G'Day Australia! Office 365 and Dynamics CRM bounce Down Under

Cloudwagon

As much as I loath "cloud" anything, I do love that new word.

I always look at it the other way around

If cloud means you can do things from anywhere, why isn't there a local one? Surely you cloud-wranglers can manage the thing from anywhere, right?

After the US court said that all MS-controlled servers come under their jurisdiction, I can't see how a local cloud could still be acceptable for government (or any other) work. Even if you don't do business in the US, you could get sued and documents recovered for "discovery."

I never really understand why ISP's don't get involved with cloud stuff. They're good with networks, stability-engineering, have data-centres, are close to customers (low latency) and often national (no foreign interference).

What, then, to make of Microsoft's announcement that Office 365 and Dynamics CRM will be on offer from its Australian bit barns “by the end of March, 2015”? And how to consider Redmond's assertion that the news represents Microsoft “taking that innovation to the next level so customers and partners can do more and achieve more with our technology, which is what counts at the end of the day”?

What to make of it? How to consider it?

Marketing.

Just like Apple crowing about features that everyone else has had for several generations. Oh my god - earbuds that are shaped to merely hurt your ears rather then be unwearable. Copy/paste! Multi-tasking! Etc... Not that I am against Apple - they have their priorities and time has problem them to be correct.