Microsoft is to push it software as a service (SaaS) output further with a range of applications for Office users, it has been reported.
The Office Web Apps package will soon be given a full release and the company is confident that, containing web-based versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, it will help fight off other cloud-based challengers.
In an interview with PCWorld, Stephen Elop, the president of Microsoft's Business Division, explained how the company saw SaaS as a 'constructive disruption' to the corporate IT market and that these new services would compliment others
He added: "We have to be the leaders. We have to be the ones who make the tough decisions, drive the disruption and lead the industry in what we're doing."
"The quality of the experience has to be unquestionably consistent with, as good as, and aligned with everything that people already know."
Another key release this year will be SharePoint, the SaaS solution that helps businesses collaborate better and become more flexible.
The Office Web Apps package will soon be given a full release and the company is confident that, containing web-based versions of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, it will help fight off other cloud-based challengers.
In an interview with PCWorld, Stephen Elop, the president of Microsoft's Business Division, explained how the company saw SaaS as a 'constructive disruption' to the corporate IT market and that these new services would compliment others
He added: "We have to be the leaders. We have to be the ones who make the tough decisions, drive the disruption and lead the industry in what we're doing."
"The quality of the experience has to be unquestionably consistent with, as good as, and aligned with everything that people already know."
Another key release this year will be SharePoint, the SaaS solution that helps businesses collaborate better and become more flexible.
