Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Move to the ‘Cloud’ Reaps Digital Cities Award“The migration to Microsoft’s cloud has fundamentally changed the IT service delivery model for the city,” said Trobridge, who researched alternatives, including Google, before making the decision to go with Microsoft….
Year: 2012
25,000 Employees Worldwide Receive a New, Rationalized Email Service
Companies of all sizes, all around the world are making the move to cloud computing, with immense benefits. Today we learn from ISS Facility Services A/S why Microsoft was the best decision for their expanding business in their move to embrace cloud computing! “With Office 365 you get a simple, user-friendly service coupled with a…
What is Googlighting?
Googlighting is what happens when the world’s largest advertising business tries to sell productivity software on the side. In fact, according to Gartner, Google Apps accounts for merely 0.5% of the ad company’s revenue after five years of Googlighting. Meanwhile, Microsoft enjoys its trustworthy reputation in the cloud; with 40% of companies from the Interbrand…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 2/17/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’sselections. MSFT: Cowen Lauds Office 365, Sees Bookings, Profit UpsideAmong the encouraging data points, Moskowitz notes that Office 365 had “over 50,000 trials in the first two weeks,” that over 20% of Fortune 500 firms have begun to take it…
Engineering Firm Saves €16,000 Annually with Cloud Solution
In today’s post we learn from TGE Gas Engineering on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand, and embrace cloud computing! “ Office 365 fit our needs perfectly. It’s definitely a cost-effective solution that poises us for long-term growth. ” –Christian Domschke, Head of IT Service, TGE TGE…
Are You Missing Something Important?
To get your point across, style matters. Making your point takes flair and sometimes some swagger, and you always need substance. So, your message needs to be complete and your document’s format needs to be what you intended. Of course, you want to have all of the pieces in your message, including your charts and…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 2/10/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Switching to Office 365’s Outlook Web AppThe layout is modern and fresh, but most importantly the web interface is quick – blindingly so – with keyword searches completed in a blink of an eye, faster even than my…
The People’s Choice — Office 365
The results are in! Last month, Microsoft partnered with Wired Magazine to survey its community regarding what its key criterion were for choosing a cloud productivity solution, and how Office 365 and Google Apps stacked up against those needs. The results showed that familiarity, easy access, being business-ready, and security were top considerations, and Office 365 became…
Manufacturer Finds Other Online Vendors Not Enterprise Ready, Chooses Microsoft
Companies of all sizes, all around the world move to cloud computing to take advantage of immense benefits. In today’s post we hear from Tyco Flow Control on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand and embrace cloud computing! “We did not believe other vendors were enterprise ready….
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 2/3/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. RIM Releases BlackBerry Service for Office 365RIM’s BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 enables synchronization and management, using Microsoft ActiveSync to connect a BlackBerry device with hosted Microsoft Exchange. Contacts, e-mail and calendar application data can…