Sunday, August 26, 2012

That was a CLOSE One!

A few days ago I gave in to a bit of discouragement and posted a long diatribe on why I am afraid the story for Office 365 and Access web apps is discouraging.

Well, it turns out I was premature in my efforts at digging a grave for my BFF, Access. What a relief.

Here are the three big reasons I was so pessimistic, and the reasons I now have a lot more reasonable view.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Data Siloing in Access 2013 Web Apps on Office 365: the spade that could finally bury Access

Sometimes, you gotta call a spade a spade. Spades, as you should know, are the tools used to bury things. I’m sitting here staring at my monitor trying to come to grips with the possibility that Access 2013 web apps on Office 365 are the spade that could finally bury Access.