Some of the larger offices in parts of the world want email to completely go away, such as the CEO of Atos who absolutely wants a zero-email policy implemented. The linked article states that at that company, only 10% of the messages are "useful", way too much time is spent going through hundreds of messages, and that a SMS/forum/instant-message system...

Just in case you misread the title, I’m talking about Office XP here and not Windows XP; this specifically pertains to the Microsoft Office suite of software. When something goes from "mainstream support" to "extended support" at Microsoft, that essentially means Microsoft will continue to support enterprise that uses the product, or...

Microsoft just introduced Office 365, a fully realized MS Office solution that is completely browser based. For those of you who have been following Microsoft over the years, you know that they’ve been talking about the idea of a full (meaning not watered-down) all-on-cloud office apps suite for a long, long time. Why did it take so long to happen? Because...

I have been an OpenOffice.org user for years because I flat out refuse to pay hundreds of dollars for Microsoft Office, nor do I bother with a hacked/cracked copy of MS Office because since OpenOffice.org exists, there’s really no point to running a ‘broken’ version of MSO to begin with. On Tuesday, LibreOffice 3.3 was officially launched. The...

Office Live is the free (yes, free) version of Microsoft Office for the web. It is located at office.live.com. The only thing required to use it is a Windows Live account, which for most people means "Hotmail account". This is what it looks like once logged in:   You see your current documents, plus the ability to create new ones on the right. You...

When it comes to Microsoft Office, it’s not necessarily a question whether to use it or not, because those who use it will continue to do so no matter what other options (like this, this, this, and this) are available. Those who use Microsoft Office simply won’t use anything else. The real question is whether or not current MS Office users will take...

Most people only own one printer. And of course that printer will suffer from Murphy’s Law at some point and break or run out of ink at the time when you need it most. If you’re stuck in a situation where you absolutely need something printed but your printer isn’t playing nice with you, my suggestion for your Plan B is to use your local FedEx...

Microsoft Office will have a 64-bit edition for version 2010. This is a big deal because that’s Microsoft flagship product. More on that in a moment. At this point in the desktop computing world, we’ve easily reached the limits of what 32-bit processing can do. No matter what OS you’re running, there really isn’t any more we can squeeze...

In most enterprise environments the mail server used most often is Microsoft Exchange. This has been the de facto standard for many years. Corporations like it a lot because not only does it do mail but a ton of collaborative features as well. When connected via the Microsoft Outlook client, it is truly a powerhouse setup. Wondering if there was any Linux...

FedEx Office (formerly known as FedEx Kinko’s or just Kinko’s) is a 24-hour-a-day shop in most places where you can walk in to do a quick scan, print, fax or any other number of office-related stuff. To note: FedEx Office is just one example of a store like this. Even the sleepiest of small towns in the USA have some kind of local office store when...

On Monday I wrote an article about Office Live and Google Apps. In that article I said: Neither has any blogging capability whatsoever. I was corrected on this concerning the Microsoft offering. By whom? The Microsoft Office Live Team themselves (see comments in that article). Microsoft Office Live does do blogs and rather easily by using Live Spaces. This is...

Over the weekend I finally decided to check out Microsoft Office Live Small Business. I wanted to see what it was all about and what I could actually do with it. Note: This is not to be confused with Microsoft Office Live Workspace on the same site. This is labeled as “an online extension of Microsoft Office” – and that’s totally...

As of a few months ago, I have gone from working exclusively at the office to working from home at least one day a week. So far my transition has been extremely smooth with relatively no speed bumps. Of course, this was prefaced on my part with making my two working environments functional for me. As a service to others out there who have considered working from...