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4 things Microsoft Office 'Gemini' needs to succeed
Whether talking about the constellation in the night sky or the sign of the zodiac, the word "Gemini" is synonymous with twins. It's no coincidence that Gemini is reportedly the code name for an upcoming Microsoft Office build that could be the twin project to Windows Blue. Together, the two efforts represent a complete shift in the way Microsoft develops and rolls out software.
According to Mary Jo Foley, a respected authority on Microsoft with reliable inside sources, Gemini will be released inititally this fall alongside Windows Blue, with new versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. For Office, Gemini could have multiple meanings. It could even be an altogether new Microsoft Office suite, a fraternal twin to the existing Office 2013. Perhaps instead of replacing Office 2013, Gemini will be a suite of Office MX apps designed for the Windows 8 Modern interface, following in the style of the current OneNote MX.
What does Microsoft have in store for Office Gemini? Here are four things Redmond should consider:
1. 'Office MX'
What if the next Office reflected the Windows 8 Modern interface, with its Charms bar and bold Live Tiles? The leaked Windows Blue code indicates that Microsoft has no intention of backsliding on its commitment to its Modern interface, and supports the theory that the desktop mode will fade away over time. With that in mind, expect Gemini to be built to run in the Windows 8 Modern interface rather than switching to desktop mode.Microsoft Office runs on Windows 8, but in desktop mode as opposed to as a native Windows 8 app. It makes sense for Office Gemini to be designed for Windows 8 in the style of OneNote MX, built primarily for touch input within the Windows 8 Modern UI. Bringing all of the core tools from Microsoft Office to the Modern UI is significant and necessary to get businesses and consumers to switch and start spending more time in the new interface, rather than just skipping over Windows 8's Modern screen in order to essentially run Windows 7 in desktop mode.
2. 'Outlook MX'
MicrosoftHow else could Microsoft reimagine Outlook? According to Mary Jo Foley’s sources, Gemini lacks Outlook. That would be a mistake. Outlook should be included in Gemini, as it's a crucial part of Microsoft Office, particularly for businesses. The core functions of Outlook—email, calendar, and contacts—are handled in Windows 8 by its Mail, Calendar, and People apps. Those apps have their strengths, but they don’t integrate as fully with Exchange or work as seamlessly as Outlook does.3. Radial menu
The radial menu in OneNote MX is a great innovation. The radial formatting menu in OneNote MX is genius. Microsoft took all of the formatting and features you'd normally find in a menu bar, and put them all under a single button. When you tap the button, it becomes a circle with different options to choose from and drill down into.Microsoft has gone out of its way to make all of the Office 2013 desktop applications more touch-friendly, and they are. The traditional menu bar can be used in mouse mode, the way it always has, or in touch mode, which enlarges the choices and spaces them a little farther apart so they're easier to tap with a finger. However, OneNote MX offers a much better experience on a touchscreen Windows 8 tablet than OneNote 2013 does in desktop mode, and the primary reason is the radial menu.
4. Cross-platform strategy
Office software like Word runs on Windows tablets only, not iOS or Android. Microsoft is facing lagging PC sales, and it’s late to the tablet party. It’s easy for Microsoft to use Office as a carrot to lure customers to buy Windows PCs, tablets, and smartphones. Holding Office hostage on Windows is a mistake, though, and will ultimately hurt Office more than it helps Windows.As it is, Microsoft Office is not entirely Windows-centric, even now. Microsoft already crossed that line in the sand when it developed Office for Mac. It makes sense to offer Office across a broad range of platforms to ensure that businesses and individuals continue to choose Office no matter what device they're working on. The tech landscape has shifted. Mac OS X computers have been chipping away, albeit slowly, at Microsoft’s virtual monopoly of the PC market, which is more or less stagnant thanks to the rising popularity of mobile devices.
In both tablets and smartphones, Microsoft is a distant third place at best—far behind Android and iOS. Even if Windows Phone handsets and Windows-based tablets become wildly successful, the best Microsoft can hope for is a respectable three-way race. If Microsoft keeps Office only on Windows and Mac OS X, it will leave a majority of tablet users with no choice but to find a suitable alternative.
It’s too early to say with any certainty what Microsoft has in mind for Office Gemini or Windows Blue. It appears though, that Microsoft is providing even more incentive for users to embrace the Office 365 subscription model rather than purchasinga perpetual license for Office 2013 desktop software. If major new updates are released more frequently, Office 2013 will become outdated sooner than expected.
