Microsoft Office 365 Cloud Services Enters Commercial

Today, He Lefu, Microsoft’s Global Vice President and CEO of Greater China, took the stage and announced that Office 365 officially landed in China. “Office 365 lands in China and is of special significance to Chinese SMEs because the Chinese government is helping SMEs grow, while 99% of Chinese companies are small businesses and 82% of employed people are employed in SMEs. Office 365 Landing will better help the development of SMEs. Help SMEs reduce a lot of costs, and thus more focused on corporate innovation." He Yue Fu said.

Chief Executive Chen Sheng of Century Internet said: “Century Internet has done a lot of work in the deployment of Office 365 localization. We have 300 professionals to provide 7*24 hours of local services, and take many measures to ensure data security and privacy protection. Today is an important milestone. We will provide high-quality international cloud services for Chinese users."

For the cooperation between Microsoft and Century Internet on Office 365, Zhao Xiaofan, president of the China Software Association, also expressed his opinion. “I personally experienced the development of Microsoft from the 1980s to the present, and also experienced the development of the Internet in the 21st century. The cooperation between the two is a very big initiative and has created a new era. Cloud computing, big data, and software are currently defined. In all times, this cooperation will bring us new innovations."

Three advantages of Office 365

Lu Qi, head of the application and service department of Soft Global Executive Vice President, said in a speech: “We are entering an era of mobile and cloud computing. Microsoft will take mobile first and cloud first. Today Microsoft launches Office 365 to launch a cloud for users. Office 365 has great advantages: 1. Office 365 is everywhere and available everywhere; 2. Users don't need infrastructure investment; as a software-as-a-service model, users can also enjoy instant services; 3. Office 365 is provided by Century Connect. Local services, data centers in China, provide a variety of local payment models, and Microsoft is building a local developer ecosystem.”

For the localization of Office 365, Microsoft’s senior vice president and chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group Zhang Yaqin took office to tell the story behind the development of Office. "China's network environment, user needs, and the company's deployment are different from those in the United States. We hope that product R&D will be able to meet the needs of Chinese companies. We will innovate in technology and operate in innovation. We will develop products and collect users on the one hand. Use feedback to better serve Chinese companies, he said.

Microsoft’s Greater China Vice President and General Manager of Market Strategy Xie Enwei, Chief Cloud Computing Strategy Officer, Microsoft Greater China, and Yao Xinyi, Microsoft’s China Office 365 Market Strategy Officer, took the stage. Main demonstration: Multi-person collaborative editing and excel data analysis of Office 365 for Windows Phone, Windows platform, iPad platform, and Android platform.

Users see Office 365

Guo Jingyuan, senior manager of ICBC Leasing Information Technology Department: The leasing of cloud computing service capabilities can reduce our operating costs.

According to Ma Yuzhi, deputy general manager and chief product development and marketing department of China Merchants Group, “Office 365 allows us to pay no hefty amount of hardware, software, and maintenance. Summarizing what Office 365 brings us is three words: save money, save money, Peace of mind."

Wang Junlin, Chief of IT Technology Department of Dongfeng Renault Automotive Information System Department: “The development of the enterprise has brought great challenges to IT, and our IT infrastructure has also been limited. Selecting Office 365 is mainly based on two considerations: flexible deployment and Cost advantage."

TCL Information Center Manager Zhang Zhiwei: “We allow BYOD, but managing these devices is a huge challenge. Office 365 allows us to bring employees a consistent experience, to achieve better communication and collaboration while ensuring the reliability of data security.”

It is reported that Century Internet now has about 300 full-time employees who have been certified by Microsoft to provide 24/7 local services for Azure and Office 365. In addition, more than 20 large corporations and government users have already paid to purchase Office 365 operated by CenturyLink.

In addition, Microsoft officials said that by May 31st, businesses and government users who subscribe to the Office 365 services operated by the Internet will enjoy a 20% discount.