Monthly Archives: October 2010

Office365 + InTune = core business software for USD35/month

Posted on October 26, 2010 by SJKParker

(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy) Although Office365 (BPOS v2) and Windows InTune are not available outside betas until 2011 (best interweb guesses suggest end of Q1) they point the way to a seriously compelling option for customers, a challenging … Continue reading →

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BPOS & Live@Edu become Office365 (or What’s in a Name Part 2)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by SJKParker

(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy) So the announcement is out and BPOS (as well as Live@Edu)  will become Office 365.  This branding is officially only applicable to the next wave of Microsoft’s direct to market hosted productivity tools, due … Continue reading →

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Why is Google so secretive about Data centers?

Posted on October 18, 2010 by SJKParker

(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy) I am curious why there is such a fundamental difference between the approach taken by Microsoft and Google regarding investment in data centers.  Microsoft appear to be open about their data center infrastructure and … Continue reading →

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Office Web Apps and BPOS gossip

Posted on October 5, 2010 by SJKParker

(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy) Betsy Webb, GM MS Online Division has recently said “"We’ll certainly be talking a lot more about Office Web Apps delivered through BPOS as part of future capabilities of BPOS”.  This seems to have … Continue reading →

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