Day: July 10, 2008

MCP Live Meeting: Introducing the Microsoft Certified Master Credential (Worldwide) – Session 1

by ucinfo, posted in Exchange, Flaphead, Training

Check it and register

Source: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032380996&EventCategory=2&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 7:30 AM Pacific Time (US & Canada)

Something new in Microsoft Certification: the Microsoft Certified Master program is opening its doors to highly experienced IT professionals ready to take their Microsoft skills and certifications to the next level. Microsoft Certified Master addresses the advanced skill set that lies between our existing Professional Series and Architect Series certifications and combines intense training and testing to distinguish experienced IT professionals who can produce complex business solutions using Microsoft technologies. Find out if you have what it takes! Join us to be among the first to hear about this opportunity in a one-hour Live Meeting with the program owners.

Gartner says Webmail cuts costs for SMEs

by ucinfo, posted in !News, Flaphead, MsExchange

Interesting article up on the computer weekly website about moving towards webmail.!


Businesses with less than 1000 staff should consider replacing in-house e-mail servers with webmail to reduce the cost of providing e-mail for end users, analyst firm Gartner has advised.

Matthew Cain, research vice-president at Gartner, said companies with fewer than 1,000 seats would gain significantly from the webmail approach.
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Gartner has predicted that by 2012, webmail will serve the largest firms, with more than 50,000 seats.
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Construction firm Taylor Woodrow has begun using Google Apps to support collaboration for 1800 users.

No I know someone at Taylor Woodrow or Taylor Wimpey as it is know now and they use gmail and have Blackberry access to email too.  It seems quite a good idea.  All they miss is Outlook, but as you can use POP3 with Outlook & GMail, it should just be a matter of configuring things and you will see no difference.  Outlook should also allow you to take email “off-line”