HEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Salesforce Snags ClickSoftware and Microsoft Pushes O365
This week, I take a look at and provide my perspective on Salesforce’s recent acquisition of field service management software vendor ClickSoftware. I also provide...
Read MoreMicrosoft’s New Fees Aim to Shut Out the Competition
Microsoft recently announced Azure Dedicated Host which, in a nutshell, is another means to move your on-premise servers into Microsoft’s cloud, Azure. The differentiator is...
Read MoreMicrosoft Retiring Skype for Business Online to Force Teams Use
On July 30th, Microsoft announced that Skype for Business Online will be retired on July 31, 2021 and all new Office 365 customers will be...
Read MoreMicrosoft’s Q4 FY19 Earnings Reveal a Subtle Shift in Focus
The results of Microsoft’s Q4 FY19 earnings were to be expected. Microsoft performed extremely well and continues to grow; they achieved over $125B in revenue...
Read MoreInside ServiceNow and Microsoft’s Intensifying Alliance
ServiceNow and Microsoft announced a strengthening of the partnership they established last October with the ultimate goal per their July 9th press release, “to accelerate...
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Microsoft’s Up-selling Practices and the #1 Cloud Negotiation Killer
This week’s issue discusses Microsoft’s up-selling practices and the often-found and detrimental inconsistent messaging enterprises communicate to their cloud vendors during cloud negotiations. Microsoft Executive...
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: G Suite Customers Still Need Microsoft and Facebook Workplace is Enterprise-ready
It is hard to stay on top of the latest news, events and rumblings tied to cloud computing and the cloud vendors responsible for it....
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Microsoft’s LinkedIn Purchase Pays Off and Zendesk Takes on Salesforce
It is hard to stay on top of the latest news, events and rumblings tied to cloud computing and the cloud vendors responsible for it....
Read MoreHEAD IN THE CLOUDS: Google Revenue Growth and Microsoft May Buy Slack
It is hard to stay on top of the latest news, events and rumblings tied to cloud computing and the cloud vendors responsible for it....
Read MoreOffice 2019: The New Release Microsoft Doesn’t Want You to Buy
Microsoft released yet another version of Office. In the past, new Office versions included more functionality and yielded higher employee productivity. So even if an...
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