IBM takes on Microsoft Office again with Lotus Symphony
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Desktop suite Lotus Symphony runs on Windows and Linux and supports OpenDocument, PDF and Microsoft Office document formats.
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With its Lotus Sametime line-up, IBM is attempting to use instant messenging and "unified communications" to reel in new customers from new places, ranging from small businesses to Microsoft Outlook mail environments. Will the strategy pay off?
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InfoWorld - The next version of Lotus Notes and Domino will ship in February and will feature an array of updates, including a new Web 2.0-style feature called My Widgets, IBM said Monday during its Lotusphere show in Orlando, Florida.
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The Microsoft rival plans to announce the software at its Lotusphere conference to be held next week.
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Early user reviews of IBM&#39;s new Lotus Symphony office software suite are unlikely to be music to IBM&#39;s ears.
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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion  plans to offer IBM's Lotus Connections business networking  software as a free download later this year, the company said  on Wednesday.
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International Business Machines Corp  said on Tuesday that it will offer its Lotus email and  collaboration products as a service that customers can access  through a Web browser.
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Who says the iPhone is consumer-only? The Register has confirmed that IBM is developing a Lotus Notes client for the iPhone, and that they are "working closely" with Apple to create a native application for the iPhone and iPod Touch for business use.â¦
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Lotus Notes and Domino 8 appear less complicated for IT staff to manage and make it easier for developers to build on the collaboration capabilities in the rich Web 2.0-style client.
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Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O is planning to  release a new version of its Office program for small  businesses that handles accounting and customer management  tasks, the world's largest software maker said on Friday.
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iWork â08 provides âa solid deal for anyone needing an affordable office suite for the Mac,â according to Elsa Wenzel . She praises the new writing and layout tools in Pages â08, including the contextual Format Bar, Change Tracking, automatic list formatting, and the abundance of page templates. Wenzel points out that âKeynote â08 adds some smart features that PowerPoint lacks. Itâs also a breeze to figure out from the get-go.â And she notes that âNumbers reveals ease-of-use novelties that competitive tools donât provide,â concluding that âthe majority of users who rely upon spreadsheets as one-size-fits-all tools for household and light office work should be pleased to have a new option for Macs.â
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Saying customers have been asking for such a tool, IBM and SAP are building an application that would make it easier for customers to bring their SAP data into their Lotus Notes collaboration systems.
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InfoWorld - Next week at its annual Lotusphere conference, IBM will extend its collaboration vision with an increased focus on tools.
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IBM Lotus expanded its lineup of Workplace client-computing software Tuesday, debuting an Express version of the product for small and midsize businesses.
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Microsoft has exposed a little more information as to what&#39;s inside Office 2008 for Mac, this time looking at user-focused Excel Ledger Sheets.Ledger Sheets use Excel but are designed to make it simple to handle common budget management tasks using pre-formulated cells.Ledger Sheets are accessible from the Elements Gallery and are designed to be useful for people who don&#39;t necessarily make great use of Excel. There&#39;s templates for checks, accounts, and investment portfolios, all pre-populated with appropriate formulas.It&#39;s the third update to the company&#39;s Office-focused Web site as&#160;Microsoft engages in its campaign to generate interest&#160;in the&#160;Jan. 15, 2008, release&#160;of its suite of productivity tools.Most recently the company confirmed better Exchange support in the future version of Entourage, particularly in terms of calendar event syncing in workgroups.Microsoft also recently explained Toolbox, a collection of tools for Office for Mac which combines the original Toolbox and Formatting Palettes.Office 2008 for Mac will also offer better document handling and formatting and more powerful publishing tools for users.The company also recently revealed My Day, a stand-alone application that provides an at-a-glance view of daily schedule and tasks to help users stay on top of priorities.Office 2008 for Mac will support the Office Open XML file format and the package will be a Universal Binary that runs on both Power PC and Intel-based Macs.Three versions of the suite will be available: the basic package includes all the Office applications. The Home and Student Edition is targeted at consumers and includes a three-user license. The Special Media Edition comes with all Office software and the Expression Media for Mac image-management application.Macworld.co.uk is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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Company joins project designed to bridge rival document formats and thus enable its OpenOffice customers to work with Microsoft Office.
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In a sign of the growing movement for alternatives to the industry-dominating Microsoft Office suite, IBM said Wednesday that more than 100,000 registered users downloaded the beta of its free office productivity software, Lotus Symphony, in its first week.