Healthcare Institutions Save Time and Reduce Development Costs by up to 90 Percent via Cloud

In today’s post we hear from Baycrest Hospital on why extending their use of Microsoft Office 365 and SharePoint Online was the best decision for their business as they embrace cloud computing! “By openly sharing best-in-class electronic forms and e-learning modules, healthcare institutions can save weeks—and even months—of time… It’s all about sharing resources and…


Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 4/20/2012

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. India Hires Microsoft in ‘Largest Cloud Deployment Ever’AICTE sought the services also of IBM and Google, which has a competing Google Apps for Education service, but settled on Microsoft as the choice for the largest cloud deployment ever…


A Day in the Life of a Financial Analyst

It’s going to be her best day, or her worst day ever. This financial analyst has a fantastic opportunity to showcase her knowledge of the business, and a 5 PM deadline. Her firm’s comptroller is preparing an offer to purchase another company, and hand-picked her to finalize the cost projections for integrating the two firms’…


Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 4/13/2012

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Office 365 Registers Increased Adoption in Italy“The Microsoft cloud solution has given us a totally reliable and redundant system for managing communications among employees, customers and suppliers,” Fabio Salvotti, chief information officer at Leroy Merlin said. Office 365…

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Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 4/6/2012

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Office 365 for Medium-Sized BusinessesOffice 365 can help those businesses in the middle get everything they need, without squandering their much-needed hours and capital. How to Set Up Microsoft Office 365 [Video]V3 talks to Microsoft cloud evangelist…

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Why Flexibility Matters

I’m all about saving gas. But if I were to buy a new car, it wouldn’t be an all-electric car. It would be a plug-in hybrid. Why? In a word– flexibility. I may not always be somewhere where I can plug in my car and recharge the battery. And when I’m not, I don’t want…

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Weekly #WhyMSFT Roundup 3/30/2012

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Office 365 for Small BusinessThe most difficult part for any small business setting itself up right now is cost. When it comes to IT, the price of a server alone could employ a new member of staff…


Technical Considerations for Choosing Cloud-Based Productivity Solutions

With over twenty years of experience in providing business productivity solutions to organizations all over the world, we are bringing fresh insights to you! Today, the new white paper, Technical Considerations for Choosing Cloud-Based Productivity Solutions, is ready to help you in evaluating services for your organization. Knowing there are a range of capabilities that…

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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…

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University Reduces Costs and Eases Administration with Office 365

Organizations of all sizes are making the move to cloud computing. In today’s post we hear from US-based University of Texas at San Antonio on why Microsoft was the best decision for their school. “Using a hosted email solution, we can reduce our hardware costs, in addition to reducing our overall data center costs for…