Microsoft betting high with Office 365 Cloud offerings

In a year’s time, Microsoft has achieved a milestone by reaching a mark of 1300 customers for cloud based offerings, cited related sources.

The numbers are revealed first time ever by the software titan and these are nothing less than a major achievement. Among the businesses signing up for the cloud offerings, SMBs form the major chunk; the numbers are as high as 80% of the total. On the other end, the enterprises signing up for the offerings have large number of users for the services.

In fact a survey report has indicated that India is leading the bandwagon in terms of cloud adoption and the rate is soaring high. CRM and Collaboration Solutions are the areas fast picking up the pace and are moving fast to cloud space. In wake of increasing the traction, Microsoft is likely to upgrade its Office 365 offering to make work easier in virtual environments. Pitched to be available by next year commercially, the software titan will start following subscription based model for its cloud based offerings.