Ballmer also said Office Communicator for Mobile will offer presence, instant messaging and voice capabilities to Outlook and Office. A prototype service now running allows customers to bring content from the PC over-the-air to mobile devices.
The Office Communicator for Mobile should be available for download for Live Communication Server customers in 60 days.
As for Office Live, plans call for three editions: a “Basic” version, a collaboration version and an “Essentials” version.
Office Live Basic is slated to include free services supported by advertising revenue. Users can get free domain name registration and five e-mail accounts--using the Hotmail infrastructure--each with up to 2 Gbytes of storage. Also included is a free Web site with up to 30 Mbytes of storage, a design tool for basic Web site design and Web traffic monitoring tools.
A collaboration version, basically hosted SharePoint, is geared for small businesses with up to 10 users. The service is designed to enable users to set up secure, shared workspaces to work with trusted partners and suppliers. Intended for small businesses that may already have Web presence, this subscription offering provides Web-based business tools for customer, project and sales management, as well as company administration, Microsoft said.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
