Vodafone has signed an agreement with Microsoft to allow its companies and associated self-service use in the cloud, a collaboration that is a step up from Vodafone Business Place.

Through this alliance, customers of telecommunications professionals may use different tools with Microsoft manufacturing from Vodafone mobile phones, such as Exchange, Communicator, LiveMeeting and SharePoint. This will allow them to use different solutions to assist in the cloud with their own colleagues or people from other companies, from e-mail use and management of schedules and contacts to create and modify documents in real time.

Jose Luis Cuerda, director of marketing for the Enterprise Business Unit of Vodafone, has emerged as major advantages for these business users “do not need the infrastructure, resulting in huge cost savings, which could benear 20% in SMEs and close to 56% for companies with over 250 employees. Yet another positive aspect of these solutions is the accessibility of services from any location, mobility in which the operator has much to say.

Rope has indicated that these services will be present at all terminals of its business customers advanced, both in those who have Windows Mobile, as those who work with other platforms.

For its part, Marian Figueras, Director of Telecommunications and Media Microsoft Ibérica, has emphasized the productivity of employees and organizations can get with these technologies and services Business Productivity Online Suite. The head was of relevance is the big bet of the company’s cloud computing software for the immediate future. Thus, although traditionally focus on the desktop will try to “move 90% of services to the cloud in a year.”

To demonstrate the growing commitment of both companies with cloud computing and familiarize them with their use firms launched a campaign on Facebook where each customer could inflate a balloon to “get to the cloud,” a move that has materialized in the rise Physical these balloons into the sky with a small office in tow. Also, the website is also available www.tuoficinaenlanube.com for customers to resolve their doubts about these services

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