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 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 [...]

Conspiracy theory, or Microsoft’s new Cloud “strategy”?

 
Friends,
Today I am going off-topic because I believe in professional integrity, business ethics, and good business practices. Having been an IT executive for almost two decades, I thought I had seen it all when it comes to questionable competitive strategies. I must note that normally I don’t believe in conspiracy theories and would not want [...]

Microsoft is set to re-capture leading position within the “Cloud”…

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 [...]