Saturday, December 5, 2009
Ingram, Intermedia Promote Hosted Exchange 2010 to MSPs
Intermedia and Ingram Micro Seismic are marching forward with their plans to offer Hosted Exchange 2010 to managed service providers. The move comes as many VARs and MSPs continue to sort out their SaaS (software as a service) strategies for Microsoft applications.
Intermedia, based in New York, is one of the largest Hosted Exchange providers. The company spent much of 2010 beta testing Exchange 2010 and also has a white label program that allows resellers to rebrand Hosted Exchange 2010 as their own.
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http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/12/04/ingram-intermedia-promote-hosted-exchange-2010-to-msps/
Intermedia, based in New York, is one of the largest Hosted Exchange providers. The company spent much of 2010 beta testing Exchange 2010 and also has a white label program that allows resellers to rebrand Hosted Exchange 2010 as their own.
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http://www.mspmentor.net/2009/12/04/ingram-intermedia-promote-hosted-exchange-2010-to-msps/
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Microsoft Introduces Business Productivity Online Suite At Reduced Rate
Business owners and managers can now purchase a broad variety of Microsoft online services through Enpointe Technologies.
These services are geared toward helping businesses through increasing communications using practical methods such as instant messaging, video conferencing and secure e-mail. Small business owners and CEOs alike agree that quick, effective communication is essential in a world that’s going through increasing globalization.
Security is also a major factor for business owners, as phishing scams, spam and viruses seem to only get worse.
“We simply could not use a system like Gmail. There may be private information involved, and we needed a guarantee that the information would remain secure,” said Jan van Glabbeek, Head of IT for Ziekenhuis Amstelland. “It needs to stay within the domain of the hospital, and we can do that with the Microsoft Online Services solution.”
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http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=35701
These services are geared toward helping businesses through increasing communications using practical methods such as instant messaging, video conferencing and secure e-mail. Small business owners and CEOs alike agree that quick, effective communication is essential in a world that’s going through increasing globalization.
Security is also a major factor for business owners, as phishing scams, spam and viruses seem to only get worse.
“We simply could not use a system like Gmail. There may be private information involved, and we needed a guarantee that the information would remain secure,” said Jan van Glabbeek, Head of IT for Ziekenhuis Amstelland. “It needs to stay within the domain of the hospital, and we can do that with the Microsoft Online Services solution.”
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http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=35701
Can Windows Azure deliver on IT's interest in it?
InfoWorld - Windows Azure, Microsoft's fledgling cloud computing platform, is piquing the interest of IT specialists who see it as a potential solution for dealing with variable compute loads. But an uptick in deployments for Azure, which becomes a fee-based service early next year, could take a while, with customers still just evaluating the technology.
"We'd be targeting applications that have variable loads" for possible deployment on Azure, said David Collins, a system consultant at the Unum life insurance company. The company might find Azure useful for an enrollment application. "We have huge activity in November and December and then the rest of the year, it's not so big," Collins said. Unum, however, is not ready to use Azure, with Collins citing issues such as integrating Azure with IBM DB2 and Teradata systems.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141720/Can_Windows_Azure_deliver_on_IT_s_interest_in_it_?taxonomyId=
"We'd be targeting applications that have variable loads" for possible deployment on Azure, said David Collins, a system consultant at the Unum life insurance company. The company might find Azure useful for an enrollment application. "We have huge activity in November and December and then the rest of the year, it's not so big," Collins said. Unum, however, is not ready to use Azure, with Collins citing issues such as integrating Azure with IBM DB2 and Teradata systems.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9141720/Can_Windows_Azure_deliver_on_IT_s_interest_in_it_?taxonomyId=
Verizon Business Looks To Ease Cloud Computing Move With New Services
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) Business is helping customers adopt cloud computing with a new step-by-step, vendor-agnostic consulting and services program the company said will eventually be made available to its channel partners.
The new Cloud Computing Program is being offered with the assumption that most enterprises will eventually want to adopt some form of cloud computing, said Bart Vansevenant, director of enterprise sales for the Basking Ridge, N.J.-based solution provider unit of Verizon Communications.
"We want to help customers transition to the cloud," Vansevenant said.
Cloud computing is a way to dynamically combine and scale server, storage, networking, and other resources outside of a company's own traditional data center for such purposes as remote data storage or running Software-as-a-Service. A company can build an internal or private cloud, which allows those resources to be available for its own purposes, or can use external or public clouds, which are available over the Internet.
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http://www.crn.com/managed-services/222000389;jsessionid=EMM0PHQTVUFUXQE1GHPCKH4ATMY32JVN
The new Cloud Computing Program is being offered with the assumption that most enterprises will eventually want to adopt some form of cloud computing, said Bart Vansevenant, director of enterprise sales for the Basking Ridge, N.J.-based solution provider unit of Verizon Communications.
"We want to help customers transition to the cloud," Vansevenant said.
Cloud computing is a way to dynamically combine and scale server, storage, networking, and other resources outside of a company's own traditional data center for such purposes as remote data storage or running Software-as-a-Service. A company can build an internal or private cloud, which allows those resources to be available for its own purposes, or can use external or public clouds, which are available over the Internet.
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http://www.crn.com/managed-services/222000389;jsessionid=EMM0PHQTVUFUXQE1GHPCKH4ATMY32JVN
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Office 2010 Ship Date Revealed
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) on Tuesday confirmed that the next version of its Office productivity suite will be released in the middle of next year.
Office 2010, and related products, will be available in June, Microsoft said, in response to numerous Internet reports about a possible ship date for the software.
To keep pace with the growing number of free, or low-cost, desktop productivity tools available online, Microsoft for the first time plans to include a Web-based version of Office with the 2010 release.
Office Web, as the offering is called, will be available to consumers at no charge.
The free, online products will include the Office word processing application, the Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation software, and OneNote message pad, Microsoft said. They'll be available directly through Microsoft's Windows Live portal and launch directly within a user's browser.
Businesses that purchase volume subscriptions to Office also will receive access to the Office Web apps at no additional charge.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000110
Office 2010, and related products, will be available in June, Microsoft said, in response to numerous Internet reports about a possible ship date for the software.
To keep pace with the growing number of free, or low-cost, desktop productivity tools available online, Microsoft for the first time plans to include a Web-based version of Office with the 2010 release.
Office Web, as the offering is called, will be available to consumers at no charge.
The free, online products will include the Office word processing application, the Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation software, and OneNote message pad, Microsoft said. They'll be available directly through Microsoft's Windows Live portal and launch directly within a user's browser.
Businesses that purchase volume subscriptions to Office also will receive access to the Office Web apps at no additional charge.
Read Full Article Here:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/enterpriseapps/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222000110
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