Many people I speak to have concerns about moving their Exchange and SharePoint infrastructure to the cloud. Whilst some of the concerns may be valid most are not and frank and open conversation usual is able to alleviate these issues.
Australia is a long way from the rest of the world, and Perth is a long way from the east coast of Australia but it is always wise and prudent to keep an eye on what is happening in the rest of the world.
Here is an article on another 3 large customers who have migrated to the Cloud with BPOS (Business Productivity Online Suite) Hyatt, Dow Chemical and Univerity of Georgia.
Also interesting to note from the article is the following comment.
“The three form the part of a customer list that includes 13 of the top 20 telecom firms, 15 of the top 20 global banks and 16 of the top 20 global pharmaceutical companies. Window Azure currently has a list of around 10,000 companies.”
There is continued growth towards the Microsoft Online Services offerings and one we should all be taking time to understand. The time may not be right for your orangisation right now, but sometime in the future it may be.
If you are interested in talking more about Cloud Services, not just BPOS, then you can contact me on andy.lamb@bluskyonline.com
