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Google Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office: Threat to Microsoft SharePoint? (PCWorld)
In a blog post, Google has announced Cloud Connect, a plugin for Microsoft Office. In some ways, its shared/collaborative features go beyond what Microsoft itself officially offers with SharePoint Server. With this plugin, you can now share, backup and simultaneously edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents with co-workers without the need for sending attachments back and forth. Continue reading this entry »
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For February, 2011
Feb 28
Google Cloud Connect vs. SharePoint; Possible New Windows 8 UI; PC Sales Falling
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsFeb 25
Box.net Targets Enterprise; Microsoft ‘Do Not Track’ Plan Accepted by W3C; Local Governments Embrace The Cloud
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HP and Microsoft Roll Out Appliances (Redmond Channel Partner)
Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft have unveiled five appliances that offer Exchange and SQL Server in turnkey configurations. The two companies’ offerings range from a so-called “private cloud in a box” designed to virtualize databases to a $2 million data warehouse appliance. The latter marks the official release of the largest and most scalable version of the Microsoft database to date: SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Warehouse Edition, code-named “Project Madison.” Continue reading this entry »
Feb 24
SharePoint for Document Management; Microsoft CIO’s Cloud Struggles; Cisco Ends Cloud Email Strategy
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ANALYSIS: SharePoint, the New Way Forward for Document Management? (Legal Business Online)
Well informed law firms around the Asia-Pacific are keeping a close eye on Clifford Chance and Microsoft’s recently announced business relationship – to develop a document management system (DMS) based on the latter’s SharePoint suite of products. The usual DMS functions – storage, version control, auditing and sharing of documents will operate using SharePoint under the new system. Clifford Chance has spent at least 1m; Microsoft – reportedly happy with being associated with one the world’s largest law firms – is providing funding. The fundamental point of difference between the new system and conventional document management software is that one shared platform will be used to provide all of the abovementioned services as well as functions related to intranet and client access to documents. Continue reading this entry »
Feb 23
Using Social Collaboration; WP7 Update Bricking Phones; In-browser PDF Viewing is Risky
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsTop News Stories
Locking Down IT–and Trust (FastCompany)
Imagine a company with several billion dollars annual revenue relying on 2 tools to support internal collaboration: Telephone & Email. It gets worse. I’m not making any of this up. USB ports on all computers have been blocked from use. If you need to upload photos or move something from a digital camera to your computer, Fetch and FTP have been provided for such purposes. Sure, they are slow and inefficient, but, it’s the most secure means of moving data and files around, right? Continue reading this entry »
Feb 22
OOTB Collaboration Software Deployment; Phone is the New PC; No Address Bar in Chrome?
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsTop News Stories
Collaboration Software Shouldn’t be Deployed Out of the Box: Gartner (CIO)
IT managers implementing collaborative software such as SharePoint have been warned that simply installing applications out of the box will put strain on relationships throughout the business. Speaking at the Gartner BI summit in Sydney, analyst Mark Gilbert said social software must be adapted to suit the needs of business functions across the enterprise. “People are starting to change their perception of how they perceive their market, and SharePoint is a great example of one vendor’s offering of driving change through software,” Gilbert said. Continue reading this entry »
Feb 18
Microsoft and Nokia – Better or Blunder; Myths About Private Clouds; Bing Toolbar Update
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsTop News Stories
Microsoft Needs to Break Its Windows Addiction for Tablets (eWeek)
The news out of this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona illustrated, for the nth time, just how quickly the tablet market is evolving into something considerable–and it’s evolving quickly. Within the next few quarters, we can expect tablets powered by quad-core processors and running Android 3.0, competing head-to-head against next-generation devices from Apple and Hewlett-Packard. Continue reading this entry »
Feb 17
HTML5 Spec Due in 2014; Windows 8 Tablets in Q1 2012; Microsoft Wants Internet Health Model
By Chris Dooley1 CommentTop News Stories
W3C: HTML5 Spec Due in 2014 (eWeek)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has established a more defined timeline for the HTML5 specification, shooting for May 2011 as the last call date and a final full spec by 2014. The W3C extended the charter of the HTML Working Group with clear milestones for HTML5, the cornerstone of W3C’s Open Web Platform for application development. Coming in May 2014, the “Last Call” phase of the HTML5 spec proffers an invitation to communities inside and outside the W3C to confirm the technical soundness of the specification. The group will then shift focus to gathering implementation experience. The W3C is developing a comprehensive test suite to achieve broad interoperability for the full specification by 2014, the target date for Recommendation, the W3C said in a press release. Continue reading this entry »
Feb 16
Improving SharePoint Performance; Mozilla: IE9 Is Old; Cloud First Policy for Government
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsTop News Stories
Integrating SharePoint (ITBusinessEdge)
There’s no doubt SharePoint Server is popular. Microsoft says it’s the fastest growing product in company history – and that’s no small feat. One in two corporations now use SharePoint, according to an Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) survey of over 500 existing users from the AIIM community. Unfortunately, I couldn’t download the free report from the website – it wouldn’t allow me to register – but a ReadWriteEnterprise article about the survey included these telling fun facts from the survey: Continue reading this entry »
Feb 15
Mobile IE9 Outpacing iPhone; Big Data & Cloud Will Merge; Mobile is All About the Platform
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsTop News Stories
Windows SBS 2011 Pricey but Powerful (eWeek)
Just because a business is small in terms of headcount doesn’t mean that its needs don’t require enterprise-quality software. In many ways, a small business needs a reliable and easily supported platform for core business services far more than a sprawling multinational; at the very least, the need exists for something that’s both powerful and simple. Continue reading this entry »
Feb 14
IE9 RC Shockingly Fast; Bing Use Increases; Did Microsoft Pay Billions to Nokia?
By Chris DooleyNo CommentsTop News Stories
IE9 RC Shockingly Fast, Firefox 4 Beta Stuck (ConceivablyTech)
The release of IE9 RC this past week was reason enough for us to have a quick look at the state of the current batch of beta web browsers. We knew that IE9 Beta was fast, but the RC adds a huge punch in hardware accelerated disciplines and distances its rivals far enough to win the overall performance crown. The most recent Beta of Firefox 4 drops in performance, suggesting that Mozilla has more work to do. Continue reading this entry »
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