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  • Blog Post: Real World with Cloud Services: Interview with Kent Fuller, Director of IT Infrastructure Services, BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As part of the Real World with Cloud Services series, we spoke to Kent Fuller, Director of IT Infrastructure Services at BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP, about why BCBG chose Microsoft Office 365 over Google Apps to manage its messaging and productivity environments. Here’s what he had to say: ...
    on 14 Aug 2012

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 10/12/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Steve Ballmer Asks Customers, Partners and Shareholders to Believe in Microsoft Steve Ballmer: “Fantastic devices and services for end users will drive our enterprise businesses forward...
    on 12 Oct 2012

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 7/20/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Unveils New Cloud-Friendly Version Of Office Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer previews new version of Office; it’s “no ordinary upgrade.” Microsoft Office 2013 to...
    on 20 Jul 2012

  • Blog Post: Migrating IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Systems to the Cloud

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Just imagine that I am an IT leader supporting a legacy Lotus Notes and Domino application... My dream getaway this summer is a stress-reducing, weekend trip. I’ll be on the beach with a great book, a sailboard and sunshine, with plans to return to an up-to-date email, calendaring and collaboration...
    on 14 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: District Chooses Office 365 Over Google Apps to Reduce Costs and Improve Customer Service

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Today we hear from Colonial Williamsburg on why Microsoft was the best decision for their organization in their move to enhance their business and embrace cloud computing! “We quickly realized Google would not meet our needs, so asking our employees to put up with less functionality...
    on 9 Apr 2012

  • Blog Post: Why Small Businesses Buy Office 365

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Two weeks have passed since Office 365’s launch and I’m very happy to share the feedback coming in from small business customers around the world who are now using Office 365. As customers see the value of the service for their small business, several have outlined exactly where they are...
    on 13 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: Google Limits Free Lunch

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    For businesses with 11-50 users wanting to use Google Apps, the free lunch line closed for new subscribers. In fact, those business subscribers need to step up and pay $5/user/month for the pay-as-you-go, non-contractual option for Google Apps for Business. Only companies with 1-10 users will receive...
    on 10 May 2011

  • 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: Moving from Google Apps to Microsoft Online Services: Enterprise Architects Saves Money and Improves Collaboration

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As part of our series of real world discussions with customers, we spoke to Craig Martin, Chief Architect and Director of Products and Innovation at Enterprise Architects, about why, after trying for almost a year to develop an effective collaboration environment with Google Apps, the firm switched to...
    on 18 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: Ticketmonster, Inc. Switches from Google Apps to Microsoft Exchange Server for Security and Compliance Reasons

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Retailer Ticketmonster, Inc. needed to establish a desirable IT governance system for companywide communications and decided to replace Google Apps with an on-premise email server. We recently spoke to Lee Hyung-jun, Head of the IT Unit at Ticketmonster, to learn why: Q: Please...
    on 20 Nov 2012

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 9/28/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Google Apps’ Terrible Mistake For organizations that save to binary formats, “suddenly Google's cloud productivity suite is a less compelling choice.” Microsoft Office...
    on 28 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 12/28/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Good Tidings to our Office 365 Customers As the new year approaches, Microsoft thanks its customers for choosing Office 365. MachPanel 4.5 will Support Microsoft Exchange, Lync and SharePoint...
    on 28 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Real World with Cloud Services: Interview with Mikael Johansson at Note

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As part of the Real World with Cloud Services series, we spoke to Mikael Johansson, IT and Process Development Manager at Note, about why, after adopting Google Apps web services, Note switched to Microsoft Office 365. Here’s what he had to say. Q: Please tell us about Note. Johansson...
    on 9 May 2012

  • Blog Post: The People’s Choice -- Office 365

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    The results are in! Last month, Microsoft partnered with Wired Magazine to survey its community regarding what its key criterion were for choosing a cloud productivity solution, and how Office 365 and Google Apps stacked up against those needs. The results showed that familiarity , easy access , being...
    on 8 Feb 2012

  • Blog Post: Is Google Protecting Your Privacy?

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Critical, confidential information like your customer list is your lifeline in business. You would do everything you can to safeguard it. Yet, in our increasingly social, Web-connected world, keeping your information private goes against Google’s interest in indexing everything for search. After...
    on 1 Jun 2012

  • 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: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 8/12/2011

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles that you might have missed. Enjoy this week's selections. Office 365 BPOS to Office 365 Transitions Start in September 2011 The software giant is gearing up to work closely with existing BPOS customers in order to ensure that the migration to Office...
    on 12 Aug 2011

  • Blog Post: Forbes - Why Microsoft will win the Small Business Cloud War

    Thomas Rizzo
    I couldn't help but take notice of this article in Forbes not because of their use of my favorite term - Why Microsoft - but one of the customer's highlighted in the article - Bradshaw and Weil . We've worked with Bradshaw and Weil since they looked at us vs Google and chose Microsoft (they still use...
    on 7 Feb 2011

  • Blog Post: Google Apps’ Collaboration Red Herring

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    In today’s workplace, a core competency for information workers is the ability to work together. As a result, we likely spend a lot of time in meetings. But we also spend a lot of time working independently—like doing the leg work to facilitate meetings or completing action items that result...
    on 6 Sep 2012

  • Blog Post: SWI Software Helps More than 100 SMBs Switch to Office 365

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Today’s guest blogger is Stuart Robertson, CEO of Software Wholesale International (SWI), a Microsoft Tier 3 cloud champion and a Microsoft licensing partner for the past decade. Based in Boulder County, Colorado, SWI is multi-million dollar volume software licensing business and a reseller of...
    on 14 Sep 2012

  • 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: Top 5 Questions to Ask Google

    Ron Markezich
    There is no question that being CIO is a demanding role that has been made more difficult by facing tough decisions about cloud solutions. Two weeks ago, I shared five key themes I consistently hear from business leaders who are considering moving their business to the cloud. As a follow up, here are...
    on 22 Feb 2011

  • Blog Post: Weekly #WhyMSFT Round-Up 12/7/2012

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Webjet Adopts Office 365, Windows Azure Webjet, Australia’s largest online travel booking website, selects Office 365 “because it differentiates itself from the competition with...
    on 7 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Real World with Microsoft Online Services: Interview with Derek Major of Eligeo IT

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    As part of the Real World with Microsoft Online Services series, we spoke to Derek Major, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Eligeo IT. We asked him why his company switched from Google Apps to the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite from Microsoft Online Services to manage the company’s...
    on 18 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Nonprofit Boosts Efficiency by Moving Off Google Apps to Office 365

    Tony Tai - MSFT
    In today's post we hear from D&L Representatives Payee Services on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move off Google Apps to embrace business-ready cloud computing! "What we get for a total of $12 a month is really priceless: instant availability...
    on 26 Jul 2011