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  IN PICTURES: Newlease opens new office

• Open-Xchange takes aim at no less than Microsoft Office, Google Docs

  By Jon Gold | 09 April, 2013 15:17

  As his interviewer stumbles for an appropriately careful term to describe the state of open-source office software development, Rafael Laguna, CEO of Open-Xchange, offers to help.

• Intergen opens office in Sydney CBD

  By Nermin Bajric | 05 April, 2013 11:21

  Wellington-headquartered Microsoft solutions provider, Intergen, has expanded its Australian footprint by opening a new office in Sydney CBD.

• Top 10 tech stories of 2012: a busted IPO, spotlight on workers, titans in transition

  By Marc Ferranti | 10 December, 2012 21:03

  Change in any industry involves conflict. Evolution and revolution in tech this year took place not only in the marketplace but also in the courtroom, the factory, and on the Web. Here are the top news stories of 2012 as selected by the editors of the IDG News Service.

• IN PICTURES: Newlease opens new office

  By Hafizah Osman | 23 November, 2012 14:50

  Newlease invited some of its partners to the opening of its new office in Melbourne. Its staff and partners gathered in the new facility amidst drinks, canapes and music. From the cupcakes to the drinks, balloons and decor, everything was tastefully decked in black and green - following the colours of the Newlease logo.

• REVIEWED: Google Apps

  By Tony Bradley | 31 August, 2011 00:39

  Google Apps is firmly established as the primary competitor to Microsoft Office - both the desktop software and the Office 365 online productivity suite. Without question, Google Apps offers a very capable collection of tools, but unless your world revolves around Google, it might not be the right productivity suite for you.

• Microsoft launches Office 365 in Australia

  By Patrick Budmar | 29 June, 2011 13:46

  Enterprises and SMBs to benefit from the latest collaboration tools

• Office 365: Hands-on look at Microsoft's Cloud services

  By Tony Bradley | 29 June, 2011 03:39

  Microsoft officially launched Office 365 on Tuesday.

• Will Skype be another Microsoft license gotcha?

  By Shane O'Neill | 24 May, 2011 06:39

  After Microsoft acquired Skype earlier this month for $8.5 billion, most of the questions revolved around how Skype's IM, voice and video calling features will fit into Microsoft enterprise products such as Outlook and Lync.

• APP SHOWDOWN: Google Apps vs. Office 365 vs. Zoho Docs

  By Tony Bradley | 31 August, 2011 00:40

  Now that Microsoft has launched Office 365, it is officially "game on" for online office productivity suites. Microsoft may enjoy a near-monopoly in the desktop office suite market, but online it faces established rivals in the form of Google Apps and Zoho Docs.

• The best office alternatives for Android tablets

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 25 July, 2011 23:54

  If you fantasize about a life on the road unencumbered by laptops, their accompanying power bricks, and other heavy business gear, you're not alone. And now that a tsunami of tablets is flooding the market with models running a variety of operating systems, that fantasy is starting to look very plausible indeed. Mobile productivity suites bring the document-editing features of desktop suites like Microsoft Office onto the tablet, but are they ready for serious business? I tried four top options to find out.

• Microsoft Word alternatives: Wordsmiths, rejoice!

  By Ian Harac | 01 February, 2011 02:05

  Microsoft Word is ubiquitous: It's the standard word processor in most places of business, and it often ends up installed on home PCs due to compatibility and familiarity. It isn't the only choice, however. Whether your main concern is price, complexity, specialized functionality, system footprint, or some combination of the above, you might have many reasons to look beyond Word.

• Why Google Docs will be a 'killer app' for tablets

  By John P. Mello Jr. | 21 September, 2010 09:24

  Google on Monday announced that it will introduce versions of Google Docs for tablets running both the Android and Apple iOS4 mobile operating systems.

• Microsoft Office vs.Google Docs: A Web Apps Showdown

  By Ian Paul | 14 July, 2009 04:11

  The future may be the cloud, but it also may be Microsoft that ushers us into that realm of possibility and imagination. Today, Redmond unveiled as a part of Office 2010 a suite of Microsoft Office Web apps that will compete directly with Google Docs. While Microsoft isn't letting anyone play around with the apps just yet, on paper, Microsoft's Web apps look like they could blow Google's online services out of the water -- beta or no beta.