June 01, 2012
Microsoft Introduces Office 365 'Community Cloud' for U.S. Government
By Erin Harrison, Executive Editor, Cloud Computing
Cloud services can streamline installation and reduce operational costs for enterprises, as well as increase efficiencies with network consolidation, simplifying IT administration. Microsoft (News - Alert) Office 365, the hosted platform for the Microsoft Office suite of applications, is being widely adopted by the industry for exactly these reasons.
Now, Microsoft is turning its attention to Uncle Sam with the introduction of the aptly named, Office 365 for Government. According to Microsoft, this rendition of Office 365 places U.S. government data in the safe embrace of the cloud via its own separate “community cloud.”
“Office 365 for Government is a new multi-tenant service that stores U.S. government data in a segregated community cloud,” Kirk Koenigsbauer, corporate vice president of Microsoft Office Division, explained in a recent blog post... Read More