Office 365, the cloud solution proposed by Microsoft for the business world, is poised to make its debut on the field. Before you can define the first phase of development will be necessary to wait several months, but in the meantime the engineers in Redmond announced the arrival of a preview of the entire service with the release of a Beta version.
Available in 38 countries in 17 different languages, Office 365 wants to be the answer to growing demand for savings by many companies with regard to their IT sectors. The management of several operations related to the computer industry is then transferred to Microsoft servers, thus providing the service with a strong cloud emphasis. With Microsoft Office 365, however, does not want to be a counterpart of its online office tools, already available through other Office Web Apps, but has as its objective the creation of a rich collection of tools and utilities that can replace the software currently used in the sector. [click to continue...]
Through an online update released Tuesday, Microsoft has enhanced security systems to Office 2003 and Office 2007 on Windows, adding a feature that was initially available only on the new Office 2010.
Specifically, the function of Security – Office File Validation – labeled examines carefully the older file formats pre-XML for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher, and those who do not comply with the specifications dictated by the new security system will be put into a special called “sandbox” Protected View. In this way, users still using Office 2003 and Office 2007 will be notified by a message if you are going to open a potentially malicious file. The notice is part of the new features, as neither before the suite was equipped with a security sandbox. [click to continue...]
Windows and Office have the software leader Microsoft brings another record quarter. Sales and profit rose in double digits.
The old draft horses from Microsoft, Windows and Office have purged the U.S. group at the start of its fiscal year billions into the coffers. In addition to the operating system, Windows 7 is also the office suite Office 2010 proved to be a bestseller.
Group sales climbed in the end of September closed the first quarter of fiscal year 2010/11 by 25 percent to a record 16.2 billion U.S. dollars (11.6 billion euros). The profit jumped high in comparison to the same period by 51 percent to 5.4 billion U.S. dollars.
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