Forcing myself to work with Windows 8 Release Preview revealed was a learning experience Windows 8 Metro Home Screen Windows 8 Release Preview is good enough to use for every day use if you have at least a touchpad and even better a touch screen. I started working last weekend fulltime on a…

If Microsoft buys Yammer, as unconfirmed press reports indicate, Susan Gautsch hopes the Yammer team won’t lose the qualities she has appreciated in the several years her employer has been a customer. The Yammer team has been attentive to customers and quick to improve and extend its product, said Gautsch,…

You might think that modern computers, with their mammoth hard drives and lightning-fast processors, can shoulder the heaviest software loads without slowing down. So what if Microsoft Office Professional consumes a minimum of 3GB of space and Outlook by itself eats up 60MB of system memory (on my machine, anyway)….

CloudOn is a productivity app available for the iPad and Android tablets that features full Microsoft Office Support. Most recently CloudOn made the news because it raised another $16 million. What’s awesome about CloudOn is that the app actually is a direct port of Microsoft Office on the iPad. You get…

Salesforce.com has acquired ChoicePass, a Web company that offers companies services for providing employees with perks and discounts at local businesses. "Since launching our Perks product, we’ve found that there is massive demand from businesses for innovative ways to manage employee engagement, rewards and incentives," ChoicePass said on its…

Oracle customers hoping that the pending departure of a top company executive will help pave the way for a kinder, gentler sales culture may be engaged in wishful thinking, according to industry observers. Oracle confirmed Thursday in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Keith Block, its…

They can install anything they like, but there are customization requirements. The only mandatory requirement for System Builders is that they have to include support information in the form of their business name, phone number, hours of operation, and support website. This is the bare minimum for any Windows install….

A: Perhaps you have users looking to add to their resume or standing within the company. Or maybe you want to know what to look for when hiring users that claim to hold Outlook certifications. Microsoft maintains a certification path for Microsoft Office applications called Microsoft Office Specialist. The MOS…

Regardless of the size of your organization, setting up and running a Microsoft Exchange Server infrastructure can be a complicated proposition. Exchange Server 2010 provided numerous improvements in the way of high availability, compliance features, and other niceties and necessaries, but with new features come new complexities, such as the IT…

Florida’s economy might be improving, but Governor Rick Scott needs to stop talking about it. At least until November 6th. Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, speaks at the NALEO (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials) conference in Orlando, Fla., Thursday, June 21, 2012. (Charles Dharapak That’s the…