Microsoft Expands Options to Bring More Choices and Flexibility To Customers Buying Its Office Live Meeting Service

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Microsoft Opens Up Live Meeting Options

Microsoft Opens Up Live Meeting Options 08/11/2004 11:52 AM
Today Microsoft will be unveiling new subscription/ licensing plans for its Live Meeting Web service. Soon after Microsoft acquired PlaceWare it launched Live Meeting. Live Meeting allows users to present information over the Internet such as presentations, and allows users to collaborate better on projects. As of right now WebEx, Cisco, and Raindance Communications dominate the Web conferencing market. Something Microsoft is hoping to change over the next few years.

Already Microsoft is making good progress. Earlier this year Microsoft announced a partnership with MCI. Together with Intercall these two companies are giving Microsoft’s Live Meeting the push it needs. There are a total of three new subscription/licensing plans. The first plan is called "Named User". This plan supports a maximum meeting size of 15 with prices ranging from $180 to $300 dollars (Standard and Professional Edition). The next license is called "Room" which has a maximum meeting size of 2,000 with prices ranging from $6,000 to $10,000. The last new license is called "monthly minutes" which carries an unlimited meeting size, which only costs at $0.35 to $0.45. Please note that I haven't listed the minimum purchase for each new license. This information can be found on Microsoft’s site later in the day.

Live Meeting is showing some real potential as Microsoft continues to improve upon it, but it's going to takes some time for businesses to adopt it. The Web conferencing market has shown to be pretty profitable, especially during last year. If Microsoft plays its cards right it may have another cashcow.

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Microsoft Expands Live Meeting Pricing
Plans

Microsoft Expands Live Meeting Pricing
Plans 08/11/2004 05:29 PM
Microsoft further integrates its Web conferencing service into the Office group with more familiar licensing options such as named-user and volume licensing plans.

Virtual network operator model gives
customers flexibility of choice,
redundancy options

Virtual network operator model gives
customers flexibility of choice,
redundancy options 06/22/2005 02:13 AM
Channel NewsAsia Jun 22 2005 6:34AM GMT

Microsoft teams with MCI to deliver
Office Live Meeting

Microsoft teams with MCI to deliver
Office Live Meeting 05/11/2004 09:26 AM
Microsoft Corp. is teaming with communications giant MCI Inc. to deliver Web conferencing and collaboration services featuring its Microsoft Office Live Meeting, the companies said Tuesday.

Microsoft, MCI team up to deliver Office
Live Meeting

Microsoft, MCI team up to deliver Office
Live Meeting 05/11/2004 04:36 PM
MCI and Microsoft also said they're developing real-time applications such as services for voice over IP.

MCI, Microsoft Join on Office Live
Meeting (NewsFactor)

MCI, Microsoft Join on Office Live
Meeting (NewsFactor) 05/13/2004 03:39 PM
NewsFactor - MCI and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) plan to jointly develop and market communication and collaboration products that feature Microsoft Office Live Meeting, starting with MCI's next iteration of its Net Conferencing services.

Microsoft expands Media Center options

Microsoft expands Media Center options 07/14/2004 11:56 AM
Selling Windows XP Media Center Edition PCs will soon no longer be the exclusive domain of large, multinational PC makers, Microsoft says. In an effort to boost sales of premium versions of Windows, Microsoft will make the superset of Window XP Professional Edition available also to the system builder channel. This means that white box makers, the PC stores selling systems with no brand name, will also be able to build and sell Media Center PCs.

Microsoft expands Web conferencing
pricing options

Microsoft expands Web conferencing
pricing options 08/11/2004 08:10 AM
Looking to win more users for its Live Meeting Web conferencing service, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday introduced three additional licensing models.

Microsoft Expands Media Center Options
(PC World)

Microsoft Expands Media Center Options
(PC World) 07/13/2004 05:06 PM
PC World - More PC makers will be able to build and sell the multimedia systems.

