My search what the Cloud will mean for my Work
- by Kay Sellenrode
Since I finished my MCM Exchange 2007 training back in April 2009 I’m struggling with the Cloud.
I know it will change the way we do things today, but how will it affect my work.
My work is Exchange consultancy mostly in the Netherlands, but more and more across the globe.
In my job as a consultant I noticed last year that a large percentage of my customers showed interest in the cloud services available today. But in most situations it seemed that it wasn’t the right time for them to switch to a cloud service at this moment.
Right now I’m helping one of my customers is exploring Exchange online and it looks like they will switch over from their on-premise Exchange solution.
This made me more than ever realize that I need to do something to not miss the boat.
With Office 365 coming this year, my idea is that Cloud services will take off from now.
Also I’m sure that quite some customers will expect me to help them with their decision between the cloud and the on premise solution.
So in the next months I will explore all the possibilities of Office 365, but also some of the competition in this field.
In my search for what the cloud will mean for me and my customers, I will go over all the aspects of the offered solutions.
Any help in my search is always welcome.
I’m looking forward to ideas people have around the cloud and how it will change the IT environment, especially in the Unified communications field.
Next week I will post my first article about my experiences with the cloud until now.
