Action required: Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA) in the CSP Program
(Stephen Parker, Head of Cloud Strategy, NewLease)
My list of interesting articles is growing quicker than I can pass them on so this should in theory provide greater choice. Hopefully I have selected the more interesting ones.
As always there is no particular order to these articles and the short explanation of why I think they have interest is still there. And remember that whilst these are not specifically Microsoft focused, I have not gone out of my way to find negative articles!
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There are so many “I didn’t know you could do that” things in Windows. Here are 10 of them. |
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http://www.thecloudinfographic.com/2011/12/29/cloud-services-tipping-point.html |
Simple message – Get security right and the Cloud trend will turn into a torrent. What reallt caught my eye is that in “2013 1/3 of the world population will be mobile workers” |
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http://www.thecloudinfographic.com/2011/12/17/growth-of-the-cloud.html |
The amount of data flowing in, out and within data centres is truly mindboggling. What happened to Giga bytes? We are now having to use Zetabytes (10^21 bytes!!!) |
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In case you missed it, Microsoft have taken the axe to Office 365 pricing with approx. 20% reductions. |
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A simple story that customer needs should come first rather than feature lists and technical wizardry. |
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http://www.inc.com/guides/2011/01/five-things-to-never-say-while-negotiating.html |
Why do some people always end up from the negotiating table with the better deal? Maybe these 5 pieces of advice will improve your results. |
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http://www.inc.com/tom-searcy/apple-doesnt-sell-computers-and-neither-should-you.html |
Another view on the Simon Sinek idea that “people don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it” |
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Research suggesting that Enterprise CIOs need their cloud suppliers to step up to deliver the difficult tasks rather than offering lite versions of products. This not about simply replicating what existing software can do, but also about making the cost prohibitive, affordable OR the impossible, possible by using the clouds attributes of scale, elasticity, access anywhere, consumption based billing etc |
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http://www.thecloudinfographic.com/2012/01/23/9-things-to-know-about-amazon.html |
Amazon is a seriously BIG business. |
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http://www.talkincloud.com/backup-my-info-launches-cloud-disaster-recovery-solution/ |
Backup is pointless if you cannot recover. A Canadian company focused on business recovery rather than business backup. |
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A checklist to ensure that your cloud applications are ready to go live. Demonstrating these are all addressed will provide comfort to your customers and potentially speed the sales cycle. |
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Finally the major players look like they are working together to target SPAM. Will be interesting to see if we as end users see a drop off as 2012 progresses. |
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Rackspace share their view on why Cloud computing is good for small businesses. |
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http://www.thecloudinfographic.com/2012/02/01/why-do-smes-choose-cloud.html |
UK hosting company ukfast shares it’s research on why small businesses are adopting the cloud |
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http://www.inc.com/geoffrey-james/how-to-overcome-fear-5-tricks.html |
Change is difficult and the fear of change is a major inhibitor. Adoption of the Cloud will result in change for most businesses. These 5 pieces of advice may help. |
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http://exploreforayear.com/clarity/45-inspiring-quotes-change |
And to finish a few quotes about change e.g. “You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” Christopher Robin to Pooh–A.A. Milne |
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