Microsoft announced Microsoft Office 365 is now available in 40 markets. Office 365 offers a range of service plans for a monthly price from $2 to $27 per user per month. With Office 365 for small businesses, customers can be up and running with Office Web Apps, Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Lync Online and an external website quickly, for $6 (U.S.) per user, per month. These tools put enterprise-grade email, shared documents, instant messaging, video and Web conferencing, portals and more at everyone's fingertips. Office 365 for enterprises has an array of choices, from simple email to comprehensive suites to meet the needs of midsize and large businesses, as well as government organizations. Customers can now get Microsoft Office Professional Plus on a pay-as-you-go basis with cloud-based versions of the business communications and collaborations services. Office 365 for small businesses and Office 365 for enterprises are available now. http://www.office365.com
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Box.net announced new integration with Google Docs. Box users can now create, edit and concurrently edit with Google Docs. In the announcing blog post, doubt was expressed by Box.net over Microsoft opening Office 365 to 3rd party developers like themselves, and thus implies that this integration with Google will be the focus of the Box.net platform for the foreseeable future. http://www.box.net/
Adeptol, a provider of document viewing technology, announced the release of a new product– Lite Document Viewer, a viewer optimized for viewing scanned documents & images such as TIFF and PDF files. Lite Document Viewer’s name is derived from its "light weight" architecture and is a browser based viewer requiring no client side installs or setups. The document viewer runs right within the browser and requires no Active X Controls, Applets or Flash and comes with no dependencies on browsers. The viewer can run within any browser and offers extensive control over images within a web browser. Adeptol Document Viewer can be installed on Windows or Linux or Sun Solaris on server side and even runs on mobile phones and tablet devices such as iPad, iPhone, Android, Blackberry etc. The viewer offers control over the end-user’s viewing experience and comes with features such as thumbnail views, watermarking, advanced zoom controls along with image handling controls. The new Document Viewer is available for download immediately for the existing and new customers. http://www.ajaxdocumentviewer.com/
The Document Foundation has announced the launch of LibreOffice 3.3, the first stable release of the opensource office suite developed by the community. In less than four months, the number of developers hacking LibreOffice has grown from less than twenty in late September 2010, to over one hundred currently. The LibreOffice 3.3 release signifies: that the developer community has been able to build their own and independent process; due to a volume of new contributors being attracted into the project, the source code is undergoing a major clean-up to provide a better foundation for future development; the Windows installer has been integrated into a single build containing all language versions, thus reducing the download size from 75 to 11GB. The 10 most-popular new features among community members are: the ability to import and work with SVG files; an easy way to format title pages and their numbering in Writer; a more-helpful Navigator Tool for Writer; improved ergonomics in Calc for sheet and cell management; and Microsoft Works and Lotus Word Pro document import filters. In addition, many extensions are now bundled, providing PDF import, a slide-show presenter console, an improved report builder, and more. LibreOffice 3.3 also provides all the new features of OpenOffice.org 3.3, such as new custom properties handling; embedding of standard PDF fonts in PDF documents; new Liberation Narrow font; increased document protection in Writer and Calc; auto decimal digits for "General" format in Calc; 1 million rows in a spreadsheet; new options for CSV import in Calc; insert drawing objects in Charts; hierarchical axis labels for Charts; improved slide layout handling in Impress; a new easier-to-use print interface; more options for changing case; and colored sheet tabs in Calc. Several of these new features were contributed by members of the LibreOffice team prior to the formation of The Document Foundation. LibreOffice hackers will be meeting at FOSDEM in Brussels on February 5 and 6, and will be presenting their work during a one-day workshop on February 6, with speeches and hacking sessions coordinated by several members of the project. http://www.documentfoundation.org
Altova has announced the availability of XMLSpy 2011, with new support for creating charts based on XML data. Version 2011 has added several customer-requested features including a new schema flattener, extended SOAP validation capabilities, and enhanced functionality for creating schemas. Altova XMLSpy 2011 includes the following new features: Chart Creation - XMLSpy 2011 adds support for creating line, gauge, and 2D and 3D pie and bar charts based on XML data; XMLSpy users can now visualize and analyze numerical XML and XBRL data directly inside the XML editor without having to export; Charts are created with a few clicks and include customizable data selection, titles and axis labels, fonts, colors, and more; Charts can be saved to the clipboard, printed, saved as an image, or saved in XSLT or XQuery code for use in other stylesheets or applications; Charts are dynamic, reflecting new relationships as soon as the underlying data changes; Users can create up to nine different charts on available tabs within the Output window to compare data quickly and easily; the SOAP Validation feature lets users check validity of SOAP messages against the SOAP specification or any XML Schemas referenced in the corresponding WSDL definition; The new schema flattener allows schema designers to write all the dependent files included in a schema into one file; Creation of Schema from Subset gives users the ability to create a schema from a subset of a larger schema. A complete list of all the new features added to XMLSpy 2011 and across the entire Altova 2011 product line is now available. www.altova.com
Lyquidity, an international provider of enterprise spreadsheet management solutions, announced the availability of ComplyXL Enterprise Federal Information Processing Standard Protocols (FIPS) compliant. At the request of a US Federal Agency, ComplyXL is now enhanced to comply with guidelines set by the US Government and other regulated industries, such as financial and healthcare institutions that collect, store, transfer, share and disseminate sensitive but unclassified information. ComplyXL is used internationally to: Find and monitor spreadsheets throughout the organization on a continuous basis; Notify when key changes happen, with user defined parameters; Keep spreadsheets where they are without the need to move them and possibly introduce errors; Carry out full comparison of changes, all the way to cell level, with full audit trails of changes; Provide a Manager Approval Process without tying up vital spreadsheets; Ensure full version control. www.lyquidity.com
