SharePoint 2010 provides the necessary infrastructure improvements to solve the issue of unbridled growth (nice to know where the horse is headed too). Properly implemented, SharePoint 2010 should allow large and small companies to create thousands of sites and collections that all share a consistent data model. What happens when products are capable of providing infrastructure and implementation frameworks for companywide IT? IT departments shrink as support and SME needs are consolidated around the new user driven technology.
Tag Archive: IT Spending
Oct
22
2009
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Oct
21
2009
IT spending back in the clouds for 2010?
David Cearley of Gartner is reporting that IT spending will rebound from 2009 levels in the coming year. However the increased spending will only recover about half of the 2009 decline. I think that the interesting thing is where that money is thought to be headed. Cloud computing is now number 1 on the list of “Top 10 Strategic Technology Areas for 2010″.
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Office 365 News
- The Office 365 Marketing Blog is Moving. Please Bookmark new location. January 19, 2012We’re moving! This marks our last post to the Office 365 Product Marketing blog in this location. We have moved the blog to the Office Blogs located at: http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/ Please bookmark the new location and look for continued coverage on Office 365 product news, customer stories, events, insider looks and helpful t […]Stephen_MSFT
- JetBlue, Patagonia, and the American Heart Association: Welcome to the Family January 18, 2012We always feel terrific when new customers join the Office 365 family, and today we are thrilled to announce that JetBlue, the American Heart Association, and Patagonia have picked Office 365 as their productivity service of the future. These companies are now part of an illustrious group as over 40% of the Interbrand Top 100 global brands use Microsoft’s […]Stephen_MSFT
- Trust Through Transparency January 16, 2012Last Thursday marked the 10 year milestone of Trustworthy Computing. Two years ago when Steve Ballmer said about Cloud Computing that “We’re all in” - that signaled almost as big a change at Microsoft for security as the original Bill Gates memo launching Trustworthy Computing. For the first time, we would not only need to design and maintain products and […]Stephen_MSFT
- Making a Good First Impression January 12, 2012Remember what it was like on your first day of work? For many knowledge workers, a new job means endless training sessions, new software to learn, and a huge learning curve as they come up to speed on the company computer system. Complicated processes can spell unnecessary downtime and lost revenue—and they don’t exactly make a good impression on the talen […]Stephen_MSFT
- Fortune 100 Services for as Little as $6 a Month January 11, 2012By Kevin Miller, Founder and President, BlueEdge Consulting I run a consultancy, BlueEdge Consulting, which specializes in implementing IT cloud solutions for small and midsize businesses. I’ve spent more than 20 years setting up IT infrastructures for Fortune 500 companies, so I understand the work involved in caring for infrastructure services like ema […]Stephen_MSFT