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    Home loan company, Mortgage Choice, has ditched Lotus Notes Domino for its lenders messaging needs in favour of Google's Enterprise Apps suite but it's keeping Microsoft Office as the corporate standard.

  • Fighting Office with open source

    Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

  • Google plays with Gears, ready to unveil Docs?

    News from the blogosphere today has indicated that Google is preparing to launch one of its first offline-ready Web applications in the form of Google Docs as part of Google Gears.

  • Agencies keen on document management

    Government departments are speedily adopting electronic content and document management systems in Australia, with the latest two to follow the trend being the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Future Fund Management Agency.

  • Schools advised against Vista, Office 2007 upgrade

    The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) has advised schools against upgrading to Windows Vista or Microsoft Office 2007 because of the prohibitive cost and interoperability issues.

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  • Fighting Office with open source

    Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology.

  • Six office suites reviewed

    Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to dethrone Microsoft. We test six office suites in the market.

  • The best CRM suite is...

    What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.

  • Dancing with documents

    Collaboration, records management, and workflow are just some of the features in current electronic document management software. We examine your options.

  • Instant messaging for business

    The ease and convenience of instant messaging has made it popular with users. But is instant messaging a curse or a boon for the office environment?

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  • The suite approach: 6 office suites tested

    Developers of alternative office software need to place more emphasis on ease of conversion if they ever wish to de-throne Microsoft.

  • Lotus alternative to Office XP

    We love plucky underdogs, and Lotus SmartSuite is certainly one of them-there's no question that this suite has slipped below the radar.

  • Eight alternatives to Microsoft Office

    Looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office? Our reviews round-up gives you the details of several popular options.

  • The best CRM suite is...

    What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.

  • WordPerfect Office X4

    Many free and inexpensive office suites are available for download or for use in a web browser. So what's the advantage of paying a pretty penny for a desktop office suite? Corel's WordPerfect Office X4 offers a strong software package that comes closest to the breadth and depth of features found in Microsoft Office.

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