Forbes: Microsoft HP strengthens cloud cooperation to develop cloud market

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard recently announced a joint effort to open up a "cloud market" with Microsoft products and applications such as Office 365, Sharepoint, Exchange The Server mail Service and the Lync Voice Communication Video conferencing tool extend to private cloud services and public cloud services.

Microsoft's current rivals include Oracle, the German SAP company and Salesforce software manufacturers. Similar to Google Docs, the company's online Office product, Microsoft has Office 365 as the next-generation computing product for expanding the cloud market. Office 365 includes Office SharePoint online, Exchange online and Lync Online components, and provides real-time upgrade services for these components. "Microsoft has the industry-leading Enterprise cloud computing services technology and experience from the original browser-based mail service to today's online Office product suite," says Microsoft's "cloud Products" director, which is what Office 365 developed to use Office 365 Getting cloud computing services means that people do not need to change the way they work, because Office 365 is compatible with most browsers, smartphones, and desktop applications. ”

The head of Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard stressed that under the Agreement, Microsoft and HP would work together to promote the sale of cloud enterprise software and hardware to increase the market share of corporate cloud products. Microsoft and HP will launch the following series of new "cloud" portfolio products:

"Private Cloud" products: HP data Center will provide Microsoft Exchange Server, Sharepoint server and Lync server server hosting services.

"Public Cloud" products: Microsoft will provide Office 365, Exchange On-line, SharePoint online and Lync on-line services. An Exchange online account can get a large storage space, and users can also send 25MB of large attachments and have built-in antivirus and anti-phishing tools for network security protection; Sharepoint Online can provide Office 365 users with a version of Word, Excel , PowerPoint, and OneNote, and support collaboration with desktop versions of Office; Lync Online provides a video conferencing tool that is exactly the same as Office desktop tools.

Hybrid Solution: Microsoft will combine HP with a cloud service for both corporate and private Office 365.

Analysts say the program is expected to help Microsoft and HP's two big it giants improve their customers ' identity and satisfaction with the company's hardware and software. Currently, Oracle, SAP, and IBM are launching applications based on cloud services to try to exploit and squeeze the "cloud services" market share. It can be expected that in the next 5-10 years the major IT giants "cloud" and "cloud services" market competition will be more intense.

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