[Hidden-tech] Email Hosting

[Karen Ammann]

Thanks Chuck. We're all on iPhone 4 with one stray Android user, do you foresee any mobile connectivity problems with GAPPs?

From: Chuck Baranowski [mailto:chuck at osbts.com]
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:36 AM
To: Karen Ammann
Cc: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Email Hosting

I use Gmail/Google apps for multiple business's with out an issue, besides Google Apps Microsoft has hosted offerings and there are other companies that offer hosted exchange.

Moving your email to a hosted solution is a good choice.  Even with a good backup system, If you have a hardware failure, you could easily be down for days without access.

Transition for users from Exchange to Gmail can be simple for Tech savvy users, a pain for others.  You also have to consider which features of Exchange your users use and how they will for with Gapps.  One item on Gapps, they control the updates on features.  With your own system you have more control.

Don't forget to consider if you use mobile devices to connect.

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On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 11:56 AM, Karen Ammann <KAmmann at ota.com<mailto:KAmmann at ota.com>> wrote:
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Hi Everyone,

With staff scattered across the US and Canada and a very snowy winter on its way, a big concern for us is having stable email access. We currently have an exchange server in-house. We don't currently have a generator hooked up to our servers, but we do have a good back-up system.

Questions:

-          We're thinking of moving our business email over to gmail. Pros/cons?

-          Is that an extreme move? Would more our email be more stable with a large hosting company instead of sitting on a server in our office?


Thanks for your input!
Karen

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