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…
Tag: Live@Edu
All India Council for Technical Education to Reach 7 Million as Largest Customer for Microsoft Cloud
I’m happy to bring you exciting news regarding the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the governing body for technical education in India. Announced today, AICTE is deploying Microsoft Live@edu. As the largest customer engagement in Microsoft’s history, AICTE will provide cloud services to over 7 million students and nearly half a million faculty members…
University Reduces Total Cost of Ownership for Email Service by 40 Percent
Organizations of all sizes, all around the world are making the move to cloud computing in order to take advantage of the immense benefits that it has to offer. Today we learn why Microsoft was the best decision for European University Cyprus in their move to embrace cloud computing! “Microsoft Online Services helped us…
Polytechnic Modernizes Communication and Collaboration Platform to Save $300,000
In today’s post we hear from Croatia-based Polytechnic of Zagreb on why Microsoft was the best decision for their institution in their move to cloud computing! “With Live@edu, we communicate more efficiently, and daily operations function better than ever. The system blocks almost all spam and viruses, and users can access their data from anywhere.” –Slaven…
Microsoft Tools Prepare Students for the Workplace
In this post I plan to share why schools, colleges and universities use Microsoft cloud and desktop services. Students, administrators and educators are using the hosted service, Live@edu to collaborate and be productive with email and calendaring. In fact, while educators have counted on Microsoft tools for decades, Live@edu has become the world’s most widely…
University Chooses Microsoft over Google, Saving IT Time and Cutting Storage
In today’s post we hear from the United Arab Emirates University on why Microsoft was the best decision for their institution in their move off its Sun messaging system and onto Exchange and Live@Edu! “We believe that Exchange Server is one of the most powerful email solutions available, and this is why it is…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 6/10/2011
Each week, we round up industry news and articles that you may have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections: Customer Focus: Microsoft Signs Statewide Cloud Deal with Delaware Schools The Delaware Department of Education has chosen a cloud-based suite of easy-to-use services from Microsoft. Microsoft Live@edu, an innovative suite of online communication and collaboration tools will…
Algonquin College Turns to Live@EDU to Meet Access and Collaboration Needs
In today’s post we hear from Algonquin College on why Microsoft was the best decision for their institution in their move off Lotus Notes, to embrace cloud computing. “Students can’t believe they can be anywhere in the world and access their email with Microsoft Outlook from any of their mobile devices.” Shirley Haug, Professor, Algonquin…
Delhi Schools Embrace Microsoft Cloud-Based Email over Google
Companies, organizations and educational institutions of all sizes, all around the world are making the move to cloud computing in order to take advantage of the immense benefits that it has to offer. In today’s post we hear from the Delhi Public Schools on why Microsoft was the best decision for their organization in their…
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…