Why Cloud?

CloudStrategies Calendar

• CloudStrategies 101
• Intro to Office 365
• Microsoft Lync

CloudStrategies 101: Including Office 365

Webinar: Are you curious about the "Cloud" and what it means to your business?

Join us for an in-depth discussion about all things cloud where we will help you learn why businesses are leveraging the "Cloud" to Save Money, Increase Reliability, and deploy IT solutions faster than traditional "On-Premise" solutions.

In addition to business and economic value discussion, we will introduce several top Cloud Solutions from Microsoft's Online Services portfolio and from other top providers such as:

• Microsoft Office 365 including:
• Exchange Online 2010
• SharePoint Online 2010
• Lync Online
• Windows Intune for cloud-based Desktop security and management
• Workspace Communications Hosted OCS and Lync Solutions
• Rackspace Cloud Solutions for Hosted IT Infrastructure
• Neverfail Cloud Based High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions

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Intro to Office 365

Webinar: Microsoft recently released Office 365™.  This exciting new product brings many new features to the cloud that will enable many businesses to join the cloud revolution that have previously been unable to do so.

At the event you will learn about the new features of the full Office 365 software suite :

• Exchange/SharePoint and Lync
• Office Professional Plus
• Office Web Apps
• Robust and Granular management console
• Transition of Existing BPOS Customers to Office 365
• Rich Co-existence and federation service

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Moving your Microsoft Infrastructure to the Cloud with Rackspace Hosting Solutions

Webinar: Turning Cloud Computing into a winning business strategy requires expertise, experience, and the right set of cloud services. Beyond the productivity applications your people use each day are the core line-of-business applications that are the foundation of how you run your business profitably. In this session, CloudStrategies shows you how to leverage the experience, expertise and extensive resources of Rackspace Hosting to provide superior performance, reliability, sustainability, and durability for your key applications. You'll learn:

• How to select the right size cloud servers for your requirements
• How to make the transition to cloud-based servers painless and productive
• How Rackspace Hosting provides the ability to scale servers on demand as your business grows

How you continue to enjoy complete control over your computing environment in the cloud

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Microsoft Windows Intune - PC Management Platform

Webinar: How can you keep your PCs and employees operating at peak performance, whether you or your users are in the office or on the road?

Microsoft recently announced Windows Intune™, a new solution that brings together cloud services for PC management and malware protection with a Windows® 7 upgrade subscription. Remote workers in multiple locations. Multiple PC configurations. Limited resources-these are just a few of the challenges that face businesses every day. Windows Intune™ not only helps you address these challenges, it takes PC management to a whole new level of simplicity. With its powerful combination of Windows® cloud services and Windows 7, Windows Intune offers a comprehensive solution to help keep your PCs and employees operating at peak performance.

At the event you will learn how to achieve big-tech results with a small-tech investment. Experts will show you how easy it is to:

• How to select the right size cloud servers for your requirements
• Manage and secure PCs anywhere with cloud services
• How to provide the best Windows experience with Windows 7
• Stop malware threats before they stop you
• Identify issues before they impact business

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Microsoft Lync - Unified Communications in the Cloud

Webinar: Microsoft Lync™ Online (a component of Microsoft Office 365) delivers a fresh, intuitive user experience that brings together the different ways people communicate in a single interface. During this informative webinar, you will see and learn about using Lync for:

• Instant Messaging and Presence
• Video and Web Conferencing
• Group Chat
• Full integration with Microsoft Office
• Enterprise Voice and software based VoIP (leveraging Workspace Communications)

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