Thanks to the participation of more than 130,000 Google+ community previewers, we’re pleased to release Office Lens Android today. Called a “great app” by one tester, Office Lens turns your Android, iPhone or Windows Phone into a pocket scanner that works “flawlessly,” delivers “crystal clear images” and does an “excellent job of transcribing a printed page, despite edge distortion (page from a hardcover book),” according to other users. First introduced for Windows Phone in March 2014, followed by the iPhone app early last month, Office Lens Android was the only…

 Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) today have greater access to sophisticated software than they have ever had in the past. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a good example. ERP, like many other types of applications, are now available in the cloud, meaning that SMBs don’t have to worry about whether they’ll be able to afford the resources needed to support the application. Access to sophisticated applications does come with additional headaches, however, with security being just one of them. How are SMBs to secure applications like ERP? What do SMBs…

At the Microsoft Ignite 2015 conference last month, the company showcased the latest iteration of its Office suite. Here’s a quick look at what you can expect. Each month I compile lists of five apps that fall into various categories, such as apps to save you airfare, process monitors, and tools for protecting online privacy. This time around, however, I wanted to do something a little bit different and give you a glimpse of five applications that will eventually make up Microsoft Office 2016. 1: Word 2016 Microsoft is introducing…

In this series, professionals debate the state – and future – of their industry. Recently, some current and former executives from Twitter came together to start an angel fund. When asked about the fact that the group was made up of all women, the awesome, gluten-free April Underwood told Fast Company: “No one takes note when a group of men decide to start an angel investing group or a fund. [And] it would be great if one day that’s not the most notable thing when a group of women get…

Global CRM Market Up 13 Percent In 2012 Gartner, Inc. conducted an extensive survey of chief executive officers, which reported that CEOs rate customer relationship management (CRM) as “…the most important area of investment to improve their business.” That year, revenue from the global CRM market totaled just over $12 billion. The latest report from Gartner now shows the worldwide CRM software market hitting $23.2 billion in 2014. This represents an increase of over thirteen percent from the previous year. Image: The Citrix Blog Salesforce.com, a leading provider of cloud-based…

When it comes to corporate sales, executives and salespeople can be impatient about technology deployments that could affect the sales cycle. They want technologies that can help them reach more customers and close more deals, but they don’t want technology issues to sit between them and closing their next deal. Here are five ways to speed up customer relationship management (CRM) deployments for your sales department. Go Cloud First with CRM Among the many benefits of going with a cloud-based CRM platform is the low barrier to entry (no hardware…