue-the-American-Heart-Association-Patagonia-247383.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-on-Office-365-JetBlue-the-American-Heart-Association-Patagonia-247383.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Adds-More-Value-to-the-Office-365-K-Plan-244992.shtml Microsoft's Office 365 has now more to deliver as part of the Kiosk worker offering in Office 365 (aka the K-plan).

This plan was put in place for those users who have been looking for messaging and collaboration capabilities. Featuring a low cost, it has to offer a common platform for communicating with workers that are part of ... (read more)]]> Fri, 6 Jan 2012 15:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Adds-More-Value-to-the-Office-365-K-Plan-244992.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Adds-More-Value-to-the-Office-365-K-Plan-244992.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/pptPlex-and-Search-Commands-Now-Available-for-Microsoft-Office-241297.shtml Two new utilities are now available for Microsoft’s Office Suite, expanding the capabilities that users were previously able to enjoy with them, namely pptPlex and Search Commands.

Just as its name suggests, the former is aimed at bringing enhancements to PowerPoint, mainly through enabling users zoom in and out of... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:08:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/pptPlex-and-Search-Commands-Now-Available-for-Microsoft-Office-241297.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/pptPlex-and-Search-Commands-Now-Available-for-Microsoft-Office-241297.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Now-with-More-Improvements-Available-in-22-New-Markets-237595.shtml Microsoft’s Office 365 is arriving in a wider range of markets around the world, and 22 new countries are currently enjoying trial availability of the service.

The Office 365 team has just announced the launch of the service in these countries, complemented by the commercial release in Brazil, Russia and Sout... (read more)]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Now-with-More-Improvements-Available-in-22-New-Markets-237595.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Office-365-Now-with-More-Improvements-Available-in-22-New-Markets-237595.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Push-Office-to-the-Tablet-Market-Starts-with-iPad-237397.shtml Microsoft seems determined to conquer the tablet market one way or the other, and pushing its Office suite to this area might be one of the means it plans on using to do so.

After bringing Office to mobile phones courtesy of deep integration with its Windows Phone platform, the company will have the suite loaded on ta... (read more)]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:40:00 GMT Softpedia News - The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Push-Office-to-the-Tablet-Market-Starts-with-iPad-237397.shtml The Office System http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-to-Push-Office-to-the-Tablet-Market-Starts-with-iPad-237397.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Ionut Arghire)