Microsoft plays the room
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft today announced the availability of Hosted for Applications Version 1, a set of tools and guidance intended to help its vendor partners gain a foothold in the burgeoning software-as-a-service market.
The move is more than a tactical nod to the growing importance of SaaS, where it has said it will become a player; it is also a strategic way of reassuring its reseller community.
Microsoft announced the availability of a Web-based application, Windows Live last November and thenlaunched Office Live, another Web-based solution aimed at small- and medium-sized enterprises, in February.