Microsoft Just Lost A Huge Customer To Google: The City Of Boston
The City of Boston has decided to rip out its Microsoft email technology and move 76,000 people to Google Apps. These email accounts were previously mostly using Microsoft Exchange, according to a blog post by Boston CIO Bill Oates. This is one of the largest customers that Google has swiped from…
Microsoft Hooks Up With GoDaddy
Microsoft’s Office 365 is one of the company’s strongest success stories, and it’s taking advantage of the product’s strength to fight back against competitors like Google, which offers a wealth of free and low-cost productivity tools. Of course, there’s always a price to pay, even for so-called free apps, noted Microsoft…
Enterprise backup embraces VMs and cloud, but lags on mobile
We live in an age of virtualisation, of rapidly proliferating devices and the growth of thecloud. From the point of view of enterprisebackup that means many more sources of data and more potential targets. Backup software follows,rather than leads, such developments. In the five enterprisebackup software products surveyed here, tighter…
Samsung 840 EVO mSATA SSD Review
The Samsung 840 EVO is an mSATA SSD that is the first to hit the 1TB capacity point. Though it has a compact mSATA form factor, roughly a quarter of the size of a standard 2.5" SSD, it packs the performance punch of its larger siblings. Ultra-thin laptops have been Another area…
‘Like driving a Ferrari at 20mph’: Why one region ditched Microsoft Office for …
Perugia, the capital of Umbria – and Italy’s open source movement? Image: Shutterstock If you’re up for a visit to the beautiful Italian region of Umbria, better make sure your laptop is running some open source software chances are you’ll feel more at home there. This small area in the…
PremierPoint Solutions Reduces Training Prices, Unveils New “SharePoint 2013 …
PremierPoint Solutions has reduced the prices of its SharePoint training classes and unveiled a new three-day course called "SharePoint 2013 Power User Fast Track." "We are concentrating primarily on SharePoint 2013 training courses in the new year, as more and more organizations are deciding ‘out with the old; in with the "Our…
How to share calendars in Exchange 2013
Exchange 2013 has built-in features that allow end users to share calendars with internal usersand engage in external collaborations using several methods, including forest trusts and federatedsharing. But the simplest way is to enable Exchange’s built-in, standards-compliantcalendar-sharing feature. This tip explains how to enable the calendar-sharing feature and publishit securely The…
Five tips to help Exchange admins troubleshoot Outlook problems
Admins and end users like Microsoft Outlook for email access, but that appreciation is quicklyreplaced with frustration as problems occur in the email client. We compiled five of the best expert tips to troubleshoot Outlook problems. We cover commonissues such as failed connectivity as well as repeated prompts for passwords…
Microsoft Taking Exchange to the Cloud via Office 365
Microsoft recently announced plans to offer Office 365 as part of GoDaddy’s Web hosting service. The move is one small part in the company’s strategy of getting Exchange customers more fully into the cloud, according to one expert. Battle of Email Office 365 allows Microsoft customers to access their Office documents "We’re…
Mobile Messaging App Use Is Up 203%
In 2013, mobile messaging apps took the social world by storm. In fact, according to Flurry Analytics, app usage is up 115 percent, indicating a trend that more people are choosing to conduct more of their computing using a tablet or smartphone. But with their massive increase in use, it’s Indeed, messaging…
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