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24 Jun 08
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If any technology company has had its cloud strategy questioned, it's Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT). Now, after a couple of years of putting the pieces into place, Microsoft is showing progress.
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Some vendors envision a future where most, if not all, IT resources come from the cloud, but Microsoft isn't one of them
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Its grand plan is to provide "symmetry between enterprise-based software, partner-hosted services, and services in the cloud," chief software architect Ray Ozzie said a few months ago. More simply, Microsoft calls it "software plus services."
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Microsoft's first SaaS offerings for business, rolling out this year, are Dynamics CRM Online, Exchange Online, Office Communications Online, and SharePoint Online
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who doubts that Microsoft has entered the cloud services game should consider this: Coca-Cola plans to subscribe to 30,000 seats of Microsoft-hosted Exchange and SharePoint by next year.
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customers can mix and match hosted and on-premises versions of its software
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The shift to cloud services has forced Microsoft to rethink not just the way its products are architected, but its data center strategy, too. For years, Microsoft leased its major data centers, but it has now begun to design, construct, and own them, with U.S. facilities recently completed or under construction in Illinois, Texas, and Washington, and another under way in Dublin, Ireland.
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