Microsoft 'closes ground on Google Apps' through OLW

Morshad published 11 Dec 2007, 19:45 in main - 244 views

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Microsoft has launched a public beta version of Office Live Workspace (OLW), an online extension to Office.

David Berlind, writing on ZDNet, stated that the move is indicative of Microsoft's preparedness to deal with "the onslaught of web competitors" such as Google, which offers users a range of web-based applications through its Google Apps suite.

According to a company statement, the new service, which is initially being rolled out to people in the US who pre-registered for it, provides 500MB of free web storage, as well as collaboration capabilities.

It offers users an online workspace to which they can post Word, PowerPoint, PDF and Excel files directly from Office applications to work from most internet-connected PCs.

News source: bigmouthmedia

Tags: Office Live Workspace, OLW, Microsoft, Google Apps

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