[May 01, 2013] Sprint enhances Microsoft Office 365 offering Tweet May 01, 2013 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Sprint Nextel, a provider of wireless and wireline communications services, has announced enhancements to cloud-enabled Microsoft Office 365 offered by it. The enhancements will make it easier for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) to collaborate and communicate from virtually anywhere they are, Sprint said. The variety of plans available from Sprint has expanded to offer new a la carte options. The new plans include Sprint Professional Plus with Office 365; and Sprint preferred with Office 365; and 20 stand-alone or add-on products for Office 365. The Sprint Professional Plus with Office 365 package provides all the cloud-based components of the Office 365 Professional plan and the downloadable version of Office 2013 (called Office 365 ProPlus). Sprint preferred with Office 365 combines the commonly used Active Directory and IT policy management capabilities of the Enterprise plan with Office 365 ProPlus. The 20 stand-alone or add-on products for Office 365 are now available from Sprint. These products provide solutions to address customer needs, including Exchange Online Plan 1 and 2 and new Kiosk plans, the company reported. According to the company, Sprint Audio Conferencing for Lync Online will be coming soon to Office 365 plans and will be powered by InterCall, which provides businesses an enhanced Lync conferencing experience to drive collaboration with internal and external teams. Options include adding 10, 25 or 50 dial-in attendees by phone with existing Lync Online conferencing capabilities. Benefits also include Carefree Cloud assistance through the entire Sprint Audio Conferencing setup process, including synchronization with Lync Online for immediate productivity gain, the company added. "We've seen strong demand for our Office 365 plans, and our unique Carefree Cloud support clearly is breaking down barriers to cloud adoption by helping to simplify the purchase and onboarding process for businesses," said John Dupree, senior vice president of business sales, Sprint. "We felt it was critical to build on this successful model by expanding our offers in order to meet the distinct needs of SMBs within a variety of industries and work styles." http://www.datamonitor.com Republication or redistribution, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without prior written consent. Datamonitor shall not be liable for errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]