Microsoft has released public betas of not just Office 2010, but also of Sharepoint 2010 and a variety of other products. The betas are downloadable at http://www.microsoft.com/2010/.

According to an IDC study, Google Docs is already present in one fifth of work environments, thus becoming a serious threat to Microsoft Office.

Many of the new features of Office 2010 are found across multiple applications in the suite, including the infamous ribbon which is now found in all applications. The ribbon in 2010, however, has taken a great leap forward as it is now customisable. The ribbon's primary goal is to give you the tools you need when you need them, without forcing you to learn new features again and again when using different programs.

4 September 2008

Integrated risk analysis tools, DecisionTools Suite 5.0, enhances informed decision-making

Remember Albany, the beta version of Microsoft's subscription-based version of Office and Windows Live OneCare that I wrote about in mid-April? Well, Albany is now Equipt, but you won't find it in the state of New York: for now, starting in mid-July, you'll find it only at Circuit City.

Microsoft Corp. is offering customers greater choice and more flexibility among document formats, as well as creating additional opportunities for developer and competitors, by expanding the range of document formats supported in its flagship Office productivity suite.

Microsoft Corp.’s Macintosh Business Unit (Mac BU) today announced details about the success of Office 2008 for Mac and reaffirms its commitment to future products for the Mac. Office 2008 launched at Macworld Expo 2008, and sales for the productivity suite continue to soar, selling faster than any previous version of Office for Mac in the past 19 years.

Is anyone besides me so annoyed with Office 2007's ribbon that they've considered add-ins like Classic Menu for Office 2007 and Toolbar Toggle? Perhaps you either didn't know about these tools or decided, like me, to suffer through the learning curve of the ribbon.

No doubt concerned over defections by smaller businesses and end users to Google Apps, Microsoft is modifying its license for Office 2007 in such a way that Web hosting service providers will be able to stream Microsoft Office for delivery through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model.

Remember when I discussed Microsoft's trial of a new anti-piracy system for Office, which would nag users of counterfeit Office software? Well, the Office Genuine Advantage notifications update was supposed to only be trialled in Chile, Italy, Spain and Turkey. Through a(nother) mix-up, it was accidentally released worldwide for a short time.

Mediasurface today announced its new Morello MOSS 2007 Connector, designed to help organizations reap the benefits of working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007), whilst delivering content through Morello’s enterprise web delivery infrastructure to one or more websites.