Communication Breakdown
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Friday 18 July 2008, 2:17 PM
Telegraph shifts 1,400 to Google Apps
The Torygraph is saying toodle-pip to Microsoft Office and hello to the cloud, according to reports.
"Over the three years, there was a five-to-one difference with Google in terms of the investment we would be making. And the Microsoft deal included only the software licences and not the hardware or support that would have to come with it," the Telegraph Media Group's CIO is quoted as saying in an IT Pro story.
Especially as we're talking a bunch of journalists here, being able to access stuff from any web node is a good thing, clearly. They trialled it, they're happy with the security etc and they're going ahead with 1,400 people. Which is quite a lot.
With Microsoft reporting lacklustre earnings (though Google's not done too stunningly either), and with Office being MS's biggest cash-cow, this sort of thing can't be good news for Redmond.
"Over the three years, there was a five-to-one difference with Google in terms of the investment we would be making. And the Microsoft deal included only the software licences and not the hardware or support that would have to come with it," the Telegraph Media Group's CIO is quoted as saying in an IT Pro story.
Especially as we're talking a bunch of journalists here, being able to access stuff from any web node is a good thing, clearly. They trialled it, they're happy with the security etc and they're going ahead with 1,400 people. Which is quite a lot.
With Microsoft reporting lacklustre earnings (though Google's not done too stunningly either), and with Office being MS's biggest cash-cow, this sort of thing can't be good news for Redmond.
PreviousComments on this post
It's what happens when you go wondering off, chasing new markets instead of looking after the ones that serve you well, Microsoft should've seen the emergence of ZOHO and the likes as a sign of where things are going, instead they're going after search!
