Outlook and Google apps
Google apps has already arranged the following:
Next to that Google can coexist next to Microsoft Exchange. The idea is that businesses will be able to continue using Outlook as a front-end user interface, but all the data involved will be zapped off into the cloud to Google servers rather than Microsoft machines. Users will be able to see their email, calendar and contacts in both Outlook and Google Apps, including Gmail and Google Calendar. Look for more information.
Cost
For the companies that take the leap of faith with Google, cost is usually the primary motivator.
For the companies that take the leap of faith with Google, cost is usually the primary motivator.
Google charges its Premium customers $50 per user per year. Even hosted Exchange plans cost about $500 per month plus about $6 per user per month. For a smaller company with just 100 users that would make the cost of Google Apps Premium $5,000/year vs. $13,200/year for the hosted Exchange solution. And an in-house Exchange solution will typically have a total cost of ownership (TCO) that is even higher than the hosted solution.
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