Microsoft Shakes Up the Knowledge Worker Software Market with Office 365

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Tim Hickernell

Microsoft has announced a major rebranding of its cloud computing services bundle targeted at knowledge workers. Based on the former Business Online Productivity Suite (“BPOS”) and a handful of other online initiatives, the new Microsoft Office 365 combines existing Exchange … Continue reading →

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Develop a Position on Cloud Platform as a Service

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Info-Tech

The Situation. “The Cloud” has become a major hype area as cost conscious enterprises explore the potential of renting IT services (infrastructure, applications, development platforms) to save costs over internal provisioning (i.e. buying and maintaining infrastructure). The Opportunity. Where Infrastructure … Continue reading →

Posted in Infrastructure, What's New in Research | Tagged app-dev, app-dev-services, application-development, cloud, cloud-compuing, external-cloud, PaaS, platform-as-a-service, saas, saas-applications, the-cloud, web-development | Comments Off

 

 

Exchange Deployment TCOs Revisited

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Tim Hickernell

A client recently called Info-Tech’s Advisory Service to discuss their calculations comparing total cost of ownership (TCO) for Exchange 2010 on-demand versus on-premise installation for a five year period. The client’s calculations yielded results that had the on-demand TCO remaining … Continue reading →

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Options for Online E-Recruitment Portals

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Info-Tech

We occasionally post highlights from a client/analyst conversation when we think you might also be able to benefit from the discussion. Here’s an example of a recent call: One of our clients inquired about developing a municipal portal to support … Continue reading →

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Cloud Services are a Natural Fit for Small Enterprises

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Info-Tech

For cloud evaluators and adopters, capital cost savings and rapid application deployment are strongly positive reasons for adopting cloud solutions. Taken together these add up to significantly lower barriers to entry for cloud computing solutions compared to in-house developed solutions. … Continue reading →

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