4/21/2009
Communication Data Meets a Slim Budget
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COMMUNICATION DATA [that includes email], IS CRITICAL TO ANY BUSINESS; ITS MANAGEMENT HAS BECOME A COMMODITY: OWN OR RENT. Google Apps * offers robust hosted email from any PC and most smartphones for about $4.17 per month per mailbox. Features include:
- Email with Malware and Spyware protection, Spam filtering.
- Comply with company email policies.
- Search email with keywords or by customized categoryContacts with notes and photos.
- Email topics are threaded among participants, appearing in single line.
- Instant Messaging with contacts.
- Control Themes and Layout.
- 25GB of storage vs +/-5GB from hosted exchange.
- Compatible with most web browsers, no software to license or upgrade.
- Mobile app for most Smartphones eliminates synching to smartphone or computer.
Own. Owning an Exchange server [and BlackBerry Enterprise Server] could cost about $83/mo per mailbox for 5 users. Add about $30/mo per smartphone from your cellular carrier for Enterprise Activation plus maintenance costs (staffing and software).
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Rent. Hosted Exchange can average $12/mo per mailbox with 3GB of storage each; add synching and Enterprise Activation costs (about $40/mo). POP email can lower its gross subscription cost, averaging $3.50/mo per mailbox. Overall, hosted Exchange offers corporate style email for lower budgets yet eliminates equipment purchases and maintenance costs; a subscription leverages cash and is worth every penny.
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Google Apps. If owning the equipment or subscribing to hosted Exchange is beyond your company’s budget today (whole or in part), Google Apps offers a robust, alternative worth looking over. Click HERE for a 15m video demo, (“Overview of Gmail in Google Apps”). Please contact me if you’d like to discuss implementing Google Apps on a trial basis. ###
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Important note: CDS will become an authorized reseller of Google Apps once I’ve sold the first 25 email accounts; I invite you to work with me to achieve that benchmark.
