Today we hear from Thomas Rizzo, CIO at Contoso , a manufacturing firm headquartered near Seattle. Lured by promises of “proven cost savings,” a year ago today we switched all 1,200 Contoso employees to Google Apps for Business. Finally...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft Office 365 for Small Business The most difficult part for any small business setting itself up right now is cost. When it comes to...

As part of the Real World in the Cloud series, we spoke to Andy Springer, Co-Founder and Director at Rookie Recruits, about why, after adopting Google Apps web services, Rookie Recruits quickly switched to Microsoft Office 365. Here’s what he had...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Early Office 365 Adopters: What Drove Them and What Have They Learned? Both companies trialed alternative online and cloud-based messaging...

IT pros are our behind-the-scenes heroes.They help businesses choose and implement the right solution and ensure its ongoing success. When stepping to the cloud, they need to find a secure and compliant service. Office 365 not only meets these needs,...

Companies of all sizes, all around the world are realizing immense benefits from cloud solutions. Today we hear from events and hospitality firm, iLUKA, on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand and embrace cloud...

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...

With over twenty years of experience in providing business productivity solutions to organizations all over the world, we are bringing fresh insights to you! Today, the new white paper, Technical Considerations for Choosing Cloud-Based Productivity Solutions...

In today’s post we hear from the beauty products company, Naturally Me, on why a Microsoft cloud productivity solution was the best choice for their growing business! “We tried to use Google Docs, but it didn’t work...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Microsoft to Offer Government-Only Cloud Option for Office 365 Microsoft will offer U.S. government agencies the option to host their Office...

Office 365 is now localized in 21 languages and available in 42 geographies. In fact, with eight months passed since its launch, the popular cloud service is on track to become one of the fastest growing offers in Microsoft history! Learn why so many...

Companies of all types and sizes are taking advantage of immense benefits from cloud computing. Today, let’s learn from US Medical IT why they chose the Microsoft cloud to assist healthcare! “Through Lync Online we can provide...

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...

As every day goes by more and more organizations of all sizes are using Office 365. Meanwhile, either in or outside of the work place, most of us use two factor authentication at one time or another to prove who we are to financial institutions, intranets...

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...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Move to the ‘Cloud’ Reaps Digital Cities Award “The migration to Microsoft's cloud has fundamentally changed the IT service...

Companies of all sizes, all around the world are making the move to cloud computing, with immense benefits. Today we learn from ISS Facility Services A/S why Microsoft was the best decision for their expanding business in their move to embrace cloud computing...

Googlighting is what happens when the world's largest advertising business tries to sell productivity software on the side. In fact, according to Gartner, Google Apps accounts for merely 0.5% of the ad company’s revenue after five years of Googlighting...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. MSFT: Cowen Lauds Office 365, Sees Bookings, Profit Upside Among the encouraging data points, Moskowitz notes that Office 365 had “over...

In today’s post we learn from TGE Gas Engineering on why Microsoft was the best decision for their business in their move to expand, and embrace cloud computing! “ Office 365 fit our needs perfectly. It’s definitely...

To get your point across, style matters . Making your point takes flair and sometimes some swagger, and you always need substance. So, your message needs to be complete and your document’s format needs to be what you intended. Of course, you want...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. Switching to Office 365’s Outlook Web App The layout is modern and fresh, but most importantly the web interface is quick – blindingly...

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...

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...

Each week, we round up industry news and articles you might have missed. Enjoy this week’s selections. RIM Releases BlackBerry Service for Office 365 RIM's BlackBerry Business Cloud Services for Microsoft Office 365 enables synchronization and...