Microsoft lowers price for online services including BPOS and offers free SaaS to Salesforce and Oracle customers

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 [...]

New “Cloud” kid on the block – LotusLive iNotes

Well folks, it seems that old good IBM is not sitting on the fence when it comes to both “cloud” computing and Software as a Service market. Instead, it moved fast following Google and Microsoft introducing what they call LotusLive iNotes. Essentially, the service is similar to Gmail that offered as a part of Google [...]

Twitter, Google and TechCrunch – User Education is Key

I just finished reading a great article by Eric Lundquist – “10 Lessons IT Execs Should Learn from the Twitter and TechCrunch Document Dustup” that apparel in eWeek on July 17, 2009, and would like to reiterate and clarify some of the issues both IT and business executives face when making decisions around…

Google Chrome OS – What’s Next?

Today, Google has finally shared its plans to develop and introduce Google Chrome Operating System (OS). Taking into account that over 30-million people already familiar with Google Chrome browser, I should note that Google Chrome OS is entirely different project even though in the end, the new open-source operating system will include Chrome browser.
While the [...]

Good Bye Beta – Welcome Google Apps for Enterprise

Just in. According to the Official Google Enterprise Blog, beta label came off Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs and Google Talk. With this move, Google sets new standard and shows the business that it’s cloud offering is mature enough for the Enterprise beyond reasonable doubt.
“Google Apps has always been a compelling offering for small [...]

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New Capabilities of Microsoft BPOS

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 [...]

Telecom as a Service or Cloud Call Centers

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 [...]

What is Cloud Computing?

So, what is Cloud Computing? You probably heard many different versions from different people. It is interesting because depending on your area of expertise, and your professional network, Cloud Computing seems to be different things for different people. Some time ago, while browsing trough YouTube, we came across an interesting video from Web 2.0 Expo [...]