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Microsoft to iOS and Android Users: “Never Mind.”

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Allen Falcon

  Are we really surprised?  In the flurry of Microsoft’s marketing blitz for Office 2013, Microsoft promised that the “new office” would be available across every platform.  That Mac, iOS, and Android users would not be left behind. Fast forward … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Android, Google, IOS, microsoft, MS Office, Quickoffice | Leave a comment

 

Incompetence 16; Microsoft 0

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Allen Falcon

  Last week, Microsoft’s new Outlook.com service suffered its second major outage since its launch earlier this year.  The most recent outage, a 16 hour fiasco impacting Outlook.com, Hotmail, and SkyDrive users, was due to an botched firmware update resulting … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Failure, microsoft, Outage | Leave a comment

 

Outlook.com Goes Dark This Time: Can Microsoft Run Cloud Services?

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Allen Falcon

  As reported by ZDnet on the Feb 25th, Microsoft’s new Outlook.com service suffered an outage lasting more than seven (7) hours.  Many customers could not log in, and those that could experiences significant performance issues. Even more disturbing, Microsoft did … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged microsoft, Office 365, Outage, Outlook.com | 1 Comment

 

On-Premise IT: The Bad, The Good, and the Ugly

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Allen Falcon

We do not hate or dislike Microsoft.  But, looking at the company and its products, Microsoft often provides us great examples for some of the issues with in-house systems for small and mid-size enterprises. Case in Point: According to ComputerWorld, … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Cloud Solutions, Critical, Google Apps, microsoft, Patch Tuesday, Updates, Vulnerabilities | Leave a comment

 

Microsoft: Pay More for the Same Old CALs

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Allen Falcon

  Back in July, we blogged about how Microsoft’s new server pricing model, combined with the end of the Small Business Server package, would result in significant cost increases for many small businesses (see SBS End of Life: Microsoft Punishes Small … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged CALs, Client Access Licenses, Exchange, microsoft, Price Increase, Windows Sharepoint | Leave a comment

 

Office 2013 – Much Ado About Nothing New

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Allen Falcon

  Microsoft recently announced and started providing demonstrations of Office 2013.  And as discussed in this Vanity Fair article, it is clear that Microsoft continues to suffer from lack of innovation.  The number of new features is limited, many of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Box, Dropbox, Gmail, Google Docs, microsoft, MS Office, Office 2013, Office 365 | 2 Comments

 

Live@edu Migrations Will Create Problems for Many Schools

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Allen Falcon

Earlier this month, Microsoft announced the availability of Office 365 for Education and the end of the Live@edu service.   While Redmond Channel Partner reported that schools will have 12 to 18 months to migrate, the migration will pose problems … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Cloud Solutions, Google Apps, Live@edu, microsoft, Office 365 for Education | 2 Comments

 

SBS End of Life: Microsoft Punishes Small Businesses

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Allen Falcon

  Don’t get me wrong.  Companies retire products all the time; New product road maps are a necessary and valuable part of the technology ecosystem.  How a vendor decides to retire a product, however, can be very telling with respect … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Cloud File Services, Exchange, Google Apps for Business, microsoft, Microsoft SBS, SharePoint, Small Business Server, Windows Server 2012 | 1 Comment

 

Friday Thought: All Outages are Not Equal

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Allen Falcon

Last week Google Docs experienced an outage lasting about 30 minutes.  Almost immediately, the “reconsider the cloud” articles and blogs began to appear.   Articles like this one on Ars Technica, immediately lump the Google Docs outage with other cloud … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Uncategorized | Tagged Amazon, BPOS, Cloud Computing, Google Docs, microsoft, Office365, Outage, Reliability | Leave a comment

 

Friday Thought: Is Microsoft Afraid of a Fair Fight?

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Allen Falcon

I do not condemn Microsoft for promoting its cloud services.  Nor do I think they are wrong to compare their services to others, including those from Google.  Watching their marketing efforts, I do wonder if Microsoft is afraid of a fair … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Google, Google Apps, microsoft, Microsoft BPOS, Office365 | Leave a comment

 

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