Office Under Attack! Again! -- Redmondmag.com

Pender's Blog

Office Under Attack! Again!

Old hands are gunning for Microsoft Office. Lately, we've heard of Google's productivity-suite tag team with Capgemini targeting Microsoft Office. There's also a newly released Google PowerPoint competitor. Now, IBM has come lumbering back into the suite game with a free offering based on some old Lotus stuff.

We're looking at IBM's underwhelming offering as another also-ran (although you never know), but it does raise the question -- addressed by ZDNet's amazing three-headed blog -- as to whether there's anybody out there who's not trying to dethrone these kind of the suites.

And speaking of Office, the third service pack for Office 2003 is out now.

Posted by Lee Pender on 09/19/2007 at 1:21 PM

Featured

New Unified Contacts Released for Outlook and Microsoft Teams

Microsoft announced the general availability of its new unified contacts experience for Microsoft Teams and Outlook, streamlining contact management across its collaboration tools.
Microsoft Announces Core AI, Aimed at AI App Development and Deployment

In an internal memo on Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the formation of Core AI, an engineering division focus on developing and delivering AI-based apps to customers.
My Technology Predictions for 2025

Here are some very plausible (and one longshot) possibilities we may see come to fruition in 2025.
My 2024 Tech Predictions Revisited: How Did I Do?

Before I tell you with at least 30 percent certainty what is coming in 2025, let's look at my previous predictions to see if i was close to the mark.
Microsoft Committing $80 Billion to AI Datacenter Investments in 2025

Microsoft has announced a new $80 billion investment in AI-enabled datacenters for fiscal year 2025, with over half of the funds earmarked for U.S.-based projects.