Almost everyone who uses a computer or mobile device these days is familiar with apps and app stores. Back in the day, computers used to have "programs," and it was even once seen as fairly progressive to venture out onto the web and download something for yourself. No longer is…

Even with the summer lull there are a few notable GRC points. The main one this week is Google’s further plans for Postini. This week also saw Clearwater’s new SaaS released, a new series on SharePoint governance and Accenture’s acquisition of Octagon. Google’s Postini Plans Google has announced an upgrade…

SaneBox is a service that claims it’ll save you more than 100 hours a year by filtering your email inbox and showing you only the emails that truly matter when they come in. And it works. The service is surprisingly similar to Google’s Gmail Important label system, which is supposed to…

ADR Software (ADR) announced the introduction of Sharepoint integration capabilities for its automated Workforce Monitor service. ADR provides automated workforce monitoring services to the commercial construction industry using a proprietary, on-site tracking infrastructure and anywhere-anytime web-based reporting application. The system utilizes RFID tags embedded in all-weather job stickers affixed to…

I always like to put events into a solid sports analogy and SharePoint lends itself to this in a unique way. SharePoint is somewhat akin to the New York Yankee teams of the past couple decades: this product has been a consistent leader, though it has had some ups and…

One of the hot new features of Microsofts upgraded and renamed email service Outlook.com — that devices without Office loaded onto them can open Office attachments in the cloud via a browser wont work with Android mobile devices. [Microsoft Outlook.com: A Hands On First Look] Clicking on the…

Idle meanderings about on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Server and all the associated technology that runs alongside Microsoft’s enterprise messaging server.Tony Redmond’s Exchange Unwashed by Tony Redmond Idle meanderings about on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Server and all the associated technology that runs alongside Microsoft’s enterprise messaging server. Posted…

With Exchange Server 2013 RTM right around the corner,it seems like an opportune time to look back at Exchange Server 2010. Exchange 2010, which includedseveral new improvements and functions, has helped the productivity of many businesses. Some ofthose improvements included: database availability groups, role based access control and a beefedup While readers…

Microsoft just announced that Outlook.com, its well-received update to Hotmail, now has 10 million users. The redesigned Outlook.com user interface is now also starting to appear in other Microsoft products and today, SkyDrive.com, Microsoft’s online storage service, is getting a major design overhaul. The new design features the same Metro/Windows…

With each new release of SharePoint I become like a kid in a candy shop, ready to find all the new and exciting goodies that have been made available. SharePoint 2013 has been no exception. Since the release of the Customer Preview I have been anxiously digging in and trying to…