Altova, creator of XMLSpy, announced the availability of Version 2011 of StyleVision, its visual stylesheet and report design tool. Version 2011 adds multiple new features that enhance StyleVision's multi-channel reporting functionality, including creation of charts and graphs based on database, XML, and XBRL data; integration with Altova MapForce; enhanced support for HTML/CALS tables; the ability to import existing XSLT files to augment designs; and a new scripting and toolbar editor for creating eForms for the Authentic platform. StyleVision 2011 allows point-and-click creation of 2D and 3D pie, line, bar, and gauge charts to display and analyze database, XML, and XBRL data in multichannel reports. During the report design process, the Chart Configuration dialog lets users choose the type of chart or graph desired, and then populate the chart axes with relevant source data selected via XPath expressions. Users can input the statements directly into the dialog, or get assistance with XPath syntax using StyleVision's built-in XPath Builder. Charts include customizable titles, axis labels, colors, fonts, and more. Designers can even utilize dynamic XPath settings to apply variable data from the report's source to the chart settings. Advanced report creation options such as drag-and-drop design, absolute positioning, modular designs, conditional templates, dynamic data selection, and more, combine with charting to make StyleVision a database reporting and XML reporting solution that's adaptable to a wide variety of business scenarios. StyleVision designers can also add charts to interactive electronic forms created for Authentic, Altova's low cost XML and database content editor for non-technical users. Charts displayed in Authentic eForms help users visualize and update XML and database data and provide a graphical aspect to user friendly content editing. XBRL Chart Wizard -- While previous versions of StyleVision have supported the creation of automated reports for publishing XBRL data, the XBRL Chart Wizard in StyleVision 2011 adds a visual dimension to XBRL analysis. The XBRL Chart Wizard walks the user through the process of selecting the XBRL concepts and periods to display on the chart, which is then customizable. These easy-to-create charts provide a significant benefit to companies producing XBRL reports, since a graphical representation of data relationships can reveal trends that may otherwise remain hidden. Charts and reporting also benefit Altova MissionKit customers using StyleVision and MapForce together. Integration between the two products allows MapForce users to automatically render results of their XML and XBRL mappings using an associated StyleVision report design. This feature essentially combines MapForce's any-to-any data mapping capabilities with a sophisticated rendering engine, meaning that users can now automate chart and report generation from many data formats that can be mapped to an XML Schema or XBRL taxonomy. Toolbar and Scripting Editor for Authentic- StyleVision 2011 includes an integrated scripting environment that allows designers to build advanced content entry and eForms applications based on the Authentic platform. The scripting functionality (global declarations, event handlers, macros, and forms) is embedded directly into the StyleVision design (.SPS) so that Authentic end-users only need to open the file to work with complex, dynamic, and user friendly eForms. Scripting adds new options for creating Authentic applications and includes: Script editor with form support; Toolbar editor; Support for JavaScript and VBScript; Ability to define event handlers; Access to Authentic COM interface from script macros; Ability to debug macros. Enhancements for Working with HTML/CALS Tables- HTML and CALS provide standard tags for representing the structure of tables and are often used in common documentation projects, as well as in XML industry standards such as DocBook, DITA, and more. Support for HTML/CALS tables means that StyleVision 2011 will automatically recognize values dictating table structure, such as column number, row height, etc., and apply them to rendered HTML, RTF, PDF, Word 2007+, and eForm output. StyleVision designers can add additional presentation styles to HTML/CALS tables, and can even make multiple assignments to HTML/CALS tables in a single schema. Ability to Import Existing XSLT Stylesheets- StyleVision users will be able to leverage work already in progress by basing their designs on existing XSLT files that were designed for HTML output, or XSLT files with XSL:FO commands for output in PDF. The user simply specifies the XSLT file and schema source, and the template is loaded into the design pane where it can be used for multi-channel publishing and/or to add additional styles using StyleVision's graphical user interface. http://www.altova.com/
Open Text Corporation, the provider of enterprise content management (ECM) software, announced the availability of a complete set of products and services intended to help enterprise information technology (IT) groups centrally manage large numbers of Microsoft SharePoint 2010 sites from creation through archiving. The consulting services will be led by Burntsand which joins Open Text after a recent acquisition. Using the SharePoint 2010 version of Open Text Content Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Open Text Case Management Framework for SharePoint 2010, Open Text services can help IT departments deploy the infrastructure needed to take control over unmanaged SharePoint 2010 deployments. Moreover, it can give users simple tools to create and deploy SharePoint 2010 sites and applications in accordance with corporate governance policies and manage the lifecycle of SharePoint 2010 sites. Open Text enhances SharePoint 2010 by adding a case-centric business application and process layer. Open Text business applications typically comprise a business database and records and archive repository, as well as a number of integrated SharePoint 2010 features, workflows, forms, reports and an administration user interface. Open Text’s solutions for Microsoft are offered as part of the Open Text ECM Suite.http://www.opentext.com/
Google announced that you can now translate your documents in the new editor into one of the 53 Google Docs languages by selecting Tools -> Translate document. From there, you can create a translated copy of the document by choosing a title for the translated document and selecting the language you want to translate into. Another new feature is that when you type a quote character (') in Google Docs they automatically make it a smartquote (‘) which indicates its direction. If you don’t want a smart quote, you can press Ctrl Z (Cmd Z on a Mac) after you type it and the smartquote will become a regular quote. They will be adding a preference soon that lets you permanently disable smartquotes. http://googledocs.blogspot.com/
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