After years of watching Microsoft rake in billions of dollars from its desktop software franchise, its competitors are pouncing.
Government continues to shun colossal outsourcing contracts in favour of selective sourcing, while businesses display growing confidence in software-as-a-service -- however sustained skills shortages have plagued deployments, sparking interest in offshore options.
As part of its overall services push, Microsoft has been quietly trying to figure out just what it can offer up to large corporations.
The British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) has advised schools against upgrading to Windows Vista or Microsoft Office 2007 because of the prohibitive cost and interoperability issues.
Google is ramping up its enterprise offering with the planned release of its paid-for email domain hosting service, potentially by the end of this year, to complement a suite of productivity tools.
A tie-up with Saleforce.com sees Google pushing even further into Microsoft's businesss applications territory
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