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Why you need to link licensing tools to HR

IT can be pretty good at setting up a PC for a new joiner, but what happens when someone leaves? How do you delete their cloud access? A recent software asset management survey reported that almost half of participants do not have a software asset management (SAM)  tool in place. The SAM Charter – Global Report … Read more

What happens when an Office 365 subscription expires?

If you’re using Microsoft’s cloud-based Office 365 and the subscription lapses, here’s how much time you have to renew — or backup your data and move on. Microsoft’s pay-as-you-go Office 365 is, first and foremost, a subscription. And like other subscriptions – think newspapers (remember them?) or an online storage service – missing a payment … Read more

What will you get with a Microsoft 365 consumer subscription?

After successfully rolling out its Windows-plus-Office bundle for enterprise customers, Microsoft is working on a consumer version. Here are my predictions on what that subscription will include. Once again, a job listing on a public website has accidentally given away details of an unannounced product Microsoft is developing. My colleague Mary Jo Foley had the … Read more

Cisco fuses SD-WAN, security and cloud services

Cisco secures SD-WAN software, bolsters cloud-based Office 365 application access, and offers DevNet SD-WAN development options. Looking to help customers batten down the edge, Cisco is marrying its software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) software with security features while boosting support for cloud services. Many times SD-WAN customers have been forced to choose between adding more security to their SD-WAN at … Read more

Microsoft’s Office 2019 price hike: Will it push you to Office 365?

Microsoft follows through with its plans to raise Office 2019 prices by 10 percent. Microsoft may have just made Office 365 a more attractive option than it was previously thanks to Office 2019’s higher prices. Microsoft rolled out its on-premise Office 2019 suite for Windows and Mac in September. But rather than highlight major new … Read more

7 Tips to Help You Make the Most of Office 365 for Enterprise

For better and more efficient productivity in your organization, choosing Microsoft Office 365 is the wisest decision. Numerous benefits come along Office 365: high-end results, superior output and easy collaboration between team members. Office 365 for enterprise can yield countless benefits. But, as it happens with any software, you can go even further if you … Read more

Top tips to avoid a costly Office 365 subscription bill

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The Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite is Microsoft’s next strategic platform. This is why we thought that the article below may be of interest for you. In its latest quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, Microsoft reported that its office commercial products and cloud services revenue had increased by 5%, thanks to Office 365 commercial … Read more