Microsoft moves into hosted IM
Tags :Announcement
Reading a new article, Microsoft wants to
push LCS out through Microsoft's service provider and hosting partners.
They quote all sorts of prices and other items, of course. But
this one part really stood out.
Service providers can keep their fees
low for SMBs, according to Microsoft, because the new scalable, multi-service
platform allows them to get the most from their existing servers. By consolidating
their existing e-mail systems onto a single platform, they reduce their
cost of deployment, operation and support. Of course, that shared-tenant
approach does mean that your e-mail is stored on the same server as that
of other businesses. However, Cole assures SMBs that Microsoft "has
resolved security concerns."
Now we are all sure that Microsoft has
taken care of security right? Yeah right. While we host Exchange
already, this one doesn't read like it is easily partionable in the technical
documents I peeked at.
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On Friday, January 14th, 2005 by Chris Miller
