With 20 million businesses already running Microsoft cloud across the world, the door has been wedged open for organisations across New Zealand to walk on through and take advantage.
“Compared to the other cloud vendors in the market, when it comes to enterprise customers actually bet their business on Microsoft,” Case adds.
But while the over-the-top American enthusiasm doesn’t always wash with the more grounded, or even cynical, Kiwi business folk, Case believes he has a case, quite literally.
“We understand that every organisation has specific needs and requirements but change is happening and it’s no extra challenge for Microsoft,” adds Case, alluding to the company’s ability to specifically tailor its cloud services to each individual organisation.
“We don’t believe one size fits all is the way to go with the cloud, we work specifically with our customers to help them move to the cloud on their terms.”
With the New Zealand market reflecting global trends, Case says retail and media have been the quickest to move to the cloud, with banking, government and the public sector unsurprisingly lagging slightly behind.
As reported by Computerworld New Zealand, Kiwi small-medium businesses are leading the world when it comes to Office 365 adoption, with Microsoft New Zealand reporting that 15% of the market are now moving to the cloud with Microsoft.
From an enterprise perspective however, 50% of the company’s enterprise customers have made a commitment to move to Office 365 in New Zealand.
“In general the commercial vertical is moving along quickly in New Zealand,” adds Paul Muckleston, Managing Director, Microsoft New Zealand.
“We’re also finding that professional services and consulting groups are moving to the cloud relatively quickly. The banking sector is unsurprisingly taking a little longer but the public sector is an interesting space at present because history suggests they would be late to jump onboard.
“Yet we’ve found within public service agencies the move has been more workload based - the increased uptake of Yammer and Sharepoint online for example have proved to be one of the biggest shifts during the past twelve months.”