Microsoft Online Services: When Server Down Time is like a Tree Falling in the Woods

If a server goes down and no one is there to see it, is the server really down?

– Ancient Wise Bear

Server failing in the woods?

If your server is failing, you’re definitely not out of the woods. If you don’t notice your server is down, it is very much like a tree falling in the woods—if no one is there to hear it, it is like it did not happen. But just the same, if it is like it did not happen, then of course no one is there to fix it… not that a tree falling could be fixed, but fortunately servers are not generally made from trees, and if they are, overheating is the least of your concern.
BPOS bears know the importance of reliable uptime. If we want to get more done with our time before winter is upon us, we have to have the resources when and where they are needed to prepare ourselves. There will always be a winter, just as there will always be a summer (let’s not go into 2012 or Y2K direction with this). The important thing to know is that regardless of whatever you might have going down, be it servers, trees, or beehives, there are repercussions to excessive downtime, and it is a measurable offense worth gnawing at to improve.
The Microsoft Cloud with 99.9% uptime (financially-backed to-boot) is every business bear’s answer to reliable service. Whether you’re on a last minute deadline before the salmon swim upstream or you are against competition that is getting teeth-bearing and ferocious, you need to have the edge to get things done and be prepared for the seasons.
Just as bears need to be able to effectively communicate with their cubs when danger is near, so too does effective communication need to be always available for other business bears. Exchange Server and Office Communications Server are prime examples of software that can improve communication, but if they are down or unavailable, it can be costly—especially when even more business bears become involved.

Small Business Bears and Enterprise Salmon Hunter Online Services

If you are looking for a smaller cub-size investment, or a grizzly grapple at powerful tools, Microsoft BPOS has the SharePoint, Exchange, Live Meeting, and Office Communications Server tools in a cloud-hosted environment to make every business bear have better access to resources, when and where they are needed.
When a server fails and nobody is there to see it or hear it, does it really fail? Yes. That is why BPOS bears have learned to move to the cloud.

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BPOS Bear Webinar: Business Bears in the Cloud of SaaS ROI

“There’s a bear in the meeting!” – Satisfied Customer

“How did a bear get in Office Live Meeting?!” Satisfied Appetite… err… customer

“SharePoint, Live Meeting, and Exchange—oh my!” –Wizard of BPOS

Bear-hosted Webinar on Microsoft-hosted Solutions

Business Bear productivity is all about strategic collaboration and work effort. While one bear can catch quite a few fish, many combined-bear efforts can streamline the salmon stream—but 21st Century BPOS bears know the real secret: it takes technology to get a better ROIBT (return on invested bear time). And when you’re a bear on the go, those technologies need to be able to travel with you—in the cloud.

Attend the Webinar and Discover BPOS and the Power of Cloud-hosted SaaS

Date: Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Time: 1:00pm – 1:30pm PDT (time after for Questions & Answers)

There is no RSVP – you just need save the date and attend the webinar.

While RSVPs are well and good, the best part about online hosted webinars is that there are enough seats for everyone—including extra large seats to accommodate BPOS bears.

What are the webinar topics?

• Microsoft Online Services—what is it and why does it matter to business?
  
• Some of the pros and cons to switching to online services in the cloud
  
• The top 10 benefits to using SaaS.
  
• How much businesses can expect to save.
  
• How do to get started.

BPOS Bear in the Blogosphere

That almost rhymes…

Who is this BPOS Bear?

Who am I? A bear much in love with the world of clouds—and not the clouds that create imaginary shapes such as sunflowers and honeycombs, but the cloud that only Microsoft could bring to the world of business bears—Microsoft Online Services BPOS.

What is BPOS? BPOS is Microsoft’s Business Productivity Online Standard Suite that includes cloud-hosted services such as:

• SharePoint Online
• Exchange Server
• Office Live Meeting
• Office Communications Server

Or separately, the Office Live Meeting Professional Edition.

Now that obvious question: what does a bear care about the Microsoft cloud? It’s not to say I’m a Care Bear, but I certainly am interested in getting my b-paws on the BPOS for some very obvious reasons:

1. Bears like salmon and salmon runs are the best place to acquire said salmon. Being able to communicate and collaborate with other bears as to where the best salmon runs are located and the return on invested bear time (ROIBT) from standing in the runs can mean for better bear productivity.
2. Half of the year I am in hibernation and cannot be concerned about uptime or other bear business processes. Having my salmon run collaboration tools hosted in the Microsoft cloud is the best way for all bears to get the rest they need, without losing weight from the stress of down servers (just losing weight from hibernation).
3. BPOS sounds like B-PAWS, which is like bear paws. So I was intrigued from the moment I first almost clawed to death the… err… rawr.

What does a bear have to say about Microsoft BPOS? – Too much!

Imagine never knowing about something your entire natural life, only to discover it and realize you had been missing out? That is my mission now! All bears and non-bears must know the power of BPOS by the power of B-paws!

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