Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Last night Microsoft delivered key announcements for Office 2010, Windows 7 and the Windows Partner programme at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC.) This includes the product range for Office 2010 as well as the availability of volume licensing for Windows 7.
Windows 7 will be available to businesses through Microsoft Volume Licensing partners from September 1st.
It’s not uncommon for businesses to stay “one version behind.” The
release of Windows 7 may prompt many organisations to consider
upgrading their aging Windows XP fleet. Other companies may be
disinclined to upgrade at all due to present economic concerns but
Microsoft has provided an inducement to encourage up-take.
Microsoft announced the price of the Windows 7 Professional upgrade
version will be reduced by 15% or more compared to the Windows Vista
upgrade price. This offer lasts for just six months (until 1st March
2010.)
Meanwhile, the Microsoft Office 2010 line up has been reduced from
eight versions to five to help people choose the right edition. Of
these, one is not available to business and two are not available for
consumers.
From the lowest end up, Microsoft Office Home Student 2010 will be
licensed for non-commercial use. This is the typical academic licensed
release.
Next, Microsoft Office Standard 2010 will, for the first time, only be
available via volume licensing. Typically, the standard edition does
not include Microsoft Access or Microsoft Publisher and ought to be
suitable for most corporate desktops, with essentials Word, Excel,
PowerPoint and Outlook bundled in.
Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 is a new edition, although is
expected to follow on from Office Small Business 2007 which is bundled
with Business Contact Manager to facilitate very basic CRM
functionality within Outlook.
Microsoft Office Professional 2010 is the premium retail edition with
Access and Publisher, while enterprises also have Microsoft
Professional Plus 2010 available via volume licensing only.
Professional Plus includes InfoPath, Office Communicator, integrated
enterprise content management and forms and facilities for enforcing
information rights.
There is no Office Enterprise release so it is possible Professional Plus may also include Groove and OneNote.
Additionally, 400 million Windows Live consumers will have access to
Office Web Applications at no cost and which will be available at the
launch of Office 2010.
The Office 2007 user interface will also be now rolled out to all
Office 2010 applications including Visio 2010 and SharePoint Server
2010. Other new features include Microsoft Office Backstage View,
multi-media editing in PowerPoint, co-authoring in Word and Sparklines
in Excel.
Microsoft also announced the Microsoft Partner Network, updating its existing Partner Program.
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