[dba-Tech] Now that google apps is not free what do we do for cloudemail

Hello All,

Just to share my thought process with you.

As I mentioned, I am using gmail for domains for most clients since Sept
2006.

As I have not seen a better, easier way of hosting email in the cloud with
close to zero admin, I think I must propose to customers to pay google the
money for each account.  It is US$50 per user per year.  If a company
cannot afford  / justify that for an employee, then it has bigger problems
than just their email.

I love the look of Zimbra, but I have limited time, so I guess the easy
route for me is simply use the Google Apps product.

Anyone else in the same boat ?  What are you going to do do?





On 31 January 2013 09:08, Mark Breen <marklbreen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Jim,
>
> You mention Google Mail is still free.
>
> Are you referring to gmail single user or do you mean Gmail for domains.
>
> AFAICS, Gmail for domains (google Apps) is no longer free, even for 1
> user.  Am I missing something ?
>
>
>
>
> On 17 January 2013 18:20, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> 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
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