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V8 Supercars’ Winding Road Into The Cloud

The V8 Supercars competition is entirely built around the concept of speed. However, without proper communication tools in place, the whole event can get congested, resulting in one hell of a pileup. Peter Trimble, V8 Supercars’ director of finance, learned this to his chagrin while working with the company’s hopelessly outmoded on-premises software — a lingering legacy of the company’s humble start-up roots.


Ask LH: Can I Use An Office Home Premium Installation For Business?

Dear Lifehacker, I have a small business with one full-time employee and three part time. I have been considering upgrading our Microsoft Office installation. Looking at the newly released options, Office 365 Home Premium would suit us to a tee, but am I breaking the user agreement by using a home-based product in the work place? Thanks, Nervous Licensee


Do Office 365 Enterprise Plans Cost More Because Of Australian Hosting?

We’ve been slightly bemused by the Australian subscription pricing for Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus, which is much more expensive than a cheaper plan which also includes the majority of its features. A partial explanation for that anomaly: some of the pricier enterprise-specific versions of Office sold by Telstra are actually hosted in Australia, though those releases don’t use the 365 brand.


Office 365 ProPlus Pricing Nasty For Large Australian Businesses

Want Office 365 ProPlus and have more than 250 employees in Australia? Congratulations, it’s potentially going to cost you nearly twice as much and you’ll get less for your money.


Office 365 Business For Australia Explained

Office 365 Home Premium got its official release last month,, but workplace users have had to wait their turn until now. Microsoft has finally released its business packages for the 2013-flavoured release of Office 365, so what’s on offer?


Will You Buy Office 365 On Subscription?

The newly-announced pricing for Office 2013 makes buying an annual subscription (aka Office 365 Home Premium) by far the most appealing option for most customers. But does that mean people are going to buy it?


Office 2013: What It Costs In Australia

Office 2013 officially went on sale to consumers today. How much will you pay? The cheapest subscription version is $119 a year in Australia, which gives you five licences which you can install on either PCs or Macs.


Office 365 Set For 2013 Introduction

During the Office 365 for Enterprises session at Microsoft’s TechEd 2012 conference, technical product manager Andy O’Donald said the new version of Office 365 will go into general availability sometime during 2013, and existing customers will be transitioned to it within nine months of its introduction. They will be able to make the move sooner or later, or opt to start by running an internal pilot with a subset of users.


Office 2013: Everything You Need To Know

You can test out a consumer preview of the latest version of Office right now, but what will the new version of Office — variously branded Office 2013, Office 15 and Office 365 — include? Here’s what we know so far.


Telstra Cutting Some Prices For Office 365

Comparing the pricing for Google Apps and Office 365 is a difficult task, since they don’t offer identical features sets, but the comparison has generally seen the two options look fairly similar. Will an upcoming price cut to the local Office 365 plans, which are sold through Telstra, change that comparison?


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