Microsoft recently announced a “Cloud CRM for Less” offer. Now through June 30, 2011, Microsoft will rebate eligible Salesforce.com and Oracle customers up to $200 for each user to . The offer can be applied for services such as migrating data or customizing the solution to meet unique business needs. Full terms and conditions can be found at . Michael Park, corporate vice president, sales, marketing and operations, Microsoft Business Solutions, shared in a letter that “In making the switch from other solutions, such as Salesforce.com, you will join thousands of companies that have found that Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is easier to use, adds value to the technology investments they’ve already made and delivers greater business insight.”
Even though you may have heard a lot about the cloud in passing, you might not know exactly what it means. Cloud computing is Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand. Cloud computing describes a new supplement, consumption, and delivery model for IT services based on the Internet, and it typically involves over-the-Internet provision of dynamically scalable and often virtualized resources. So why is the cloud for you? Just check out a few of the main benefits:
- Cost-Cutting: You can , software licenses, and implementation services.
- Scalable and Elastic: You can adjust to changing resource demands more quickly and with less effort.
- Reliable: You can focus on developing your business, not on maintaining its infrastructure.
- Pay-as-You-Go: You can control your costs with the cloud’s usage-based pricing model.
- Flexible: Easily adapt to your business’s changing needs.
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By Jim Drumm with Sikich,