Microsoft to Launch New Software in three Arab Countries

Published April 17th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Microsoft Gulf and Eastern Mediterranean (GEM) will launch the latest version of Microsoft Office - Office XP - in Dubai on May 31, followed by Kuwait on June 2 and Lebanon on June 6, reported the Gulf News on Tuesday.  

Microsoft said that Office XP will offer users a smarter work experience by simplifying productivity, improving communication as well as collaboration and extending its use beyond the desktop.  

Microsoft GEM also announced plans to step up its awareness drive to encourage activation of legal software through the expansion of existing technological solutions, the paper added.  

The company will apply its successful Product Activation anti-piracy technology and edge-to-edge anti-counterfeiting hologram to the next versions of many products in the coming year, including the Microsoft Office suite of business productivity applications, the Windows operating system and Visio drawing and diagramming software – Albawaba.com 

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