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Microsoft has adopted the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission’s standard 27018 for their cloud offerings. That is a big step in setting a uniform, international approach for protecting the privacy of data stored in the cloud.

“ISO/IEC 27018:2014 establishes commonly accepted control objectives, controls and guidelines for implementing measures to protect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in accordance with the privacy principles in ISO/IEC 29100 for the public cloud computing environment.”

Azure is the first cloud platform which adopted the  ISO 27018 set of privacy controls. Office 365, Dynamics CRM Online and Microsoft Intune have also adopted the standard for protecting customer’s privacy. There are defined regulations for transmitting data over public networks, data storage and strict processes for data recovery.

You can see here all security certifications related to Office 365 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online.

Cloud computing is a broader term for the delivery of scalable, hosted services through the Internet. It’s a kind of Internet-based computing environment where servers, storage and applications are delivered to computers and mobiles as a service. It’s based on sharing and optimizing computing resources. All data is stored on-line, so users can access it 24/7. All you need is an Internet connection.

In Europe, Cloud computing is still at its beginning. According to a study of the Eurostat, only 19% of enterprises use the Cloud. One of the main reasons why they moved to the Cloud is to reduce costs.

Cloud computing is one of the most outstanding tools that small and medium enterprises can utilize to gain a competitive edge and optimize costs.

Are you in the Cloud?

Advantages

You don’t have to pay somebody to maintain and update your software – everything is the Cloud vendor’s responsibility. There’s no need to purchase applications – it’s much more cost efficient to rent them via the Cloud, with all maintenance fixes and version upgrades included. Desktop software versions are usually more expensive and complex to license and manage. A good example of a Cloud service and application is Microsoft Office 365, which you can buy as an annual subscription. You’re able to choose a subscription plan that fits your exact needs (services, software, or both). Another example is Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online; a cloud suite of applications for managing Customer-related business processes for just a monthly per-user fee.

If you decide to take advantage of the Cloud, you don’t have to invest in a complex on-premises IT infrastructure. Cloud applications are updated and patched regularly, so you don’t have to waste your time and money on worrying about forward and backward compatibility. Cloud computing allows employees access to applications and data via  any of today’s relevant software platforms (Android, iOS, Windows). Without Cloud Services, when something is installed locally on a computer or server, users can usually access the program and content only from that specific computer or network. Therefore, it’s much more flexible and easier to use a Cloud application than to buy a server and all the required server software. The possibility of data loss in the Cloud is very low due to multiple layers of redundancy. Also, because of high-grade security mechanisms that Cloud providers employ, security risks are also minimized when using Cloud Services.

Summary

• Quick and easy implementation
• Cost reduction
• Service flexibility
• Mobility

Our web shop, step2own, has been open for service, license and software solution purchases since June 1^st. We offer IT services, Crohoster hosting packages, Nodefusion VPS servers and SSL certifications, Microsoft Electronic Software Distribution licenses and software solutions for Microsoft platforms such as Dynamics CRM, SharePoint etc.

Buy your Microsoft ESD license through our web shop. You can choose an Office 365 subscription in accordance to your requirements: Office 365 Personal, Office 365 Home. Besides that, you can purchase separate programs from the Microsoft Office suite: Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Access, Excel, Publisher, Visio, Word. We offer Croatian and English versions.

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For Mac users, we offer online product key licenses for Office Home and Student 2011 and Office Home Business 2011 packages.

Advantage of Electronic Software Distribution is direct purchasing, which means that you can download the software directly online. You can buy software at any time 24/7 (EU only).

If you’re not sure about the license you want to buy, purchase 1 work hour of consulting via phone or email on our step2own web shop.

Office 365 Personal is purposed for the individual user. Subscription allows installation for one PC or Mac, and one tablet. Package covers full installed Office applications, online versions of Office, 7 GB of free online storage  and 20 GB extra storage for one user, 60 world minutes calling per month on Skype.

For a family of five, we recommend you Office 365 Home. It offers installation for 5 PCs or Macs, and 5 tablets, with 20 GB of extra storage for each user.

Beside that, you can use it on your iPhone or iPad.

Click on the product name if you want to buy a subscription.

Five 3 PRO employees recently became Microsoft Certified for Exchange, Office 365 and Azure deployment. They successfully passed exams which are part of the MCSE: SharePoint and Messaging certifications.
Some exams were about advanced solutions for Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint, managing Office 365, implementing Microsoft Azure, etc. Questions were based on underlying solutions from real life examples.