Comparing Office Suites – Steering Wheel or HandleBars?

Steering Wheels for a Reason For arguments sake, let’s say you are deciding on a new car. You likely expect the car to have basic features like four wheels, an engine, seats and a steering wheel etc. Did it ever occur to you to make sure the seats are adjustable? Or if the steering wheel…

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Hyatt Hotels tells us ‘Why Microsoft’ is their Cloud Provider.

Mike Blake, CIO for Hyatt Hotels Corporation, is our guest blogger today and will describe why he made the decision to move to the cloud and why he chose BPOS to meet the needs of Hyatt’s employees world-wide. Hyatt Hotels Corporation first began in 1957 when Jay Pritzker purchased the Hyatt House motel in Los…

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Three Big Wins for Microsoft Cloud Services

Today at our annual Financial Analyst’s Meeting (FAM) we announced that The Dow Chemical Co., Hyatt Hotels Corporation and the University of Georgia have each selected Microsoft cloud solutions. If you’d like to watch any of Executive keynotes, please visit the digital site dedicated to this event. Three Different Customers, One Common Strategy These three…

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Two More Customers Answer ‘Why Microsoft?’

Over the last several weeks, I’ve been proud to highlight why customers of all sizes, geographies and industries have picked Microsoft over Google Apps. Some have left Google after realizing ‘it’s more pony than horse’, others gave it a test drive and found out quickly it was ‘more showroom than track ready’.  (Sorry, I couldn’t…

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Leaving Google Apps for Microsoft Online – Two New Examples

Today we’ve publish two more case studies that highlight how customers have answered the question “Why Microsoft?” Building on our previous post about customers ‘Leaving Google Apps’, both customer interviews both provide continued examples of why Google Apps doesn’t really deliver the nirvana its creators claim. China Navigation Jumps Ship from Google Apps. China Navigation…

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