If your inbox looks anything like mine, it’s a cumbersome mixture of read and unread messages. That’s a problem, because it’s too easy for that unread mail to get pushed down and out of sight. What you need is a way to tighten up that inbox, to tweak the view…

NewsGator, the maker of the popular SharePoint enterprise social networking add-on Social Sites, has appointed a new CEO that the board and his predecessor expect will guide the company to its next phase of growth. Daniel Kraft has been named CEO and president, replacing J.B. Holston, who was at the…

You’ve overcome your concerns about dropping all your files into SQL. SharePoint is now your primary means of collaboration in your organization. You’ve invested a tremendous amount of time and money to connect your employees and their data to improve workflow. If only SharePoint’s search capabilities were better. If only…

In a blog post earlier this week, Microsoft’s manager for Office standards Jim Thatcher described upcoming changes to Office: In the next release of Office, we have added two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. We have also added support for opening PDF [ In…

Microsoft on Monday indicated in a blog that its next version of Office 2013 will offer robust interoperability with ODF 1.2 and PDF and this could be a nice deal for OpenOffice backers. In a blog, executives said Office 2013 will offer interoperability support for all ODF 1.2 specifications including spreadsheet formulas The Redmond,…

While recent research by AIIM indicates that at least 70% of organizations have deployed SharePoint in some shape or form over the past year, the way it is being used and the reasons it is being deployed in the first instance, are as many as there are enterprises using it. However,…

Microsoft has released Windows Essentials 2012 for Windows 7 and 8 users, but drops support for Vista. The new version drops "Live" branding and features notable new capabilities and improvements to its multimedia tools, Photo Gallery and Movie Maker. The suite also drops Windows Live Mesh for the SkyDrive file-syncing tool. In addition,…

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…

Google is creating an information bridge between its influential Internet search engine and its widely used Gmail service in its latest attempt to deliver more personal responses more quickly. The experimental feature unveiled Wednesday will enable Google’s search engine to mine the correspondence stored within a user’s Gmail account for…

SharePoint Solutions’ four-day "InfoPath 2010/SharePoint 2010 Server 2010 No-Code Workflow Deep Dive" course will be held Aug. 28-31 in Chicago. The intermediary-level course provides students with an in-depth exploration of the automating of common business processes by creating digital forms in InfoPath 2010, and building SharePoint Server 2010 workflow solutions Nashville, TN (PRWEB) August…