Summary: Executive Summary: Have you been asked to consider colocation as an alternative to on-premises solutions? Or even cloud hosting? We'll talk about some considerations you should be thinking about if you are looking at total cost of ownership. And Microsoft opens up Office to students. We'll talk about why this is such a good thing for people starting out in their IT careers. Hosts: John Kresic, Tom Kresic, Mike Kresic Running Time: IT Pro News: Future knowledge workers will still be fluent in Microsoft Office, thanks to school licensing. Can open projects help you manage risk instead of vendor support? Is cloud cheaper if you will keep the servers for a long time? Conference Calendar: We cover upcoming IT Conferences during the 1st show of each month. Is there a conference you think we should be mentioning in this segment? Let us know! Project Conference on February 2-5, 2014 in Anaheim, California Lync Conference 2014 on February 18-20, 2014 at The Aria in Las Vegas, Nevada Gartner CIO Leadership Forum on February 23-25, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona SharePoint Conference 2014 on March 3-6, 2014 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, Nevada Interop on March 31-April 4, 2014 at The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada IT Pro Bookshelf: Slideshare for LinkedIn’s Data Infrastructure IBM Developerworks on Openstack architecture
