After months talking about the notion of software plus services, Microsoft is apparently ready to get a bit more specific on the business side of things.

Early next month, Business Division President Jeff Raikes is expected to outline what the company has in mind from services for individual workers to small businesses all the way through the largest enterprises.

The “software plus services” term has become nearly ubiquitous in company PowerPoint presentations, but the details are often left unstated. There is a definite effort to add services to almost everything Microsoft does. But while the company has gotten fairly concrete about some of its consumer efforts, many of its business plans have been less clear.

Microsoft has already launched a series of Office Live services for small businesses, though CEO Steve Ballmer hinted at Microsoft’s July partner conference that the company has a broader vision for the Office Live moniker. Ballmer said that the company would soon rebrand the current tools with a small business label and add Office Live services for individuals.

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Reports of users being temporarily cut off from BlackBerry service have been popping up on the Web.

BlackBerry users who are also customers of Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon complained of slow e-mail or completely interrupted mobile data service. Corporate customers of Research In Motion did not seem to be affected.

Silicon Alley Insider got this statement from RIM: “Some customers using BlackBerry Internet Service experienced a delay this afternoon in sending or receiving e-mail. The issue has since been resolved and no messages were lost. RIM continues to investigate the matter. Service for BlackBerry Enterprise Server customers was not impacted. RIM apologizes to customers for any inconvenience.”

Most RIM customers will remember the massive system outage in April that shut down their mobile e-mail service for several hours. The problem was blamed on a software upgrade, and CEO Jim Balsillie subsequently promised during an interview with eWeek that a similar glitch would never happen again.

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