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Wednesday, 03 August 2011 19:12 |
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Ever since Microsoft has got its darling new child - Office 365, customers of its previous cloud collaboration software - BPOS - have been treated like orphans. They took faith in Microsoft's cloud promises and become early users of Microsoft's cloud solution. Things have been hard, with persistent downtime issues in recent times and over the years. However, hope kept them going. They were given promises of great things in the future. Of BPOS being modernized and being made a true cloud solution. A solution that was easy to use and set up, fully integrated, which promised to sky rocket productivity. And then Office 365 was introduced, with all of Microsoft's pomp and hoopla right behind it.  Ah, finally the moment BPOS customers had been waiting for had arrived. Only, BPOS users were not eligible to be moved to Office 365. Microsoft will start moving the first batch of customers in September 2011, but to transition them all, it could take as long as September 2012. Thats a helluva long time in business terms. Loyalty is obviously not rewarded in the Microsoft world. That is why you should stick to a Microsoft alternative. Â
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