Gmail adds support for search inside message attachments
If you use Google’s webmail service, Gmail, you can now search attachments in your e-mail messages that are in formats from popular programs, such as Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Office, and others. To perform an attachment search, you need to type into the search bar the statement has:attachment and your search…
Microsoft bakes data protection into Exchange Server
The world of Microsoft messaging recently took over Orlando, Florida, for the Microsoft Exchange Conference 2012. MEC 2012 was the first conference Microsoft has hosted that’s completely dedicated to Exchange in 10 years, and it brought a lot of big newsespecially around protecting and managing the sensitive data that passes As a central…
Google Apps Drops Export Support for Older Microsoft Office Files
News Google Apps Drops Export Support for Older Microsoft Office Files Those using Google Docs can no longer directly export their files to the older Microsoft Office binary file formats. The change, effective today, means that users can only download Google Docs files to the newer Microsoft Office XML-based file…
Microsoft purposely wasting energy at data centers to avoid massive fines
The Microsoft cloud-based servers which includes Hotmail, Bing and others have this bizarre contract clause with a power company in Quincy, Washington that states: if the company’s energy consumption of electricity is below the power-use target, they can be fined up to $200,000. According to the New York Times, Microsoft deliberately…
Microsoft Touts Exchange 2013 at Conference
For the first time in ten years, Microsoft is holding a dedicated conference for its Exchange software this week in Orlando, Florida. The purpose of the event is to highlight new changes in Exchange 2013 (the server-based version) and Exchange in Office 365 for Enterprises (the cloud computing version). According to eWeek,…
Iran restores access to Gmail
TEHRAN Iranian authorities have restored access to Gmail a week after blocking Google’s popular email service. The Islamic Republic blocked Gmail last week in response to video clips posted on YouTube of an anti-Islam film that set off deadly protests across the Muslim world — a ban that sparked a…
Adobe Acrobat XI: New Cloud Services, Better Mobile Access + SharePoint …
It’s been a while since Adobe did anything with Acrobat, but today that has all changed with the unveiling of Acrobat XI, which will be available to users within the next 30 days. This is a significant release of Acrobat with new cloud services as well as tighter integration into Adobe…
Six Ways to Use SharePoint as a Learning Platform
Microsoft has an interesting history with education and SharePoint. But there’s never been a complete offering out of the box that education institutions could take advantage of. Does that mean you shouldn’t consider SharePoint for education services? Not at all. Here are six education features you can implement in your…
Office 365, SharePoint and SQL Server: Our Experts Weigh In
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Information Leadership makes the most of SharePoint
By Simon Eskow, Auckland | Monday, 01 October 2012Wellington-based consulting company Information Leadership didn’t plant itself in the reseller community in the usual way. Instead, director Sarah Heal, and business partner Grant Margison wrote a book. "Many years ago now we wrote a book called Flapping to Fly that has done pretty…
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