Business Software for WRITER

Windows 11 provides a calm and creative space where you can pursue your passions through a fresh experience. From a rejuvenated Start menu to new ways to connect to your favorite people, news, games, and content—Windows 11 is the place to think, express, and create in a natural way. Access all the apps you need and multi-task with ease with tools like snap layouts, desktops, and a new more-intuitive redocking experience. Connect instantly to the people you care about right from your desktop with Microsoft Teams. Call or chat for free—no matter what device they’re on. With Microsoft Edge and a multitude of Widgets you can choose from, you can quickly stay up to date with the news, information, and entertainment that matters most to you. Easily find the apps you need and the shows you love to watch in the new Microsoft Store.

Slack is a cloud-based project collaboration and team interaction software solution specially designed to seamlessly facilitate communication across organizations. Featuring powerful tools and services integrated into a single platform, Slack provides private channels to promote interaction within smaller teams, direct channels to help send messages directly to colleagues, and public channels that enables members across organizations to start conversations. Available on Mac, Windows, Android, and iOS apps, Slack offers a plethora of features that include chat, file sharing, collaborative workspace, real-time notifications, two-way audio and video, screen sharing, document imaging, activity tracking and logging, and more.

Connect. Organize. Get things done. Email, calendar, contacts all in one place. Work efficiently with email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and more—together in one place. Office integration lets you share attachments right from OneDrive, access contacts, and view LinkedIn profiles. Book conference rooms and track RSVPs for meetings right from your calendar. Make plans and coordinate schedules by sharing calendars and seeing when your coworkers are available. Get peace of mind with enterprise-grade security trusted by many of the world’s largest organizations. Outlook works around the clock to protect your confidential information, without getting in your way. Outlook anticipates your needs. Travel and bill payments are automatically added to your calendar, and intelligent reminders help keep you on track. Search helps you find information quickly.

Connect to the world on the browser built by Google. Google builds powerful tools that help you connect, play, work and get things done. And all of it works on Chrome. With Google apps like Gmail, Google Pay, and Google Assistant, Chrome can help you stay productive and get more out of your browser.

Where teams design together. Figma helps teams create, test, and ship better designs from start to finish. Fast and powerful, just like your work. Packed with design features you already love plus unique inventions like the Arc tool and Vector Networks, Figma helps you keep the ideas flowing. No need to stop to install, save, or export. It’s what any good cloud software should be. Bring your ideas to life faster in animated prototypes that feel like the real thing. Get insights from users and test concepts earlier and more often. Share a link to your design files or prototypes, and get feedback in context. Or, jump into the same file with your teammates—no matter where y’all are in the world—and co-edit live. Create a scalable design system that’s accessible for your organization and easy for you to manage. When all designers are speaking the same language, everyone’s more empowered to do their best work.

The browser for business is here. Built on Chromium open source, backed by Microsoft security and innovation. Microsoft Edge is the fast and secure browser that helps you protect your data, and save time and money. Microsoft Edge is available on supported versions of Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android. Microsoft Edge is the best browser for Windows. Sync your passwords, favorites, and settings across multiple devices and start using Microsoft Edge today. Microsoft Edge was designed to feel at home on a Mac. Easily sync your passwords, favorites, and settings across many devices. Download Microsoft Edge as your new trusted web browser today. Microsoft Edge is available to download on your iOS device. Sync your passwords, favorites, and collections, across your signed-in devices. Scan the QR code to install the app. Microsoft Edge is available to download on your Android device. Sync your passwords, favorites, and collections, across your signed-in devices.

Collaborate with others without ever leaving your document or jot down an idea with your digital pen. Need to publish a newsletter or document for others to see? Easily transform your Word document into a webpage. Collaborate with others across the globe. Translate documents in your non-native language with just a click. Get creative by inserting 3D models directly in your document. Have your content read back to you with Learning Tools and easily catch any mistakes. Finding great sources just got simpler. Use Researcher to read articles in the task pane so you can stay focused on your writing. When you’re brushing up your document, it’s good to see the big picture. The Editor Overview Pane helps you find and fix any proofing issues.

Contentful, the leading content platform for digital-first business, helps over 30% of the Fortune 500 and thousands of brands around the world create and manage digital experiences for their customers across any channel. It enables greater speed and scale than traditional CMS solutions. Contentful unifies content in a single hub, structures it for use in any digital channel, and integrates seamlessly with hundreds of other tools through open APIs. With Contentful, you can bring your content anywhere using our APIs, completely customize your content structure all while using your preferred programming languages and frameworks. Companies such as Siemens, Plaid, Goodrx, Intercom, Notion, Staples and many others rely on Contentful’s platform.

macOS Sequoia is Apple’s latest operating system designed to enhance productivity, creativity, and seamless device integration for Mac users. It introduces Apple Intelligence, a smart assistant that personalizes helpful insights based on your context. The update allows you to mirror your iPhone directly on your Mac, control it, and manage notifications with ease. New window tiling features and keyboard shortcuts streamline multitasking by organizing your workspace efficiently. The OS also brings new capabilities to apps like Safari, Messages, Maps, and Notes, including smarter reading tools, message scheduling, detailed topographic maps, and live audio transcription. Additionally, macOS Sequoia supports high-quality gaming with titles optimized for Apple silicon, alongside improved privacy and security controls.

Palmyra is a suite of Large Language Models (LLMs) engineered for precise, dependable performance in enterprise applications. These models excel in tasks such as question-answering, image analysis, and support for over 30 languages, with fine-tuning available for industries like healthcare and finance. Notably, Palmyra models have achieved top rankings in benchmarks like Stanford HELM and PubMedQA, and Palmyra-Fin is the first model to pass the CFA Level III exam. Writer ensures data privacy by not using client data to train or modify their models, adopting a zero data retention policy. The Palmyra family includes specialized models such as Palmyra X 004, featuring tool-calling capabilities; Palmyra Med, tailored for healthcare; Palmyra Fin, designed for finance; and Palmyra Vision, which offers advanced image and video processing. These models are available through Writer's full-stack generative AI platform, which integrates graph-based Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).