Shortly after Microsoft and Dropbox trumpeted the deal, the former updated its iOS apps -- Word, Excel and PowerPoint for the iPhone and iPad -- to let users connect to their Dropbox accounts from within the apps. 

Android's Office Mobile now does the same. 

"With today's update, you'll get the same integration in Office Mobile for Android phone, including the ability to ... add Dropbox as an online storage location, browse your files on Dropbox, [and] use Office Mobile app for Android Phones to edit your Dropbox files and automatically save them back to Dropbox," Microsoft said in a short blog post today. 

Unlike Office for iOS, which Microsoft has split into separate refreshed apps for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Android's Office Mobile retains an older UI and the three-app grouping that was formerly the sole option for iPhone owners. 

The new Android app also now lets users share a link to a OneDrive-stored document, spreadsheet or presentation via email.  OneDrive is Microsoft's cloud-based storage and sync service, and competes with Dropbox. 

Still missing from Microsoft's mobile Office portfolio is a version suitable for Android tablets.  Microsoft has been taking requests for a beta program since Nov. 6, and has been sending invitations to some potential participants.  All Microsoft has said about a launch date is "early 2015." 

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​Inside the new HP Customer Welcome Centre in Sydney…

HP unveiled its new Customer Welcome Centre (CWC) in Sydney this week, following on more than a year after the vendor opened the doors of its Experience Centre in Melbourne (MEC).  The new space offers on-site HP technicians and visiting channel partners the ability to reconfigure equipment and put together tailored solutions based on the needs of individual end clients or target vertical markets.  The centre can also be booked by customers and partners for meetings, events, workshops, seminars, and training.  Photos by HP. 

Zscaler Australia toasts the channel at Xmas drinks

Zscaler recently hosted its partner update and Christmas drinks event in Australia where more than 20 partners attended the event at the QT hotel in the Sydney.  The event provided a forum for the company to update its Australian partners on the company's strategy for cloud security in the year ahead.  It was also a great opportunity for the company to introduce Sean Kopelke as country manager for A/NZ.  The event ended with Christmas drinks and a celebration of momentum gained in 2016. 

IN PICTURES: ​Nutanix X Tours

Nutanix recently held two ‘X Tours’, which brought the company’s flagship event .NEXT to Brisbane and Melbourne.  Customers and partners got a firsthand look at the new era of IT and exposure to the potential of the Nutanix Enterprise Cloud platform.  Both events featured key speakers both from Nutanix and its partners. 

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