Posted on November 3, 2009 by drizgroup
According to various news sources and Microsoft’s website, on Monday November 2, 2009 Microsoft slashed prices on its core SaaS offerings such as BPOS reducing it from $15 per user, per month to $10 per user, per month. In addition, Microsoft now offers six months of free SaaS to the existing customers of Saleforce and [...]
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Posted on June 19, 2009 by drizgroup
Is “green IT” just a buzzword, or is it something that can truly help the environment and your business? There are many opinions ranging from “who cares” to “the end is near.”
In reality, the benefits of “green IT” initiatives are tangible since as an outcome we reduce overall energy consumption. Examples include using old CRT [...]
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Posted on April 16, 2009 by drizgroup
Today, Microsoft has announced the new capabilities of its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) by sending an email to existing BPOS customers. The new capabilities include what Microsoft calls “IM & Presence Awareness,” and includes Microsoft Office Communications Online or simply web-based instant messaging that can be restricted for use within your organization. According to [...]
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Posted on April 7, 2009 by drizgroup
Telecom infrastructure management and administration take much time and resources and eventually become a burden of IT departments. For years IT executives tried to push it out of IT departments into Operations or even Finance. Why? Because it was not “cool” enough, consumed a ton of time and at the end of the day it was [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2009 by drizgroup
Friends,
To continue the previous blog post that quite frankly only mentioned “Cloud” computing advantages, I thought it would be beneficial to examine “Cloud” computing, or SaaS disadvantages.
Unfortunately, in the technology space, there is no such thing as one size fit all. It would be nice however to develop a solution that can equally benefit any [...]
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Posted on February 4, 2009 by drizgroup
Friends,
“Cloud” computing has been on minds of IT professionals for several years. Like any other IT infrastructure approach, cloud computing has its advantages and disadvantages. One of the key advantages is that because software applications are in the “Cloud”, and delivered as a service, it does not require any additional hardware or software on premises [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2009 by drizgroup
Friends,
Over the next several days, we will be posting information that may help business leaders and technology professionals to get trough the financial crisis without sacrificing quality of service.
Latest forecast by InfoTech Research provides businesses of all sizes with top cost saving technology trends such as broader adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS), short-term [...]
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