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 9, 2009 by drizgroup
Friends,
Over the past several weeks, people around the globe have been testing and reviewing Bing – new search engine recently introduced by Microsoft. It seems that Microsoft had killed Live.com overnight replacing it with its new baby. If you navigate to Live.com, and will automatically re-direct to Bing.com. We truly hope that the new Bing [...]
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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 [...]
Filed under: Cloud Computing, Cost Reduction, Employee Productivity, Microsoft, Microsoft BPOS, SaaS, Software Plus Service, software as a service | Tagged: IM & Awareness, Microsoft, Microsoft BPOS, Microsoft Business Productivity Online Standard Suite, Microsoft Office Communications Online, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2, version 9.1 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 11, 2009 by drizgroup
While Microsoft is clearly playing catch-up with Google Apps, and firmly believes that they are number one in the “Cloud” computing, based on the independent test of both offering performed by our team, we must conclude that at present Microsoft BPOS falls short in terms of collaboration security, offered data storage, video and audio conferencing quality, and…
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Posted on March 3, 2009 by drizgroup
Friends,
The battle for the “Cloud” is heating up. With Microsoft’s desire to become SaaS leader, Google should prepare for a long and bloody battle.
With recent introduction of Microsoft Online Services, Microsoft has set the stage. Many journalists and IT professionals were waiting for this moment for some time; after all, companies like Zoho and Google [...]
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