Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’sselections. Windows 8 review: A big, beautiful, slightly shaky step forwardWindows 8: “The touchscreen actions are a huge gain for usability, and the interface is gorgeous.”Microsoft Surface RT: Impressive piece of engineering“The slim, light and handsome new personal computer is…
Tag: Office 365 vs Google Apps
PTG Migrates More Than 250 Customers to Microsoft Office 365 in the Last 12 Months
Today’s guest blogger is Reed Wilson, founder and president of Palmetto Technology Group (PTG). PTG is a Microsoft Cloud Accelerate Partner and Tier 3 Cloud Champion that provides business technology solutions that enhance productivity and increase profitability (including Microsoft Office 365 and Exchange Online). Based in South Carolina, the firm offers collaboration tools and desktop…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 10/19/2012
Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Office Is Still an Important Enterprise App: 10 Reasons WhyTen reasons why Microsoft Office remains the most important productivity suite in the enterprise. Office Reaches RTM!Microsoft is done with the testing and coding phase of the new…
Real World with Cloud Services: Interview with Doug Herrick, Chief Information Officer for Thomas Jefferson University
As part of the Real World with Cloud Services series, we spoke to Doug Herrick, Chief Information Officer for Jefferson Information Technologies at Thomas Jefferson University, about why the university chose to replace its existing on-premises email system with Microsoft Exchange Online through Microsoft Office 365. Here’s what he had to say: Q: Please tell…
Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 10/12/2012
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…
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…
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…