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…
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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:…
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…
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…
Google’s “Simple and Affordable” Siren Song
Google’s claim that Google Apps for Business is “simple and affordable” reminds me of the irresistible song of the Sirens in the Odyssey. It’s hard not to be swayed by low prices and bargains. Yet the reality is that many businesses lured by Google Apps promise of “simple and affordable” are finding that it’s a…
Google Apps’ Collaboration Red Herring
In today’s workplace, a core competency for information workers is the ability to work together. As a result, we likely spend a lot of time in meetings. But we also spend a lot of time working independently—like doing the leg work to facilitate meetings or completing action items that result from those meetings. One study…
Socializing All of the Goodness in SharePoint Online
Microsoft recently completed its acquisition of Yammer to bolster its enterprise social networking capabilities. While it’s too early to share details about the impact on your business productivity in the workplace, I am very excited about its potential! In the meantime, there are a lot of social features Office 365 customers can take advantage of…