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]]> By: Allen Falcon http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-96863 Allen Falcon Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:55:05 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/#comment-96863 The VAR Guy: No secrets here ... we started with Postini in mid-2006. We were invited to be part of the Google Apps pilot reseller program starting in September of 2008. In addition to our google relationship, we continue to evaluate other SaaS technologies for the SMB market. We are currently looking at Box.net, eBID, Jaduka, and others. To complete the disclosure, we also have relationships with Mozy and AmeriVault for online backup services. Regards, Allen The VAR Guy:

No secrets here … we started with Postini in mid-2006. We were invited to be part of the Google Apps pilot reseller program starting in September of 2008. In addition to our google relationship, we continue to evaluate other SaaS technologies for the SMB market. We are currently looking at Box.net, eBID, Jaduka, and others.

To complete the disclosure, we also have relationships with Mozy and AmeriVault for online backup services.

Regards,
Allen

]]> By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-96809 The VAR Guy Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:51:35 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/#comment-96809 Allen, Always great to have your perspective. Can you remind our readers: When did Horizon get involved with Google's various SaaS offerings? Allen,

Always great to have your perspective. Can you remind our readers: When did Horizon get involved with Google’s various SaaS offerings?

]]> By: Allen Falcon http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-96808 Allen Falcon Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:41:54 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/#comment-96808 We see most end users relying on Sharepoint for file sharing, calendars, action item/to do lists, and discussions. For companies that move their email/calendar/IM to Google Apps Premier Edition, Google Sites provides these capabilities (along with others) at no additional cost. Take into account that you need separate infrastructure to secure your internal Sharepoint sites from your customer sites, and you have a cost/benefit equation that is tough for the SMB market to swallow. Hosted Sharepoint services off-load much of the hassles and cost, but are not always the best cost/benefit mix. Allen afalcon@horizoninfoservices.com We see most end users relying on Sharepoint for file sharing, calendars, action item/to do lists, and discussions.

For companies that move their email/calendar/IM to Google Apps Premier Edition, Google Sites provides these capabilities (along with others) at no additional cost.

Take into account that you need separate infrastructure to secure your internal Sharepoint sites from your customer sites, and you have a cost/benefit equation that is tough for the SMB market to swallow.

Hosted Sharepoint services off-load much of the hassles and cost, but are not always the best cost/benefit mix.

Allen
afalcon@horizoninfoservices.com

]]> By: Robert Pogson http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-96619 Robert Pogson Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:10:26 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/#comment-96619 Chipping away is slow but sure. To be sure, the locked-in folks are like money in the bank to M$ but I keep meeting folks who are willing to change. I just got back from a conference of teachers. Turnout to my display was a bit disappointing (food-poisoning, high wind chill, location amongst other things...) but every visitor was amazed at the performance of GNU/Linux on a terminal server, surprised by the price/performance of thin clients and unhappy with the performance of their existing solution. They are not solidly M$'s customers to take for granted. I will be converting a lab of too-tired-for-XP/2003 machines next week. I expect other calls. It is all about growth. I see amazing growth in FLOSS but there is not the money to throw out for IT any longer. People from all over my school division are starving for IT but they cannot afford an upgrade to Vista/7 or whatever. They can afford to do things differently if they save money on software and get more bang for the buck on hardware. One example... The conference was in a new school with a pretty computer lab. 30 machines running XP. 2.7 gHz processors and it still took 2 minutes to log in. We were given a conference userid/password. We just kept the machines logged-in. It saved a lot of time. So, in that room was the power of a small super-computer and no performance. Using several of those machines as a GNU/Linux terminal server I could give them fast login, apps all pre-loaded, RAID storage and much better performance with shared memory and file caching, for no additional expense except maybe a few new hard drives. They could run a bingo and buy a powerful new server to make things first-rate. They would have to do bingo for years to replace everything they have with something that runs what M$ sells. Even if M$ gave them free software, they could not afford all new hardware. Where is M$'s growth with these folks? Chipping away is slow but sure.

To be sure, the locked-in folks are like money in the bank to M$ but I keep meeting folks who are willing to change. I just got back from a conference of teachers. Turnout to my display was a bit disappointing (food-poisoning, high wind chill, location amongst other things…) but every visitor was amazed at the performance of GNU/Linux on a terminal server, surprised by the price/performance of thin clients and unhappy with the performance of their existing solution. They are not solidly M$’s customers to take for granted. I will be converting a lab of too-tired-for-XP/2003 machines next week. I expect other calls.

It is all about growth. I see amazing growth in FLOSS but there is not the money to throw out for IT any longer. People from all over my school division are starving for IT but they cannot afford an upgrade to Vista/7 or whatever. They can afford to do things differently if they save money on software and get more bang for the buck on hardware.

One example… The conference was in a new school with a pretty computer lab. 30 machines running XP. 2.7 gHz processors and it still took 2 minutes to log in. We were given a conference userid/password. We just kept the machines logged-in. It saved a lot of time. So, in that room was the power of a small super-computer and no performance. Using several of those machines as a GNU/Linux terminal server I could give them fast login, apps all pre-loaded, RAID storage and much better performance with shared memory and file caching, for no additional expense except maybe a few new hard drives. They could run a bingo and buy a powerful new server to make things first-rate. They would have to do bingo for years to replace everything they have with something that runs what M$ sells. Even if M$ gave them free software, they could not afford all new hardware. Where is M$’s growth with these folks?

]]> By: The VAR Guy http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-96568 The VAR Guy Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:58:47 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/#comment-96568 Paul: The VAR Guy isn't sure he follows all your points... nor does he necessarily want to. Whether you love -- or hate -- the three products mentioned, they're all performing extremely well in the market. Paul: The VAR Guy isn’t sure he follows all your points… nor does he necessarily want to. Whether you love — or hate — the three products mentioned, they’re all performing extremely well in the market.

]]> By: Paul http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/comment-page-1/#comment-96566 Paul Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:53:49 +0000 http://www.thevarguy.com/2009/02/26/three-areas-where-microsoft-crushes-rivals/#comment-96566 1) Sharepoint if you want vendor lock-in to the extreme 2) SBS because even a lobotomy patient can install it, never mind the fact MS servers have the worst security track record of any server OS in history 3) Can't play Xbox live if you are gay/lesbian The only thing M$ is crushing is their own foot as they continually step on it... 1) Sharepoint if you want vendor lock-in to the extreme
2) SBS because even a lobotomy patient can install it, never mind the fact MS servers have the worst security track record of any server OS in history
3) Can’t play Xbox live if you are gay/lesbian

The only thing M$ is crushing is their own foot as they continually step on it…

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