Stories by Juan Carlos Perez

No big-bang Apps news at I/O, but some announcements merit attention

Apps, Google's flagship product for enterprise IT, had a minor presence at this week's I/O developer conference, but some announcements at the show and in prior weeks deserve attention from customers of the cloud email and collaboration suite.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 17 May, 2013 23:57

Tags: applications, Google, e-mail, Google I/O, software, Office suites, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

Jive Software adds integration tool for its enterprise social platform

Jive Software has released an add-on to its enterprise social networking (ESN) software that automates and simplifies the process of integrating Jive's suite with third-party systems.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 16 May, 2013 20:37

Tags: Jive Software, applications, software, collaboration

Windows 8 won't hit critical mass in enterprises, Forrester says

Windows 8, the most significant upgrade to Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95 and one of the most important products in the company's history, will not achieve enough adoption in enterprises to be considered a standard, according to Forrester Research.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 16 May, 2013 18:39

Tags: Windows 8, Microsoft, Windows, software, operating systems, Forrester Research

Salesforce.com adds central file view to Chatter mobile app

Salesforce.com wants to simplify the way mobile users find, access and share files from its Chatter enterprise social networking (ESN) application.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 May, 2013 23:42

Tags: applications, Salesforce.com, software, collaboration

Windows Blue will be free upgrade for Windows 8 customers

Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 May, 2013 15:39

Tags: Windows 8, Microsoft, Windows, software, operating systems

Outlook.com to let users engage in IM chats with Gmail users

Microsoft is upgrading its new Outlook.com webmail service so that its users can communicate with Gmail users via instant messaging.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 14 May, 2013 13:53

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, instant messaging, Google, Microsoft, Mail, internet

Microsoft improves photo management in SkyDrive

Microsoft is rolling out changes to SkyDrive to enhance management of photos in the cloud storage service, including more efficient viewing and uploading of files.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 13 May, 2013 19:28

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, applications, storage, Microsoft, software, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

Harmon.ie aims to close the mobile gap in Office 365

A new mobile application from Harmon.ie promises to improve the way people use Microsoft Office 365 from iOS, BlackBerry and Android tablets and phones.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 13 May, 2013 15:49

Tags: applications, Microsoft, Harmone.ie, e-mail, software, mobile, Office suites, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

Box to revamp document viewing with Crocodoc acquisition

Box has acquired Crocodoc in a move to significantly improve the way documents are rendered for viewing on its enterprise storage and file sharing service.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 09 May, 2013 23:21

Tags: applications, storage, software, Box.net, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

Microsoft says Yammer sales are booming

With the backing of its new parent company, Yammer more than tripled its revenue year on year in the quarter that ended in March.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 09 May, 2013 21:49

Tags: applications, Microsoft, software, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

X1 desktop search tool now indexes SharePoint, cloud email

X1 has released the biggest upgrade of its desktop search tool in four years, adding the ability to query SharePoint sites and tap webmail accounts.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 May, 2013 23:56

Tags: applications, software, X1

Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products

Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps Coordinate and Chrome OS devices.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 May, 2013 21:40

Tags: applications, Google, e-mail, software, Office suites, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet, system management

Microsoft to boost Office Web Apps features

Microsoft plans to accelerate improvements in Office Web Apps, the browser-based version of the Office suite, adding features like real-time co-authoring of documents and the ability to run in Android tablets via mobile Chrome browser support.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 May, 2013 01:13

Tags: applications, Microsoft, software, Office suites, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

Windows Blue preview due at end of June

Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8's update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 07 May, 2013 20:09

Tags: Windows 8, Microsoft, Windows, software, operating systems

Microsoft to grow Office 365's capacity to import contacts from third-party tools

Office 365 users will increasingly be able to import contacts from external applications after the suite's initial rollout of this capability for Facebook and LinkedIn.

By Juan Carlos Perez | 03 May, 2013 17:56

Tags: applications, Microsoft, e-mail, software, Office suites, collaboration, Software as a service, cloud computing, internet

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