Monday, March 9, 2015

Software : Office 365 skyrockets past Google Docs in the enterprise

Software : Office 365 skyrockets past Google Docs in the enterprise

Office 365 skyrockets past Google Docs in the enterprise

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Office 365 skyrockets past Google Docs in the enterprise

Office 365 has roared back against Google Docs in the battle for enterprise customers after Microsoft's decision to start persuading companies to ditch Exchange email in favor of a comparable cloud service.

Usage of Office 365 has reportedly "skyrocketed" over the past six-to-nine-months after Microsoft apparently began to advise customers to migrate email to service based on the Microsoft cloud and not one using an Exchange server based at the company's own data centres.

The admission comes from Todd McKinnon, CEO of Okta, a firm that allows companies to keep track of employee passwords and accounts for all cloud services they use, who has seen Office 365 pass both Google Docs and Box, and it will pass Salesforce on in the next few months. That is in stark contrast to a survey taken in October 2014 that showed Google Docs was the most popular all round with Salesforce and Box most popular at work.

Huge growth since last year

McKinnon isn't the only one either. BetterCloud, which was originally 100% focused on security tools for Google Apps, launched an Office 365 beta two weeks ago, and BitGlass, has seen Office 365 overtake Google Apps for usage, a significant jump after a survey it carried out a year ago shows that 16% of its customers used Google Apps whereas under 8% used Office 365.

Microsoft also reportedly signed a deal earlier this month to bring Office 365 as well as OneDrive and OneNote to Samsung's Knox Workplace suite of enterprise apps, something that has the potential to set even more alarm bells ringing at Google.

Via: Business Insider

Office 365 flexes its Android enterprise muscles through Samsung KNOX partnership

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Office 365 flexes its Android enterprise muscles through Samsung KNOX partnership

Samsung and Microsoft are ready to team up to bring a version of Office 365 to the Knox secured container of Android apps that runs on Samsung smartphones.

First reported by The Register, it's claimed that PowerPoint, Word, Excel, OneNote and OneDrive for Business will be included within the KNOX container and it comes just weeks after the two settled their legal differences over the Android OS.

Injong Rhee, the Senior Vice President of the KNOX business group at Samsung, told a gathering at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that a formal announcement will be made in the next week or so to allow KNOX Workspace to include the suite as soon as it's downloaded.

Inside S6 and S6 Edge from the start?

Office 365 still won't be a part of the Android for Work suite announced by Google recently, however, the decision by Samsung to include it as part of the KNOX container is enough of a coup in itself.

At the same event it was also revealed that KNOX will come bundled as part of the new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones thus giving users Office 365 apps as soon as they buy either of the new handsets.

Download of the Day: Driver Booster 2

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Download of the Day: Driver Booster 2

Maintaining a speedy and gusty system for all your gaming needs often hinges on keeping drivers completely up-to-date, a task that isn't easy given the plethora of different sites you have to visit, and Driver Booster 2 is there to make this task a much easier one.

Why you need it

Updating drivers on your PC will no longer be the hassle it once was thanks to Driver Booster 2 and the way it keeps every on your PC in ship shape means that you'll never need to manually update a driver ever again.

After installation it catapults itself straight into the task of improving your computer by initiating a scan on all parts of your PC that takes just seconds to complete and is done to identify what needs to be updated.

Devices with out of date drivers are then listed under one tab and as soon as you instruct it to do so it will begin downloading updates automatically and prompt you to restart the PC once complete. Those wondering whether it actually scanned the whole PC will be reassured by the up-to-date tab that lists every minute detail about devices in your PC and this is kept up-to-date by refreshing itself every time the PC is rebooted. You can also scan for updates any time by clicking the scan button within the application.

Should there be any problems int he update process, Driver Booster 2 keeps a rescue centre where a system restore point is created every time an update is initiated and alongside this there will be a collection of driver backups for everything that has been updated.

Driver Booster 2 can easily be customised with a number of delightful skins on offer, font sizes can be adjusted, plus you can choose whether or not it should start each time Windows is rebooted. You can even set it up to start scanning as soon as it opens up or excludes certain devices from the scan and all these options are in the settings menu.

To take the pain out of updating outdated drivers there are few programs that are easier than Driver Booster 2.

Key features:

Works on: Windows 7 and 8.1

Price: Free

Automatic updates: Users will never need to search for new drivers ever again as Driver Booster 2 searches and downloads updates from its extensive collection of drivers.

Secure technology: Driver Booster 2 promises a driver updating and restoring experience that it completely secure and safe from any viruses.
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