I was surprised today with just how well Microsoft came across in the Microsoft Tech.Days Q&A with CEO Steve Balmer. Microsoft has a clear focus on targeting enterprise customers. The acquisition of Nokia, the surface device and Windows 8.1 all seem to come across as an attempt to catch the market up. And, to the general public that is probably how it will stay. But considering it from a business point of view, this is a clear planned approach to bring touch screen devices to business in a meaningful way, whilst tackling the BYOD dilemma.

The question small businesses should be answering right now, is should they be moving to the cloud. And it is an excellent advertisement when your CEO can pull out his tablet device and say this is what I am using and it is making my business work life easier. Steve points out, there are only a couple of players in the enterprise productivity market – Microsoft and Google. I have leaned towards Google Docs recently, as the Android operating system, on phones and tablets, have really made accessing business info a simple, easy to use affair. Now, however, I really would consider using Office 365 and for larger teams it really does look like it will deliver a reliable productive environment for your business.