Microsoft Office 2013
Amit Signh, the Head of Google Enterprise, has his eyes set on Microsoft Office 2013. With the help of Google Apps and the Google Drive cloud, the aggressive company VP foresees a decisive shift in user allegiance in the near future.
Microsoft Office 2013 doesn't launch until early 2013, but previews are already streaming in for the new productivity suite.
The Microsoft Office 2013 launch is still months off for individual users, but business owners looking to upgrade can download the suite now if they so chose.
On December 1, Microsoft will increase its prices on user-client access licenses (CAL) by 15 percent.
A trial version of Microsoft Office Pro 2013 is now available at the company's official site, offering customers a taste of the next iteration of the popular program suite.
Microsoft's SharePoint 2013 program will be enhanced through integration with Yammer, a social networking company that the Redmond-based tech giant acquired months ago.
Microsoft Office will launch on iOS and Android devices in early 2013, according to "several sources" that spoke to The Verge.
Microsoft is offering buyers the opportunity to upgrade to Office 2013 if they purchase an existing product between now and April 2013.
Any consumer who purchases Microsoft Office 2010 between now and April 30, 2013 is encouraged to apply for a promotion that grants them either Microsoft Office 2013 or a one-year subscription to Office 365, the Redmond-based company's cloud service.
Microsoft's corporate vice president of the Office Division Kris Koenigsbauer announced on his blog that Microsoft Office 2013 has been released to manufacturers, indicating that "the coding and testing phase of the project is complete and [the Redmond-based company is] now focused on releasing the new Office via multiple distribution channels]."
iOS, Android apps for product due out March
In an interview with the site INHED at a Czech Republic press event, Microsoft product manager Peter Bobek revealed that Office apps are making their way to both Android and iOS in March 2013.
Microsoft Office 2013 has already been cracked by the Moscow-based company ElcomSoft, months before the program is even set to officially launch.
While consumers shouldn't expect a revolution in workplace computing, the consensus seems to indicate that a host of improvements have been made to Microsoft Office 2013, successfully promoting enhanced productivity
Microsoft is looking to change the way that consumers pay for Microsoft Office, and to that end has introduced a subscription based pricing model for the program's 2013 version.