If Gemini brings Office fully into Windows 8 with enhanced touch support and Outlook included, it will help to drive sales of Windows 8 PCs and tablets, as users have more incentive to adapt and embrace the new Windows. If Gemini also includes native apps for Android and iOS, Office 365 subscriptions will skyrocket. Microsoft is potentially leaving billions of dollars of revenue on the table by not offering Office for iOS and Android. Granted, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has maintained that iOS and Android users can work with Office through the browser, making native Office apps unnecessary. He's wrong. The browser versions of Office will do in a pinch, but native apps provide a better experience and work offline as well.
The paperless office continues to elude us
Since the dawn of personal computers there have been predictions of an all-digital future where paper was little but a distant memory. Decades later, it seems like we’ve made progress toward the “paperless office,” but the Utopian vision is still a long way off. Adobe, which bought digital signature company Echosign in 2011, conducted a study to find out how things are progressing on the road to our all-digital documents future. The study is based on data gathered from an online survey among 1051 U.S. managers who draft, send or sign contracts and agreements at small, medium and large companies.
The report, "Paper: An endangered species?" uncovers some interesting results. Just over half of the respondents, 51 percent, believe that digital workflow makes filing and managing documents easier, and 61 percent say that working digitally cuts costs. Nearly a third even feel that digital workflow gives them an edge and helps them win business. Fair enough. Looking at the infographic from Adobe, those numbers are leaning in the right direction—albeit not as strongly as I would expect after decades of the promise of a paperless office.As a freelance analyst and consultant I can vouch for the fact that most companies still rely on paper. I’ve been on both sides of paper-vs.-digital divide, and I can say from experience that digital contracts are much more efficient.percent) that actual contracts or legal documents are still done using paper, even though nearly three fourths think life would be easier if contracts were done digitally.
Typically, when I agree to work with a client, I send over some draft language to use as a contract. The client then fills in any missing details, and sends the document back—generally in the form of a PDF file. I then must print the PDF file so I can sign it, and scan the signed document so I can return it to the client. Then, the client must print my signed version, and sign it themselves so they can scan it and return the completed contract to me. It’s a tedious process that wastes paper on both ends.
I have also worked with clients that employ a digital signature tool. I received an email with a link to "sign" the document. I signed the contract digitally, and we were done and ready to do business. No muss, no fuss, and no wasted paper.
Banks are one of the worst offenders. When I bought my car, and when I bought my house there were reams of paper used. They even wanted to use some archaic thing called a fax machine (look it up on Wikipedia). I initialed and signed enough paper to take down a small forest just to complete the transactions. Paperless office? We’re making slow progress toward that goal, but we’re a long way from achieving the Utopian pipe dream.
Want Microsoft Office on iOS or Android? You may wait until 2014
Microsoft is making a big mistake. Assuming the leaked Office 'Gemini' roadmap is both legitimate and accurate, it appears that neither Outlook RT nor Office for iOS and Android will arrive any time soon. By the time they do, it’s possible nobody will care. Mary Jo Foley—a respected and reliable source of inside information from Redmond—shed some light today on what we can expect from the Microsoft Office team. According to a leaked roadmap, Office RT apps will be available this fall alongside the expected launch of Windows “Blue”, followed by a refresh of the Office RT apps, and a new version of Office for Mac in early 2014.
The last bit of the leaked roadmap is the perplexing part, though. The highly-anticipated Office for iOS and Android apps and Outlook RT apparently won’t arrive until late 2014—yes, a year and a half from now. If the information is accurate, Microsoft is missing a huge opportunity. By the end of 2014, Windows RT may not even exist if it doesn’t start gaining some traction. The Mail client on Windows RT is OK, but it’s not Outlook. The CEO of Nvidia, for one, recently blamed anemic sales of Windows RT tablets at least partially on the lack of an Outlook RT app.As for the Office apps on iOS or Android? That market may dwindle considerably by the end of 2014. Users will simply invest in alternate productivity apps in the absence of any options from Microsoft. I attempted to confirm the information from the alleged "Gemini" roadmap with Microsoft. A Microsoft spokesperson replied simply, "We don’t have any information to share about the next set of updates to Office."
Wes Miller, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, points out, "Assuming it is accurate, I can only assess that Microsoft doesn't feel that the iPad and any of the productivity options already on the iPad, pose any sort of threat to Office. I'm not sure I agree, as users who do need to generate content while on the go will either not use their iPad (beneficial to Microsoft) or not use Office (not beneficial to Microsoft)."
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has gone on record stating that Microsoft doesn't need to develop iOS or Android apps for Office, because those users can work with Office through the browser. While that is technically true, Ballmer is wrong. Native apps provide a better experience and work offline as well.
