15 May 2012: Although it only entered the cloud computing market in July 2011, Microsoft has already made a name for itself with Office 365, its hybrid cloud solution available to businesses. But despite its initial climb, Microsoft has yet to catch up to Google when it comes to cloud computing.
To combat this, Microsoft recently announced that it will be cutting the price of Office 365 by up to 20 percent. Microsoft says this is because it now costs less to run the hybrid cloud platform than it did when Microsoft first introduced Office 365 last July. Also, Microsoft says it will soon add a new plan – Office 365 for Education – which will widen the customer base. The release of Office 365 is clearly an attempt to compete with the success of Google Apps’ free education platform.
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