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Four Giants Compete For Your Cloud Email Business

Microsoft And Google Lead; IBM's In The Hunt; Cisco's Just Starting Out

Latest Update: August 30, 2010

By Ted Schadler with Matthew Brown, Christopher Voce, Anjali Yakkundi

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Google jumped into the enterprise email market in 2007 with a $50 annual subscription to its cloud email service and turned the market upside down. Microsoft quickly re-evaluated and repriced its Exchange Online offering to $5 per user per month; IBM launched LotusLive Notes and iNotes for $5 and $3, respectively; and Cisco purchased PostPath and opened its WebEx Mail offering with a 5 GB mailbox for $5 per user per month. Each of these big four collaboration vendors has since beefed up and clarified its road map for cloud email and collaboration services. Their email offerings are rapidly approaching feature and price parity — at least on the checklist items. The endgame? It's not entirely clear yet, but Microsoft and Google are in the lead for customers.
Tags: Cloud Computing, Email Messaging Platforms, Information Management, Infrastructure Architectures, IT Infrastructure & Operations, Messaging, Sourcing & Procurement, Sourcing Strategy & Execution, Technology Pricing & Licensing
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Cloud Email Vendors Have Reached Price Parity
  • A Cloud Email Catalog: Cisco, Google, IBM, And Microsoft
  • Don't Guess — Calculate The Cost Of Your On-Premises Email

  • RECOMMENDATIONS

    Four Things To Know About Email In The Cloud

  • WHAT IT MEANS

    The Battle For Customers Will Be Nasty, Brutish, And Short
  • Supplemental Material
  • Related Research Documents

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    Email On-Premises Is More Expensive Than Cloud Email For Most Firms

 
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