BT to flog Microsoft cloud, unified comms services

BT has agreed to punt Microsoft’s online services to its business customers. The UK telecoms giant confirmed it had inked a deal with Redmond today. Financial details of the agreement were kept secret. BT said it would resell Microsoft’s Dedicated Business Productivity Online Suite to its corporate clients. The company plans …

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Posted Monday 20th July 2009 13:35 GMT

Anonymous Coward

It's news to me... #

As an employee of Gobble Services, my default browser homepage treats me to 'all the latest news' from the wonderful world of BTGS. Imagine my total unsurprise that I hear about things like this from El Reg first.

(The corporate news feed's current top item is that "BT Global Services chief executive Hanif Lalani has been presented with an honorary doctorate in business administration"... apparently he DIDN'T buy it from an email spammer...)

Posted Monday 20th July 2009 15:39 GMT

Anonymous Coward

I can't image the lag on these ... #

products over the Internet. They're slow enough over a LAN if there is any load on them. Companies must be spending a fortune on servers to run these clouds.

Makes me wonder what the life expectancy of the cloud as a business model is.

Paris, because I think she needs to release a new "personal" video to keep her business model running.

Posted Monday 20th July 2009 20:33 GMT

Anonymous Coward

BT and Microsoft together #

BT and Microsoft together. What could possibly go wrong.

(Hint: NPfIT)

And quite what this black cloud has got to do with BT's much-delayed much-overhyped 21CN is a mystery to me.

Posted Tuesday 21st July 2009 10:17 GMT

Ascylto

Microsoft + BT #

Do you think they imagined that two negatives would make a positive?

Hello! This is Customer Servicings, Kevin speakings, how can BTSoft help me today? Which cloud linings would you like to be experiencing today?

Posted Wednesday 22nd July 2009 09:34 GMT

Rex Alfie Lee

If we build it they will come! #

What with a monopoly on both teams how can we lose? They have to have it.

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