Live Meeting 4.x Add-In for Microsoft
PowerPoint

Live Meeting 4.x Add-In for Microsoft
PowerPoint 09/06/2004 11:52 PM
Add Live Meeting-specific properties to any PowerPoint 2003 slide, including the presenter name and notes. PowerPoint 2003 stores these properties as textual tags on the slide, a feature of the PowerPoint 2003 Visual Basic interface Create special slides for the Live Meeting Conference Center, including Polling slides, Web slides, Editable Text slides, and Sharing slides Export a presentation to the Live Meeting slide upload format. The Personal Web Page (PWP) file type is the Live Meeting slide upload format. You can upload a PWP file to a server that is running Live Meeting

Microsoft opens up Live Meeting

Microsoft opens up Live Meeting 08/10/2004 11:11 PM
ZDNet Aug 11 2004 4:08AM GMT

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint

Live Meeting 2005 Add-in: Live Meeting
Add-in for PowerPoint 04/13/2005 01:55 AM
With the Microsoft® Office Live Meeting Add-In for PowerPoint, you can create Live Meeting presentations directly in the Microsoft PowerPoint® presentation graphics program.

Insights from Customers and Partners
Help Microsoft Create More Flexible
Licensing and Financing Options

Insights from Customers and Partners
Help Microsoft Create More Flexible
Licensing and Financing Options 09/22/2004 04:13 PM
Continuing its commitment to communicate directly and consistently about the latest developments in licensing programs and policies, Microsoft today hosted a Volume Licensing Quarterly Update Webcast for its customers intended to help them better plan software investments.

Microsoft Office 2003 Customers Boost
Productivity and Business Insight With
the Availability of Two New Office
Business Intelligence Accelerators

Microsoft Office 2003 Customers Boost
Productivity and Business Insight With
the Availability of Two New Office
Business Intelligence Accelerators 06/02/2004 12:06 PM
Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of two new Office 2003 Business Intelligence (BI) Accelerators, the Microsoft® Office Business Scorecards Accelerator and the Microsoft Office Excel Add-in for SQL Server (TM) Analysis Services. Designed for and built on the Microsoft Office System and Windows Server System (TM) , the Office BI Accelerators provide customers and partners with increased access to data that is critical to maximizing business performance. Information workers and industry partners can also use the accelerators to assess performance in real time and reshape strategy and redeploy resources as market conditions change, staying one step ahead of their competition. By taking advantage of existing Microsoft technology investments, the accelerators are a cost-effective way for end users and partners to increase their business insight and automate formerly manual business processes, providing greater efficiency, productivity and enhanced decision-making.

Microsoft plugs Live Meeting into Lotus
Notes

Microsoft plugs Live Meeting into Lotus
Notes 05/03/2004 08:10 AM
Microsoft Corp. on Friday released a plug-in for Lotus Notes to allow Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2003 users to schedule meetings using the IBM Corp. e-mail client.

Microsoft Keeps Legal Options Against
Office Alternative

Microsoft Keeps Legal Options Against
Office Alternative 09/15/2004 10:58 PM
Linux Insider Sep 16 2004 3:06AM GMT

Live Meeting 2005 Document: Live Meeting
2005 API Reference Guide

Live Meeting 2005 Document: Live Meeting
2005 API Reference Guide 04/11/2005 11:08 AM

Microsoft keeps legal options against
free Office alternative

Microsoft keeps legal options against
free Office alternative 09/15/2004 06:57 PM
SearchVB.com Sep 15 2004 10:58PM GMT

Some Microsoft Customers Will Get to See
Office Code

Some Microsoft Customers Will Get to See
Office Code 09/19/2004 09:09 PM
New York Times Sep 20 2004 0:40AM GMT

The Bloor Perspective: Biometric
choices, 3G+WLAN and EMC buying VMWare

The Bloor Perspective: Biometric
choices, 3G+WLAN and EMC buying VMWare 12/22/2003 05:38 AM
Silicon.com Dec 22 2003 4:15AM ET

