Infoworld Enterprise Desktop, 01.05.2008: Streaming Office: Death knell for Google Apps? | May 1, 2008 11:23 AM | Randall Kennedy

Infoworld Enterprise Desktop, 01.05.2008: Streaming Office: Death knell for Google Apps? | May 1, 2008 11:23 AM | Randall Kennedy
by Randall C. Kennedy: "Microsoft's recently (at the time) acquired SoftGrid technology. I saw the acquisition as a clear sign that Microsoft was gearing up to deliver a subscriptions-based, hosted licensing model for Microsoft Office."

Tags: microsoft, google, strategy, office, productivity, virtualization

ZDNet.com Between the Lines, 23.11.2007: Live Documents enters the Office suite ring

ZDNet.com Between the Lines, 23.11.2007: Live Documents enters the Office suite ring
by Dan Farber: "Sabeer Bhatia was the co-founder of Hotmail, the Web email service Microsoft acquired for $400 million in 1998. Now he wants to squish Microsoft Office with a new suite and complementary collaborative component, Live Documents."

Tags: office, weboffice, office2.0, webservice, webapp, microsoft

Times Online, 22.11.2007: The Word is out: Microsoft will face online fight on core software

Times Online, 22.11.2007: The Word is out: Microsoft will face online fight on core software
by Ashling O’Connor: "The co-founder of Hotmail, the web-based e-mail service bought by Microsoft for $400 million a decade ago, is challenging the American software giant’s core $20 billion (£9.7 billion) office desktop busines with Live Documents."

Tags: office, software, strategy, webapp, webservice

InfoWorld, 06.12.2006: Vista, SAAS, virtualization to top 2007 software trends

InfoWorld, 06.12.2006: Vista, SAAS, virtualization to top 2007 software trends
by Elizabeth Montalbano: "Several software standouts are seen as heavy hitters for the coming year"

Tags: trends, software, windows, vista, saas, soa, virtualization, office