Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Jan 17 12:20:22 CST 2013
Google mail is still free and if you need a free office product try Libra Office (It is OSS so there are not limits or licensing issues) and even Microsoft has 25 GB of free Cloud space for a shared file directory and then there is dropbox with 10-20GB available. The tools are all there just have to do some creative thinking. If you want to stretch further, you can hack some Linux box together and you can have unlimited remote sessions through your remote desktop (limited of course by resources). You can add in Apache and have remote access from anywhere through the WebServer. Then there is OpenVPN... Even with Microsoft, just put a shared folder on a client's server and set it up so it can be accessed from anywhere in the network and externally though Microsoft's Remote desktop but you are only allows two remote sessions, for free. There are many other options that can save your client thousands. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2013 9:20 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: [dba-Tech] Now that google apps is not free what do we do for cloudemail Hello All, Since Sept 2006 I have been using Google Apps for company based email for my clients. As you may know, as of Dec 6th 2012, google no longer offer this service for free. It must now be paid for at a rate of US$50 Per user per year. For a small company 5 - 10 employees, this is not expensive, but over 5 years, it still amounts to 1250 - 2500. In my opinion, it is still good value for what you get, but I wonder what you use if you want to have company based *cloud *email for free. Any recommendations ? Mark _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com