Microsoft Launches Exchange, Sharepoint SAAS Microsoft s Stephen Elop was joined by customers and partners to unveil Microsoft Exchange Online and SharePoint Online this week. These suites are SAAS versions of Microsoft s classic messaging and collaboration suites designed to compete with Google Apps and other cloud computing products.

Online Media Microsoft Touts Price Options as Antidote to Google Apps Microsoft officials position the granular pricing in Microsoft Online Services as superior to Google s one-size-fits-all subscription fee for GAPE messaging and collaboration enterprise applications. Online Media New App Syncs E-Mail Between Exchange, Exchange Online An e-mail continuity application called MailShadowX is designed to help synchronize e-mail, calendars and contacts between Microsoft Exchange and the new Microsoft Exchange Online SAAS messaging and collaboration suites. MailShadowX also allows users to access their Google Apps data, including Gmail and Google Calendar, through their Outlook interface. Online Media Could Yahoo be Next to Offer Cloud Computing? Could search engine and Web services giant Yahoo begin offering SAAS or PAAS in the cloud a la Google, Amazon.com or Salesforce.com? Some analysts consider this unlikely given Yahoo s consumer roots and lack of cash, talent and data center DNA for the enterprise. What do you say?