[dba-Tech] looking for an alternative to Exchange

That and the fact that you are trusting your corporate data to a third party who has no 
obligation to you and whom you have no control over.


On 7 Apr 2009 at 13:21, John Bartow wrote:

> Mark,
> Problem is the Internet service goes down the email system goes down. That's
> where they're at now. The service is awful and there's little I can do to
> address that. I can however, set up a better system for them internally.
> They have cable.
> 
> Another client is just proving to be un-trainable in regards to using their
> file server for transferring files to each other. They email huge
> attachments to the person in the next room. It's just the most ridiculous
> thing I can think of and I have talked to the manager about it a number of
> times over the last couple of years. She doesn't have a problem with it
> (until of course, they can't get anything to work via the internet because
> it is so clogged with huge email attachments!) Their internet service has
> also become totally unreliable over the last couple of months. They have
> DSL.
> 
> Exchange Server came to mind but neither of these clients has the staff to
> admin/maintain Exchange or the budget to support me doing it.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen
> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:02 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] looking for an alternative to Exchange
> 
> Hello John,
> 
> I switched a 10 user site to Google App two and a half years ago.  Currently
> they have about 50 users, approx 10 are intensive users.
> 
> It is not onsite, but the benefits of it are worth looking at
> 
> no backups
> no av
> no spyware
> no spam
> completely free
> almost 100% up time in two years
> always fast
> plenty of storage
>