Windows 8 on its way....

Windows 8 on its way....

Reports from Microsoft suggest the Windows 8 will reach RTM in early August and should be available to the public in late october.

The even better news is that Microsoft seem to have taken a page out of Apples book and are offering an upgrade to the new PROFESSIONAL version for approximatley £25.00.  Which is a massive reduction on previous upgrade licenses.

It seems that you can upgrade from XP, Vista or Windows 7.

This will certainly be very popular with consumers and developers who are designing apps for the new Windows store.

Here it is from the horses mouth: http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/bloggingwindows/archive/2012/07/02/upgrade-to-windows-8-pro-for-39-99.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Ebeam me up!

Office365uk have just become an ebeam reseller and want to tell the world!

We were constantly having to take photos of whiteboard brainstorms, customer solutions and meeting ideas so that we didn't forget the information.... and then came Ebeam.

You just use the Whiteboard as usual and everything you draw, write, erase, etc is saved to a PC/laptop for later consumption.

This is a real alternitive to smart boards at a fraction of the cost. The following video says it all..

Get in touch for prices and information

Microsofts Virtual Push

Take a look at this.... I'm not sure that I even get it..... I think that Microsoft are telling people to virtualise, but I think I missed the message!

Perhaps this is designed for a US audience? Interestingly comments have been disabled for this video.... I wonder why.

The main charecter is Tad... who even has his own website..http://www.vm-limited.com/

Microsoft Price Increases

Further to our previous post, here is some more information surrounding Microsofts planned price increases.

The percentage increase differs between licensing models, see them listed below.  These price increases have been pencilled in for July 2012, although the SPLA increase has already slipped to January 2013.

Watch this space for any further news.

Microsoft SPLA – 33.4%

Microsoft OPEN – 7.5%

Microsoft  Open Value Subscription – 33.4%

Microsoft SELECT – 24.6%

Microsoft  EA / EAS – 26.7%

Microsoft  ISV – 33.4%

And up it goes again!

Further to the news that Microsofts Cloud productivity service "Office 365" has had a considerable reduction in subscription cost, we can announce that the price is about to go up again (for UK customers)!

Effective July 1st, the cost of the Office 365 suites will increase by up to 21%. 

Microsoft have reported that "these changes are due to sustained currency differences in the EU/EFTA region between Euro and Non Euro currencies." 

These increases are not limited to the Cloud service and similar changes have been annonced accross all lines of Microsoft software products.

Office 365 price drops!

There have been considerable price drops accross the Office 365 product range. 

For example you will save 20% on the cost of Exchange Online service - Was £3.25 // Now £2.60 per user per month

Get a free trial : https://portal.microsoftonline.com/partner/partnersignup.aspx?type=Trial&id=8b1ae17f-78a6-45c1-a8c3-02b2a7dae3fe&msppid=3347081

here is is from the horses mouth:

byKirk Koenigsbauer 

on March 14

Customers continue to give us fantastic feedback on Office 365. Since we launched last summer, we've been happy to serve great companies like JetBlue, Patagonia, Campbell Soup Company, Groupe Marie Claire, and Tata Steel Europe. We're regularly delivering new value in the service, releasing updates now monthly, and recently brought Office 365 to another 22 new markets to grow our global footprint to 64 geographies - with more to come!

As we rapidly add customers, the cost to run Office 365 becomes more efficient. This is the beauty of the cloud where we can deliver economies of scale through our worldwide data centers and economies of skill with our engineers, administrators, and support teams operating the service.
With these efficiencies, we're able pass on savings to make it even more affordable for customers of all sizes to move to Office 365. So, I'm thrilled to announce that we're lowering the prices of most of our Office 365 for enterprise plans by up to 20%. These changes are effective today at Office365.com for new and renewing direct customers.

We are also excited to make pricing changes to Office 365 for education. In line with our longstanding commitment to education, we will make our "A2" service plan free to not only students, but also to faculty and staff. A2 includes the core capabilities of Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync and the Office Web Applications. Exchange Online and Lync Online are available today for academic institutions, and we'll launch the full Office 365 for education service starting this summer. You can get more information on our Office 365 for education offering here.

I want to thank all our customers and partners for making the last eight months a great start for Office 365.

Dell EqualLogic - 60% Off!

For all of you who are running a virtual network and are considering deploying a shared storage device, you should certainly consider the Dell EqualLogic range.

These are simple to deploy, easy to maintain and open up many enterprise features such as VMware high availability for automatic failover of your virtual servers.

For all of the companies looking for the bleeding edge of technology the new Equallogic 6100 series SAN will provide the perfect back-bone to your network.

For all of the smaller or money conscious companies, the older 6010 series is being sold with a 60% discount whilst stocks last. UK only!

As a Dell enterprise partner, we would be very happy to discuss any SAN requirement, get in touch!