Analysts claim that Microsoft is potentially leaving billions of dollars of revenue on the table by not offering Office for iOS and Android. The question Microsoft needs to consider is whether it’s worth surrendering billions in revenue, and possibly eroding the dominance of Microsoft Office in the hope that it will drive sales of Windows PCs and mobile devices.
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IT Services Company Opens Office in The Woodlands, Texas
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“We are pleased to be in The Woodlands. Many of our customers are in The Woodlands and north Houston area, so this makes good business sense for us to be closer to our customer base.” says President, Gregg Cannon. “We see a tremendous need for our services especially in small businesses. Many business are consumed with the daily activities of taking care of their clients and don’t have time to be burdened with IT tasks. We also see a great need for luxury home owners. Many large and expensive homes today have more computer devices and larger networks than most businesses and we have been helping luxury home owners for over 8 years.”
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3Com Asterisk 8x24 Office Suite Bundle - VoIP Gateway (T08355) Category: Business Solution Software
Item #: T08355. 3Com Asterisk solutions provide small-to-midsize businesses with an economical compact device for delivering full-featured Voice over IP (VoIP) services. Using uClinux as the operating system and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) software, it offers a standards-based, cost-saving and productivity enhancing non-proprietary alternative to a PBX or key system, as well as a rich, broad set of VoIP capabilities that can be customized to match user needs.Easy to deploy and use, 3Com Asterisk platforms integrate with the PSTN network and accommodate a mix of IP and analog phones.
They can be used to implement an advanced IP telephony system for what it would cost to install a traditional PBX or key phone system, leveraging their capabilities to reduce procurement, deployment and administration costs.A broad range of built-in business quality features include voice mail, auto attendant, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Automatic Call Distribution (ACD), call queues and conferencing. The compact devices also provide a range of connectivity options enabled by a choice of four Central Office (CO) line ports and four analog device ports or eight Central Office (CO) line ports, as well as a 10/100 uplink port to connect to the network.3Com Asterisk solutions demonstrate the power of open source technologies to reduce cost and optimize functionality.
Product Description: 3Com Asterisk 8x24 Office Suite Bundle - VoIP gateway
Device Type: VoIP gateway
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Enclosure Type: External
Dimensions (WxDxH): 11.7 in x 7.5 in x 1.7 in
Weight: 1.3 lbs
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RAM Installed ( Max ): 64 MB
Flash Memory Installed (Max): 1 GB flash
Ports Qty: 4
Data Link Protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet
VoIP Protocols: SIP, IAX2
Telephony Interfaces: 8 line (FXO)
Included Accessories: 10 x 3Com IP 330 Phone, 2 x 3Com 7760 Wireless PoE Access Point, 3Com Unified Wired and Wireless Gigabit Switch
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X16 Small Office Digital Phone System Bundle with 8 Phones Titanium Metallic (XB-2022-28TM)
X16 Small office phone system is an easy to install Digital small office telephone system that comes equipped with the X16 Voice Server and eight- 6 line X16 Digital speakerphones in the fashion color- Charcoal.This designer series phones are attractive and stylish. "Eye Catching" backlit blue LCD display. HD blue and green LED lights.Ships to work with up to 6 phone lines. Comes with 8 phones but is expandable up to 16 telephones. Has an auto attendant to answer and process calls, 4 voice mail ports with 2 hours of message storeage, busy telephone indication, CO line call pickup, extension call pickup, express conference, direct mailbox transfer, music on hold. internal and external, personal voice mailbox, one touch record, memo record, call forward to voice mail, external or trunk to trunk, hot dial pad , all call page. Easy to install. Value priced compared to other phone systems.
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X16 Small Office Digital Phone System Bundle with 4 Phones Charcoal PHONE MODEL: X16 DTE ~Server / Base Control Unit MODEL: X16VSS
X16 Small office phone system is an easy to install Digital small office telephone system that comes equipped with the X16 Voice Server and four 6 line X16 Digital speakerphones in the fashion color- Charcoal.This designer series phones are attractive and stylish. "Eye Catching" backlit blue LCD display. HD blue and green LED lights.Ships to work with up to 4 phone lines and is expandable to up to 6 phone lines.
This system includes 4 telephones but is expandable up to 16 telephones. Has an auto attendant to answer and process calls, 4 voice mail ports with 2 hours of message storeage, busy telephone indication, CO line call pickup, extension call pickup, express conference, direct mailbox transfer, music on hold. internal and external, personal voice mailbox, one touch record, memo record, call forward to voice mail, external or trunk to trunk, hot dial pad , all call page. Easy to install. Value priced compared to other phone systems.
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