Microsoft Blog Post, Now MIA, Reveals Date for Office 14 Alpha

<a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9112939">Computerworld</a>, <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1535">ZDNet</a>

Jim Manico, OWASP Global Board Member

August 19, 2008

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Is Microsoft looking for people to alpha-test Office 14, the next version of its Office productivity suite?According to a blog posting by a Microsoft employee, which showed up Aug. 15 but now links to an error message, the answer is yes. The post called for people to be part of a technology adoption program that will give them an opportunity to test the monitoring and analytics components of Office PerformancePoint Server, the business performance analysis software that will be a part of the Office 14 release. The post also said the Alpha process would begin this November or December, with a deadline for submission set at Aug. 28.

Microsoft's comment: "At this point we don?t have anything further to share on O14 build/timing -- it is too early to discuss specific features, capabilities or timing for the next release."Computerworld, ZDNet

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Jim Manico

OWASP Global Board Member

Jim Manico is a Global Board Member for the OWASP foundation where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. OWASP's mission is to make software security visible, so that individuals and organizations worldwide can make informed decisions about true software security risks. OWASP's AppSecUSA<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/> conferences represent the nonprofit's largest outreach efforts to advance its mission of spreading security knowledge, for more information and to register, see here<https://2015.appsecusa.org/c/?page_id=534>. Jim is also the founder of Manicode Security where he trains software developers on secure coding and security engineering. He has a 18 year history building software as a developer and architect. Jim is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne rockstar speaker community. He is the author of Iron-Clad Java: Building Secure Web Applications<http://www.amazon.com/Iron-Clad-Java-Building-Secure-Applications/dp/0071835881> from McGraw-Hill and founder of Brakeman Pro. Investor/Advisor for Signal Sciences.

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