TrainCaster LMS™ Delivers More
Flexibility in Course Authoring Options,
While Extending Support for Classroom
Course Management with Version 3.32

TrainCaster LMS™ Delivers More
Flexibility in Course Authoring Options,
While Extending Support for Classroom
Course Management with Version 3.32 04/14/2005 04:33 AM
TrainCaster LMS™ v. 3.32 includes PDF content authoring functionality in addition to providing the most complete, browser-based, open standards learning management software. [PRWEB Apr 14, 2005]

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Spotted
Helping Customers Work Smarter to Play
Harder

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Spotted
Helping Customers Work Smarter to Play
Harder 05/19/2004 12:08 PM
Disc jockey discovered creating fiscal budgets in Excel. Graphic designer found using PowerPoint(R) for new-business pitches. Available today, Microsoft(R) Office 2004 for Mac helps Mac customers get in touch with their inner business suit to take care of business more efficiently, leaving more time for the pursuit of passions. In addition, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced that the popular Office 2004 Test Drive offers Mac users the opportunity to take this latest version for a free spin for 30 days. AppleScripting. The AppleScript dictionary has been improved and expanded to allow better AppleScript programmability.

Microsoft XP Service Pack 2 goes live

Microsoft XP Service Pack 2 goes live 08/18/2004 03:08 AM
inSourced Aug 18 2004 7:49AM GMT

Voipfone Package Builder Puts VoIP
Customers in Full Control of their
Telephone Service and Saves Customers
Money

Voipfone Package Builder Puts VoIP
Customers in Full Control of their
Telephone Service and Saves Customers
Money 06/05/2005 11:16 PM
Voipfone (http://www.voipfone.co.uk), the expanding London-based Internet Telephone provider of Voice over Internet (VoIP) services, today announces the launch of its Package Builder™ facility which allows customers to select the precise bundle of features they desire for their telephony usage.No more Plans. [PRWEB Jun 4, 2005]

Microsoft Office 2003 gets first service
pack

Microsoft Office 2003 gets first service
pack 07/27/2004 10:58 AM
The Register Jul 27 2004 3:44PM GMT

Microsoft renovates Office suite as a
Web service

Microsoft renovates Office suite as a
Web service 08/16/2004 07:37 PM
IHT Aug 16 2004 11:15PM GMT

Microsoft delivers Office Service Pack

Microsoft delivers Office Service Pack 07/27/2004 09:20 AM
Microsoft on Tuesday made available for download its first Service Pack for Office System 2003, which features fresh capabilities to its OneNote and InfoPath applications, along with improvements to overall speed and performance and a collection of previously announced security fixes.

VoIP - Broadband Phones Bring Cheaper
Options to Texas Residents.

VoIP - Broadband Phones Bring Cheaper
Options to Texas Residents. 08/02/2004 02:56 AM
Broadband Phones give local phone service providers more competition as cheaper choices appear for commercial and residential customers in Texas. Qamtec.net examine the new revolution in the TX market. [PRWEB Aug 2, 2004]

VoIP - Broadband Phones Bring Cheaper
Options to Ohio Residents.

VoIP - Broadband Phones Bring Cheaper
Options to Ohio Residents. 09/14/2004 03:34 AM
Broadband Phones give local phone service providers more competition as cheaper choices appear for commercial and residential customers in Ohio. Qamtec.net examine the new revolution in the OH market. [PRWEB Sep 14, 2004]

Microsoft Plans Office 2003 Service Pack
For May

Microsoft Plans Office 2003 Service Pack
For May 01/05/2004 09:42 AM

Microsoft Releases First Service Pack
for Office 2003

Microsoft Releases First Service Pack
for Office 2003 07/27/2004 09:30 AM
While SP1 primarily rounds up security and bug fixes, it also enhances features in the 2003 versions of OneNote and InfoPath.

