Microsoft Office for your iPad and Yes, it's good.

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Microsoft Office for your iPad and Yes, it's good.

You can now download touch-optimized, tablet-specific versions of Microsoft's Word, Excel, and PowerPoint from the App Store and view or present Office documents for free.

And if you already have an Office 365 subscription you will also be able to edit these documents. You can work on Office for iPad files locally on your device, with SharePoint links, or from a OneDrive account.

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Windows XP – A New Cost-effective Way for Schools to Upgrade

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Windows XP – A New Cost-effective Way for Schools to Upgrade

The Withdrawal of support for the Windows XP operating system, has impacted significantly on Irish schools. Many Irish Primary and Secondary schools have PCs in classrooms, computer rooms and offices with XP on them. The cost of upgrading operating systems and replacing hardware is a very big burden for already strained schools’ budgets.

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Your INVITATION to the Microsoft Educators Summit 2014

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Your INVITATION to the Microsoft Educators Summit 2014

We are delighted to invite you to our annual Microsoft Ireland Educators Summit taking place on Thursday March 20th.
Come and join us to this FREE event and  find out more about:

  • Windows 8 Devices such as the Surface RT
  • Apps Available for all classroom tablets
  • The full range of e-books now available from Ireland’s publishers
  • The optimum Wireless Solutions available to Irish Schools
  • Microsoft Office 365 and how it can impact on IT in your school
  • Microsoft volume licensing OVS-ES :- the cheapest way
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The End of Windows XP - How will this affect you?

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The End of Windows XP - How will this affect you?

Microsoft is ending support for Windows XP SP3 and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014. What implications does this mean for your business?

  • Microsoft will NOT be releasing any more security patch updates so this represents a potential internet security breach
  • Anti-virus companies will NOT be releasing updates to their anti-virus products that reside on Windows XP environments
  • Later versions of internet browsers will NOT work on Windows XP
  • Microsoft Office 2013 will NOT install on Windows XP
  • Hardware manufacturers will NOT be releasing any Windows XP device drivers for their products so potential for more compatibility issues
  • You risk system failure and business downtime because your systems will not be supportable and your hardware may become obsolete

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Are you worried your Wi-Fi network is not Secure?‏

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Are you worried your Wi-Fi network is not Secure?‏

RTE News  11 December 2013:  Irish hotels warned of Wi-Fi Security risks following the discovery of serious security flaw at ten prominent hotels in Dublin and around the country.

Test cyber attacks were carried out on the publicly accessible Wi-Fi networks in the hotels, using techniques they claim even a novice internet hacker would know. Within 20 minutes in all ten hotels, they were able to exploit security flaws on the Wi-Fi networks to access guests' web traffic and sensitive information. This included email login data, credit card details, Facebook passwords, PayPal account details and online banking information.

ARE YOU WORRIED ?

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Microsoft creates 100's of new jobs in Ireland

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Microsoft creates 100's of new jobs in Ireland

Microsoft Ireland has announced a €170m expansion of Dublin data centre with the creation of 320 construction jobs with an additional 20 people will join the existing team of 80 employees at the Dublin data centre for Europe, the Middle East and Africa when the build is completed next year.

Microsoft has also announced the creation of 95 new jobs. The jobs include 30 new software development roles at its Irish based operations in Dublin. Furthermore,  35 new graduate positions will be created across all parts of its business.

That's great news for Ireland, for business, for jobs, for students and proves how important that Ireland is to the tech giant. But Microsoft are providing Office 365 to every student at no extra cost when you purchase Office for your staff....

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