Microsoft raises cloud pitch, targets Dropbox, Box
April 29, 2014
Grazed from Reuters. Author: Editorial Staff.
Microsoft Corp said it will increase its cloud storage offering for business users by 40-fold as the world’s largest software company makes a case for businesses buying an all-in-one product from itself rather than buying technology "piecemeal" from multiple sellers. "The era of making isolated, single-solution decisions is rapidly coming to a close," wrote John Case, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office Division.
Microsoft on Monday raised its OneDrive for Business storage to 1TB per user from 25GB. Microsoft’s pitch to be the one-stop destination for companies looking to buy technology runs against efforts by smaller rivals such as Box and Dropbox that offer one or two specialized services…
Microsoft did not name its rivals but made a reference to them in the headline of its blog post titled "Thinking outside the box." …
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