Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Steve Ballmer Asks Customers, Partners and Shareholders to Believe in MicrosoftSteve Ballmer: “Fantastic devices and services for end users will drive our enterprise businesses forward.” Microsoft Wins Major Deal to Cloud Enable Ireland’s Third-level SectorMicrosoft’s Irish division signs…
Year: 2012
Real World with Cloud Services: Interview with David Seah, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology, Hersing Corporation
As part of the Real World with Cloud Services series, we spoke to David Seah, Assistant Vice President, Information Technology, Hersing Corporation, about why Hersing chose to manage its messaging and collaboration environment with Microsoft Office 365 instead of Google Apps. Here’s what he had to say: Q: Please tell us about Hersing Corporation. Seah:…
Transforming the Way Small Businesses Get Things Done
Office 365 Small Business Premium makes it easier than ever for small businesses to operate professionally, effectively, and smart. We are thrilled to have Jon Orton, senior product manager for Office 365, talk about how Office 365 Small Business Premium will help small businesses take their businesses to a new level. In a series of…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 10/5/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Toyota Going All In with Microsoft’s Office 365Toyota is making Office 365 available to its 200,000 employees worldwide. Microsoft Office Announces Affordable Cloud-Based SolutionsThe monthly Microsoft Office 365 subscription service “is ideal for small businesses and home users.”…
Kattelo Consulting: Our Clients Prefer the Familiarity and Intuitiveness of Office 365
Today’s guest blogger is Kenneth Lo, CEO of Kattelo Consulting, a consulting firm that builds solutions using Microsoft SharePoint and the .NET platform. Headquartered in San Francisco, the firm works with businesses, nonprofits, and government clients across the U.S. Interest in cloud computing is rapidly growing. It seems like every time our clients turn on…
Google Drops Support for Microsoft Office File Formats – Disregards Customers’ Needs…Again!
UPDATE (10/15/12): Responding to customer complaints, Google last week announced that it will delay the change to its file exporting functionality until Jan. 31, 2013. “We recognize that some of our customers would like more time before the change goes into effect,” Google said in a blog post posted on Oct. 9. While Google did…
VINCI Moves 183,000 Employees to Office 365
Another major win for Microsoft this week. VINCI, the world’s leading facilities management and construction group, recently replaced Google Apps for Business and two other collaborative working solutions with Microsoft Office 365. The company, which has 183,000 employees in 2,500 subsidiaries spread across 100 countries, wanted to create a social network that encouraged employee collaboration…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 9/28/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Google Apps’ Terrible MistakeFor organizations that save to binary formats, “suddenly Google’s cloud productivity suite is a less compelling choice.” Microsoft Office 2013: Best New Features for the EnterpriseOffice 2013 includes a number of new and enhanced features…
Real World with Cloud Services: Interview with Leandro Balbinot, Chief Information Officer, Lojas Renner
As part of the Real World with Cloud Services series, we spoke to Leandro Balbinot, Chief Information Officer at Lojas Renner, about why the company chose to switch from Google Apps to Microsoft Office 365. Here’s what he had to say: Q: Please tell us about Lojas Renner. Balbinot: Lojas Renner owns and operates 173…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 9/21/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Announces Office 2013 Prices and PackagingMicrosoft announces pricing and packaging details for Office 2013. Microsoft Cloud Partners See Increase in Office 365 CustomersMicrosoft cloud partners say the appeal of Microsoft Office 365 is growing as an alternative to on-premise…