4 March 2009

A growing number of companies across the globe are already adopting Microsoft Online Services

Microsoft has extended the availability of its Online Services offering for trial to businesses in 19 countries and will offer the entire Business Productivity Online Suite, including Office Communications Online, for trial and purchase worldwide in April. The announcement was made at CeBIT 2009 in Hannover.

Furthering its commitment to deliver communications and collaboration software as enterprise-class services Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Suite, part of Microsoft Online Services, will be opened up to the global market. In addition, Microsoft will release Microsoft Office Communications Online, for instant messaging and presence, and the Business Productivity Online Deskless Worker Suite, an economical e-mail, calendaring and collaboration service for the occasional user.

“These services open up new possibilities for businesses to control costs while continuing to enhance the productivity of their employees,” said Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division. “Customers can save between 10 per cent and 50 per cent in IT-related expenditures as a result of deploying Microsoft Online Services.”

These services open up new possibilities for businesses to control costs while continuing to enhance the productivity of their employees

Stephen Elop, Microsoft A growing number of companies across the globe, from small businesses to large enterprises, are already adopting Microsoft Online Services. Pharmaceutical international company GlaxoSmithKline will deploy the Business Productivity Online Suite, including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Office Communications Online, Office Live Meeting and the Deskless Worker Suite, to its employees worldwide.

“GlaxoSmithKline has more than 100,000 employees, hundreds of business partners, and locations around the world, so effective collaboration is critical to our business,” said Bill Louv, chief information officer, GlaxoSmithKline. “We have chosen Microsoft Online Services because it promises to deliver a simple intuitive Information Workplace that should not only value to the company through simplification, but provide an improved user experience and ultimately create a more productive GSK.”

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