Microsoft braces for major customer shift
Posted by Tom Warren on 20 May 2008 - 09:17 · 3 comments & 2947 views
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#1 Posted by GrimReeper on 20 May 2008 - 11:16
- I think someone is just jealous google. When will Ballmer ever be a visionary or ahead of the curve. In my opinion, never
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#2 Posted by boho on 20 May 2008 - 12:16
- Ha! cloud computing
The computing power of desktop PC gets ever greater; O/S's become ever more bloated, and yet people think that companies will switch to cloud computing. Where are the thin clients with huge battery life? Someone's putting the cart before the horse.
My ratty little company, with a ratty little IT budget has most of this, just by publishing a (virtualised) Windows 2000 Terminal Services server (with all the companies applications installed), via ISA 2000! (exchange v5.5 email).
Printing is a pain, but with about 100 clients using RDP over the internet. One person set-up and administration, the lot, cost (almost) zippo!
TSWeb access (published) allows RDP from internet explorer (once the Activex control is installed). Our guys can connect to the company's system via Internet Cafe, 3G wireless, or via their home ADSL.
In an interview ahead of the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit, Chris Capossela, who manages Microsoft's Office products, said the company will see more and more companies abandon their own in-house computer systems and shift to "cloud computing," a less expensive alternative.
Cloud computing is the trend by Internet powerhouses to array huge numbers of computers in centralized data centers to deliver Web-based applications to far-flung users.
Microsoft built its business selling software to run on local machines, both computer servers and personal computers, but, in recent years, it has invested billions of dollars in massive data centers, which are the basic infrastructure for a wide range of Web services.
It has started offering corporate customers the option of having Microsoft run their e-mail, collaboration or sales programs on the software giant's computers and delivering those applications over the Web as a monthly subscription service.