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  • Blog Post: Beverage Firm Chooses Microsoft Cloud Solution over Google’s for Responsiveness, Reliability, Security

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As part of the Real World with Microsoft Online Services series, we spoke to Jim Hill, Director of IT at Admiral Beverage. We asked Jim about why his company chose the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite from Microsoft Online Services over Google Apps to manage the company’s messaging and...
    on 6 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Harte-Hanks Cuts Email Costs 30 Percent by Moving to Microsoft Online Services

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Companies of all sizes, all around the world are making the move to cloud computing, capitalizing on the immense benefits that it has to offer. Today we hear from Harte-Hanks regarding why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in moving away from Lotus Notes to embrace cloud computing! ...
    on 1 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 9/30/2011

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week's selections. Parallels Enables KT to Rapidly Launch Small and Medium Business (SMB) Cloud Services, Including Microsoft Office 365, in Korea One of the key services KT is bringing to market is Microsoft Office...
    on 30 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Vassiliou Trofinko Improves Communications in One Week with Business Productivity Suite

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Companies of all sizes, all around the world are making the move to cloud computing in order to take advantage of the immense benefits that it has to offer. In today’s post we discover from Vassiliou Trofinki why Microsoft was the best decision to help their business communicate seamlessly and...
    on 22 Mar 2011

  • Blog Post: City Frees $90,000 from IT Budget by Using Cloud-Based Email

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Governments are moving to cloud computing to reap immense benefits. In today’s post we hear from the Municipio de Humacao on why Microsoft cloud solutions were the city’s best choice for email and collaboration! “The Google programs simply weren’t easy to use...
    on 31 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Dealership to Boost Collaboration with Move from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Let’s learn from Santa Margarita Ford why Microsoft was the best decision for their business' move from Google Apps, gaining new capabilities and support with Microsoft Online Services, and now Office 365! “By using Office 365, our employees will be able to interact...
    on 17 Oct 2011

  • Blog Post: WPC 2010: We're all In!

    Thomas Rizzo
    First, let me introduce myself. I'm Tom Rizzo and I work in the Online Services group here at Microsoft. You may know the Online Services team as the Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) team. Before working in this group, I worked in the SharePoint product management team and before that the...
    on 20 Jul 2010

  • Blog Post: 2011: The Year in Review

    Thomas Rizzo
    There’s something about the holiday season that makes me stop and reflect. In looking back, a lot has happened this year: the passing of Steve Jobs, the impact of social media on the Arab Spring, and ability for tweeters to better secure flights in tornado-ravaged areas. Tracking both unfortunate...
    on 28 Dec 2011

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 3/2/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Privacy in the Public Cloud: The Office 365 Approach This white paper examines Microsoft's broad approach to privacy governance and describes how these principles and processes have been applied...
    on 2 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Hotel Chain Chooses Microsoft Over Google Cloud to Increase Productivity by 12 Per Cent

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Companies in many industries, all around the world are taking advantage of immense benefits from cloud computing. Today we hear from Chandris Hotels and Resorts on why Microsoft was the best decision in their move to expand their business and embrace cloud computing! “ I wasn’t...
    on 23 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 9/14/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Earns Cloud Cred with Windows Server 2012 The idea behind the private cloud is to package the advanced automation techniques pioneered by public cloud service providers so that you...
    on 14 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Manufacturer Finds Other Online Vendors Not Enterprise Ready, Chooses Microsoft

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Companies of all sizes, all around the world move to cloud computing to take advantage of immense benefits. In today’s post we hear from Tyco Flow Control on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand and embrace cloud computing! “We did...
    on 6 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 3/16/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Emperor Group Builds Global Brand with Cloud-Based Office "Office 365 is easy to deploy with minimum training required and it takes only one-third of the normal implementation time... We can...
    on 16 Mar 2012

  • Blog Post: Does Your Cloud Service Set the Highest, Global Standard for Security?

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    At Microsoft, we know that interactions between people bridge country and corporate borders thousands of times each day, and that for many businesses, transactions occur in-country only. Since business data is an asset which is sensitive to employees, business operations, customers, and partners, we...
    on 2 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Why Move to the Public Cloud?

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As a Seattleite, I only have to look out the windows to see a variety of often spectacular cloud formations. Businesses are following suit, creating their own cloud arrangements. Core productivity applications like Office 365 , as well as many other applications for specialized business purposes are...
    on 12 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Real World with Microsoft Online Services: Interview with Kevin Yearick, Grady Health System

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As part of the Real World with Microsoft Online Services series, we spoke to Kevin Yearick, Director of Network Services at Grady Health System, about why, after evaluating several cloud-based solutions, Grady chose the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite from Microsoft Online Services to manage...
    on 22 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: School Facilitates eLearning with Cloud Communications

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Today we hear from Salesian School of Hong Kong on why testing Office 365 for an eLearning application was the best decision for their school after using Google Docs! “We did not have the compatibility issues with Office Web Apps that we had with Google Docs. There is no loss...
    on 2 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: When Success is a Marathon, Not a Sprint

    Thomas Rizzo
    When Success is a Marathon, Not a Sprint A lot of people run a race to see who's the fastest. I run to see who has the most guts. Steve Prefontaine It takes guts and a lot of hard work to be a successful runner. At my alma mater, University of Notre Dame (go Irish!), I ran cross-country...
    on 8 Feb 2011

  • Blog Post: Why Small Businesses Will Love Microsoft Office 365

    Thomas Rizzo
    For more than 20 years, Microsoft Office has helped small businesses be more productive. Now, we are evolving the Office family of products, bringing familiar productivity and collaboration experiences to the cloud in Office 365. With this subscription service, small businesses will have access to Office...
    on 17 May 2011

  • Blog Post: My New Year's Resolutions for 2012

    Thomas Rizzo
    I’m all about self-improvement and this time of year, there’s nothing like a few good resolutions to motivate me to change for the better. I care about excellence in the productivity tools people use every day. So, in my annual tradition, I’ve made these New Year's Resolutions for 2012...
    on 4 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: Google’s Offline Blunder

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    “ Nothing but the web ” is a slogan that Google has pushed to customers for several years. They want customers to believe productivity happens when there is an Internet connection. The “nothing but the web” approach serves Google well by feeding its own online advertising revenue...
    on 7 Sep 2011

  • Blog Post: Bigger Than The Beatles and Google’s Crush on Office Get Serious

    akisslo
    Imagine if you filled up Wembley Stadium (82K seats) and the Rose Bowl (100K seats) with a totally new audience every day for 100 days straight. You would be on pace to be one of the most successful attractions ever. Well, today we announced that the Office Web Apps have been used by over 20 million...
    on 21 Sep 2010

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 1/6/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Office 365 Cloud Product Includes Fully Customizable SharePoint Online By now, most content management professionals have heard of Microsoft’s Office 365 cloud offering... One of its best...
    on 6 Jan 2012

  • Blog Post: Soda Maker Saves 40 Hours a Week by Communicating in the Cloud

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Let’s hear from the small business, Thomas Kemper Soda Company, on why they chose Microsoft for their move to cloud computing! “With Office 365 we can go straight to the cloud to get what we need. It will give mobile employees, including our CEO, anywhere access to documents...
    on 2 Nov 2011

  • Blog Post: Growing Business Uses Online Tools to Add Flexibility, Teach in More Classrooms

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Companies of all sizes, all around the world are moving to the cloud. In today’s post we hear from Imagination Yoga on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand and embrace cloud computing! Imagination Yoga United States-based Imagination Yoga , the brainchild...
    on 28 Feb 2012