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	August 13, 2010 (updated August 30, 2010) Four Giants Compete For Your Cloud Email Business Microsoft And Google Lead; IBM's In The Hunt; Cisco's Just Starting Out by Ted Schadler with Matthew Brown, Christopher Voce, Anjali Yakkundi	Average: 8  (3 ratings)

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Executive Summary

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.

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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