Microsoft recently announced a significant win and overall traction with their online business services offerings. On one hand, this makes hosted Sharepoint a stronger competitor. We don’t have any trouble finding customers who hate Sharepoint and want alternatives. On the other hand, it shows more and larger companies are becoming increasingly comfortable with moving services and applications to the cloud. In this case, Microsoft landed GlaxoSmithKline with over 100,000 users. I’m thrilled to hear this. This is very consistent with other trends where companies, given the economic pressure, are going to increasingly look offsite for solutions. I’m happy to see Microsoft also blazing the trial that SalesForce.com started years ago.
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