Seems increased competition with Google is making Microsoft look twice at its pricing for online services such as SharePoint news, site and Exchange.
The company has reduced the monthly rates for its Business Productivity Online Suite BPOS which includes SharePoint from US$ 15 to US$ 10. They also dropped the monthly subscription for Exchange Online from US$ 10 to US$ 5.
In addition to the price reduction, BPOS is also available in Singapore, and soon India. BPOS will be available in over 36 countries by the end of this year and there are a number of new high profile organizations using the service. Trials are slated to begin in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Romania and Taiwan.
Its this adoption that is pushing the price of the online services down. According to Microsoft specifically, ““rapid customer adoption, global scale and improved efficiencies from new software such as Exchange Server 2010.”
