African financial services provider, Nedbank announced on Monday, 2 September 2019, that it has partnered with Microsoft in a move to become a ‘digital-first’ financial services provider. The bank is set to migrate components of its IT...
Microsoft South Africa announced on Thursday, 25 July 2019, that its Office 365 services are available from South African datacentre regions as part of a move to provide best-in-class productivity and collaboration capabilities for customers while meeting...
Internet Solutions (IS) has integrated enterprise-grade voice services into its Microsoft Office 365 Teams offering. From 14 March 2019, businesses running Office 365 can use voice capabilities within Microsoft Teams, allowing for the increased...
In May 2017, Microsoft announced plans to launch two data centres in South Africa. Located in Johannesburg and Cape Town, these see the company targeting cloud services growth on the continent. These data centres are expected to deliver the Microsoft...
The shift from on-device installations of Microsoft software – the likes of Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other familiar tools – into Cloud-hosted applications is far more than just a change in the way software is delivered to users. This is the...
Microsoft’s latest mobile offering, Kaizala Pro, is now commercially available in South Africa. Microsoft Kaizala is a mobile app that aims to improve the way businesses communicate and collaborate. It’s designed for large group communication,...
July 12, 2018 •
Southern Africa •
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The Windows environment is at the core of almost every organisation’s desktop computing strategy. Over time, the operating system has been augmented with various communication, collaboration and productivity tools, drawing on the latest technologies and...
Microsoft is starting to let business users experience the changes and new features in Office 2019 via a preview released on Wednesday, 2 May 2018. Although the new version of Microsoft’s Office software suite isn’t expected to be publicly...
On Tuesday 13 February 2018, Microsoft hosted its annual Tech Summit at the Cape Town International Conference Center (CTICC). The conference saw IT professionals and developers converge as it aimed to show them the necessary skills and knowledge that they...
Over the past decade, Africa has achieved an economic growth rate of over 5 percent, according to the World Economic Forum. However, consistent growth rates have not yet impacted large parts of the African population. Many African people continue to live in...
According to Microsoft, the release of Office 2016 is one of the major ways in which the company is realising its ambitious goal of reinventing productivity and business processes in this mobile-first, cloud-first era. This, as technological advancement and...
April 17, 2014 •
Enterprise IT •
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Microsoft has announced the local availability of its latest business productivity software offering, namely Office 365 Personal. Office 365 Personal enables users to install the latest full desktop version of Office applications including Word, Excel,...
February 24, 2014 •
Enterprise IT •
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Microsoft has introduced new features to Microsoft Office 365 Home Premium allowing one subscription to be used by five people across five different devices, making it cost-effective and easy for more family and friends to benefit from the program. Office 365...
September 12, 2013 •
Online & Social •
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Microsoft has announced that it is to make its Office 365 productivity software available for free to qualifying non-profit organisations and NGOs in 41 countries, including South Africa, with immediate effect. Microsoft South Africa’s Office Business lead,...
August 14, 2013 •
Gadgets and Gaming •
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Microsoft took the wraps off their Office for Android app today, as the company announced that it is now available in the Android market place for various Android devices. “As of August 14, Office for Android will be available in South Africa. You can...
July 23, 2013 •
Enterprise IT •
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True cloud services are a lot more user-friendly and cost-effective than remote hosted services, but not everyone is getting true cloud, says Grant Vine, Technical director at Cybervine IT Solutions. Cloud computing has a lot to offer businesses, and can...