Microsoft readies first Office System
service pack

Microsoft readies first Office System
service pack 01/24/2004 12:09 AM
Users of Microsoft's Office System products released in October can expect the first service pack for the software in late June, Microsoft said Friday.

Web Mail Supersizes: As Storage
Capacikty For Web-Based E-Mail Expands,
So Do Choices

Web Mail Supersizes: As Storage
Capacikty For Web-Based E-Mail Expands,
So Do Choices 07/21/2004 06:01 AM
By Glenn Fleishman, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Six Apart Buying Live Journal?

Six Apart Buying Live Journal? 01/04/2005 10:51 PM
Om Malik claims to have it on good authority that Six Apart is in the process of buying Live Journal. If it's true, it's an interesting move. Many people have been wondering exactly where Six Apart fits into the market. While they offer software for your own server, it's clear that they've been paying much more attention to the TypePad hosting service -- which faced some form of competition from the various free sites, including Blogger and Live Journal. TypePad has been able to get more users by offering additional features and more control than free sites, but still at cheaper rates than hosting your site separately and installing the software yourself. Faced with some amount of competition from Google, MSN and AOL (and, probably Yahoo at some point), it looks like Six Apart decided they needed to get into the numbers game to show that, somehow, they had more bloggers than the others -- and Live Journal gives them that point. However, it's not clear how much Live Journal users have in common with TypePad users. The two seem to attract very different audiences. While that might mean they've just expanded their market, they've expanded it mainly with people who aren't interested in paying, and who seem less likely to move up the scale than users from other blogging services. Either way, it looks like, as we kick off 2005, we're already facing "blog consolidation." If this deal does happen, it will be interesting to see what Six Apart does with all those Live Journal users. With the growth of contextual advertising (see what Google has done with Blogger for reference), it wouldn't be surprising if they hope to leverage all those sites for advertising rather than pushing them towards subscription services.

Microsoft Sets June Date For Office
Service Pack

Microsoft Sets June Date For Office
Service Pack 01/26/2004 04:10 PM
Microsoft will roll out the first service pack for its Office 2003 productivity suite in late June, the company has announced. Service packs, the moniker Microsoft puts on its collections of bug fixes, security enhancements, and updates, typically release six to nine months after a major product hits the streets. Office 2003 and other components of the Office System -- including InfoPath 2003, SharePoint Portal Server, and Project 2003 -- debuted in late October 2003.

Customers Rave About New Online Meeting
Software

Customers Rave About New Online Meeting
Software 06/08/2004 02:41 AM
InfoBuild Networks, Inc. today announced that their flagship software BLive (www.blive.com) received rave reviews and generated excellent referrals during its Beta period that began on March 3rd, 2004 and ended on May 4th, 2004. BLive is a hosted software service that enables Sales, Support and Training professionals to hold spontaneous or scheduled meetings with their customers across the Internet. [PRWEB Jun 8, 2004]

More choices and lower prices for
Internet telephone service

More choices and lower prices for
Internet telephone service 04/08/2005 09:59 AM
Woodtv.com - Fri Apr 8, 08:02 am GMT

Microsoft Office HTML Viewer Service for
Windows SharePoint Services

Microsoft Office HTML Viewer Service for
Windows SharePoint Services 12/29/2003 10:30 PM
The Office HTML Viewer server provides support for users who want to view the content of files on document libraries, but do not have Word, Excel, or PowerPoint from Office 97, or a newer release of Office, installed on their local computer.

Microsoft Office HTML Viewer Service for
Windows® SharePoint Services

Microsoft Office HTML Viewer Service for
Windows® SharePoint Services 12/19/2003 11:24 AM
The Office HTML Viewer server provides support for users who want to view the content of files on document libraries, but do not have Word, Excel, or PowerPoint from Office 97, or a newer release of Office, installed on their local computer.
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