Microsoft Climbs Higher Into the Cloud

Microsoft is offering some of its most popular acquisitions via cloud computing with the rollout of Microsoft Online Services. Like many vendors adopting this delivery mode, Microsoft is seeking to exploit companies’ eagerness to downsize their internal IT and computing infrastructures to the greatest extent possible. Of course, Microsoft is not the first vendor to hitch its fortunes to the concept of cloud computing. From Amazon to Google to smaller best-of-breed point solution providers, the space is rapidly becoming crowded with offerings.