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Aren't services like Sharepoint fundamentally inferior to "cloud computing" (for lack of a less buzzy phrase)? I've heard this for almost a decade, but isn't it
by andreyf 18y ago
Aren't services like Sharepoint fundamentally inferior to "cloud computing" (for lack of a less buzzy phrase)? I've heard this for almost a decade, but isn't it about time people see local e-mail hosting like running your own generators instead of "trusting" an electric company for your electricity?
- briansmith 18y agoThat's why Microsoft has two different levels of managed Sharepoint hosting: Office Live (very small businesses), and Microsoft Sharepoint Online (small or large businesses). Similarly, they have Microsoft Exchange Online, which is managed Exchange hosting. They are building caching infrastructure into Windows 7 so they can offer even Active Directory and file sharing as remote, managed services. As far as I can tell, all of their server-side software is or will be offered in a Microsoft-hosted-and-managed configuration. And, it won't be trivial to switch back and forth, but it will at least be possible to do so. Additionally, Microsoft seems to be working with Amazon Web Services since AWS supports Windows Server. If you don't want Microsoft to host your applications then you can do it yourself on AWS or on your own servers.