For businesses with 11-50 users wanting to use Google Apps, the free lunch line closed for new subscribers. In fact, those business subscribers need to step up and pay $5/user/month for the pay-as-you-go, non-contractual option for Google Apps for Business. Only companies with 1-10 users will receive Google Apps for free; a version which comes…
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Reedy Creek Streamlines New Email Roll-Out with Microsoft Exchange Online
Companies of all sizes are moving to cloud computing, taking advantage of immense benefits. In today’s post we hear from Reedy Creek Improvement District on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to cloud computing! “Having evaluated cloud-based email from other providers, the IS team at Reedy Creek concluded that…
The Hidden Google Tax
This is the time when many people in the United States are receiving a federal tax refund. Many of us worked hard to get a refund, hunting down receipts, and accounting for all possible tax deductions. No one would willingly give the IRS more than they owe, or submit to taxes they weren’t required to pay. So…
Look Before You Leap
Top Resources on Why Microsoft Website: Part 2 of 3 Last week in part 1 of the Top Resources on the Why Microsoft web site: “Office Web Apps vs. Google Docs – See for Yourself” we illustrated that when you use Google Apps to open a Word document in the cloud and share with others, part…
Real World with Microsoft Online Services – Overland Solutions
As part of the Real World with Microsoft Online Services series, we spoke to David R. Robinson, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Overland Solutions, Inc., about why Overland Solutions chose the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite from Microsoft Online Services over Google Apps to manage its messaging and collaboration environment. Here’s what…
Google: "…Not Appropriate for Business"
Today’s post is the second of two guest posts this week by Julia White, Sr. Director of Microsoft Exchange Product Management. Yesterday I talked about the need to look at several factors when considering your next e-mail system, whether on-premises or in the cloud. Uptime is important but control, predictability, and manageability are also important…
Village of Schaumburg Eases Email Integration with Exchange Online; Dismisses Google Apps
Organizations in the public sector also see the value and benefits of moving to the cloud. In today’s post we hear from the Village of Schaumburg on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move off Lotus Notes and embrace cloud computing! “We looked at Google Apps and Microsoft’s Business Productivity…
Real World with Microsoft Online Services – Rexel
As part of the Real World Microsoft Online Services series, we spoke to Olivier Baldassari, Chief Information Officer at Rexel, and Thomas Huber, Global IT Collaboration Manager at Rexel, about why Rexel chose Microsoft Online Services over Gmail from Google Apps to manage its messaging and collaboration environment. Here’s what they had to say: Q:…
Migrate Google Apps Content to SharePoint
Metalogix Software has just released Migration Manager for Google Apps for moving Google Docs and Sites content to SharePoint. We spoke with Geordie Henderson, Director of ECM Migration Products at Metalogix about how the product works and the Google Apps migration market. Who is Metalogix?Metalogix is a Microsoft Gold Certified software product vendor that produces…
The Realities of Google Cloud Connect
Google recently released Cloud Connect for Microsoft Office. You might have heard some buzz. When the Cloud Connect beta came out in November 2010, people expressed their frustration with the tool’s ability to deal with the most straight forward tasks. Now that it is available we’ve taken a look to provide Microsoft’s initial perspective on the…