Tuesday marked an end of an era for Microsoft and Microsoft users alike, Windows XP era. After twelve years, Microsoft has decided to end providing security updates and support for the Windows XP line. The people most affected by this are businesses and federal agencies. Windows XP is considered to be the best operating system that Microsoft has produced since it launched on October 25, 2001. Microsoft has released multiple successors throughout the years: first was the loathed Windows Vista, quickly followed by Windows 7, and now Windows 8.

Office 365 v. Google Apps: Security

Microsoft’s Office 365 vs. Google Apps: Introduction

This blog and the following ones will be about Microsoft’s Office 365 and Google’s Google Apps. Throughout this blog series I will be discussing the pros and cons, similarities, and differences between Office 365 and Google Apps. Hopefully by the end of this blog series all of your questions about Office 365 and Google Apps will be answered.

In recent posts we’ve discussed the need for MDM and why businesses are choosing a BYOD work environment. A running theme through all posts related to technological advancements is that technology is constantly changing, which is why—surprise, surprise—an article days ago came out titled “The End of BYOD As We Know It?”