Microsoft broadens cloud appeal at CeBIT
InternetNews | at | by Mike
As enterprises look to Software-as-a-Service to help cut costs, Microsoft is looking to strengthen its hand in the market, rolling out new hosted applications and greater access to existing cloud-based offerings at the CeBIT 2009 trade show in Hanover, Germany.
For starters, Microsoft is expanding access to its's Business Productivity Online Suite, which consists of hosted versions of Exchange, SharePoint, Office Live Meeting and Office Communications Server. The suite has been available for purchase to U.S. customers since November, but beginning in April, will become available to businesses in 19 additional nations, including Japan and the U.K.