I have occasionally applauded Microsoft® during recent years for their apparent softening of some of their traditional customer bullying. I have even referred to them as “a kinder, gentler Microsoft”, and credited them with listening to their customers and even [...]
With all the press and speculation about who is the biggest cloud service provider, why does it really matter? Most would agree that the market leaders are AWS and Microsoft® Azure™, but what is really at stake besides bragging rights? [...]
Preface Microsoft® reports earnings in three operating segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. This segmentation is said to align reporting with CEO Satya Nadella’s vision for the company. This document is structured in [...]
There have been many companies whose products have changed, and even revolutionized the way in which we live, but it’s hard to find one which has had the global impact of Microsoft®. People like them and dislike them for various [...]
I have written quite a few blogs about major changes at Microsoft® since Satya Nadella became the CEO in 2014. Under his predecessors, the company had a well-deserved reputation for being a ruthless competitor against anything that wasn’t Windows™ based, [...]
When Microsoft® originally announced that Windows™ 10 would be regularly updated with both quality and feature updates, it generated a great deal of concern among IT administrators and many who would be faced with managing a constantly evolving operating system. [...]
I was recently asked why there are so many Windows® 10 offerings, particularly since Microsoft® touted this as an OS which would provide a consistent platform across all devices. When Microsoft originally announced Windows 10, one of their stated goals [...]
We are seeing an increasing number of organizations who are preparing to renew their Office 365™ Enterprise Agreements (EA), and experiencing significantly higher pricing from Microsoft® than they had previously. There are a number of reasons for this, but it’s [...]
I don’t usually write about Apple®, but since cloud computing is such a significant part of many organizations IT infrastructure, it seems worth noting when there may be a new entrant to the competitive landscape. Some have recently speculated that [...]
Preface Microsoft® reports earnings in three operating segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. This segmentation is said to align reporting with CEO Satya Nadella’s vision for the company. This document is structured [...]
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