Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’

The State of Cloud Storage in 2013 (infographic)

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Azure & Easyjet in the clouds

The cloud has become even more literal, with easyJet using Microsoft Azure in order to build and trial their new seat allocation service. This is a shift away from their traditional system of free seating, and so needed to ‘work operationally, work commercially and increase customer satisfaction’. Instead of buying a seat-allocation-as-a-service from a third […]

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Changes to Microsoft Terms of Service

Microsoft have updated their Terms of Services agreement, simplifying the format into a question and answer style. However, there are two additions to this redrafting which follows the lead of companies such as Google, Netflix and Paypal. The first is a new ‘no-sue’ clause, which requires any disputes that users bring to be settled by […]

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Microsoft Surface Rumours

There has been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere around the price point for Microsoft’s upcoming tablet, Surface, which was unintentionally(?) leaked last week from an event at $199. Even for just the cost of parts, which have been estimated at least $226, which excludes marketing, license costs, support etc, Microsoft would be selling […]

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Thinking about upgrading to Windows 8?

Windows 8 is nearly upon us, and for those businesses who are still using Windows XP, or even Windows Vista, you may be considering whether or not to upgrade to the latest major OS release from Microsoft. However, what some businesses may not know, is that a subscription to Windows Intune include upgrade rights to […]

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