Cloud Computing: Microsoft Takes Aim at Google
July 12, 2015
Grazed from FoxNews. Author: Steve Tobak.
All leading technology companies have one thing in common: They don’t play by the rules; they make the rules. They create new growth markets, new product categories and new customer experiences. In other words, they lead. Following is the other guy’s job. It’s been a long time since that’s been true of Microsoft.For a good many years now – an eternity in tech time – the software giant has been chasing the likes of Apple, Google, Samsung, even struggling Sony in every hot market from mobile and search to the cloud and gaming. Windows and Office may be corporate mainstays, but Microsoft barely registers in the minds of consumers…
That would be fine except that focusing just on business customers is not a viable strategy. The line between our work and home lives has become increasingly blurred in our always on, always connected world. Consumers, small businesses, and enterprise workers all want to use the same devices, platforms and applications at work that they use on the go. IT managers can no longer confine users to the Microsoft camp…
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