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Microsoft Ignite - A Commercial View
by Stephen White | October 3, 2017
Microsoft’s annual Autumn conference landed in Orlando last week (just prior to Gartner Symposium) and is somewhat targeted at a technical audience, but this year’s event included a set of...
Will Working in the Cloud Work for Microsoft Office 365?
by Steve Crawford | June 28, 2017
Office 365 has boldly shifted Microsoft's focus to the cloud. But about half its customers are not as bold, stubbornly staying on-premises or evaluating options.
Microsoft could have stayed right...
This time I don't really mind being wrong
by Jeffrey Mann | May 24, 2017
Data sovereignty is a persistent topic in my cloud office inquiries. Many customers want to know where Microsoft Office 365 or Google G Suite will put their emails, files and...
Microsoft, Brexit and That Price Increase
by Stephen White | November 7, 2016
Ramifications of Brexit may be wide-spread and plentiful, yet difficult to predict accurately.
What has been clear is the confidence / uncertainty impact on the value of sterling - having...
What’s in a name? Microsoft package and licensing changes
by Stephen White | October 4, 2016
Microsoft are ringing the changes
Periodically we see a set of licensing changes from Microsoft. Early in 2016 a number were announced or took effect. This month, immediately following a...
Office 365 5th Birthday Milestone
by Stephen White | June 30, 2016
Microsoft has been in business now for over 40 years, with annual revenues of more than $90BN, clients across all sectors and a dominant, but declining, software market share of 13.3%...
Microsoft Renewals - the Season for Finding Carrots in the Cloud
by Stephen White | June 7, 2016
Last week's column drew attention to the need to evaluate timing before committing to a cloud subscription model and aligning timing of any commitment
Currently many organizations are looking to finalize...
Latitude and Longitude - locations matter when acquiring Office 365
by Stephen White | April 26, 2016
In alignment with many software publishers financial reporting currency and headquarters, experience shows us that a number of international organizations choose to acquire software licensing in US Dollars,. For over a decade this trend...
Cloud First Licensing - Boosting Microsoft's Race to the Cloud
by Stephen White | February 4, 2016
We're less than 6 weeks into 2016 and Microsoft are bringing changes to their licensing thick and fast - let's look at three of those introduced in the February Product Terms update...
Microsoft BPOS To Become Office 365
by Jeffrey Mann | October 19, 2010
In an announcement from San Francisco today, Microsoft provided more details about next year's planned revamp of its Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS) cloud-based collaboration suite. Gartner's official take on...
