Every company, no matter what size, will be impacted by this model," said Richard Wendland of Durlacher Research. Enterprises can regain some control over cost and usage they lost as computing became increasingly decentralised.
The fact of the matter is that people will choose a range of applications from a range of vendors but, increasingly, the solution providers are winning the lion's share. Some enterprises would rather restrict the use of their sites to sales...
This is why Orange has announced a flat rate of £30 per individual Office Freedom end user, no matter how much data they send and receive. Orange has launched a corporate connectivity offering for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in part...
Anne-Marie Duffy, Microsoft UK Wireless and Mobility marketing manager, said the 2003 software is all about enabling platform innovation, improving wireless connectivity, better messaging and access to various media files.
This raises the question - does geographic location matter when considering hosted solutions? The hosted model supported by all these vendors has been most successful in the mid-market and for departmental deployments in enterprises.
In addition, rival Research In Motion plans to develop messaging software for devices that link to servers using software from both RIM and Microsoft. Other partners are building Microsoft-compatible instant-messaging clients that will run on...