MICROSOFT LAUNCHES OFFICE 365 GLOBALLY
~ World-Class Collaboration
Tools Now Available for Businesses ~
June 2011
(New York, NY) -- Microsoft
is announcing the availability of Microsoft Office 365,
the company's newest cloud service. Office 365 is now
available in 40 markets, bringing together Microsoft
Office, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Exchange
Online, and Microsoft Lync Online in an always-up-to-date
cloud service, at a predictable monthly subscription.
The service was introduced
in beta last year with enthusiastic response and more
than 200,000 organizations signed up and began testing
it. Businesses using Office 365 are already reporting
impressive results and reducing IT costs by up to an
estimated 50 percent while boosting productivity.
The partner ecosystem for
Office 365 includes systems integrators, software vendors,
resellers, and other partners. Today, that ecosystem
is expanding as Microsoft partners in new ways with
market-leading service providers. These companies will
package Office 365 with their own services - from Web
hosting and broadband to finance solutions and mobile
services - and bring those new offerings to millions
of small and midsize businesses globally.
Office 365 for enterprises
has an array of choices, from simple email to comprehensive
suites to meet the needs of midsize and large businesses,
as well as government organizations. Customers can now
get Microsoft Office Professional Plus on a pay-as-you-go
basis with cloud-based versions of the industry's leading
business communications and collaboration services.
Each of these plans comes with the advanced IT controls,
innovative security technologies, 24/7 IT support and
reliability customers expect from Microsoft.
Businesses can try Office
365 for free for 30 days by signing up at http://www.office365.com
or from their local Microsoft partner.
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