Sure we been there before. Hotmail which is dead, now comes office live, with mail live et al.
But what if this play is about Search to go up against Google and mail to go against Google and Lotus and anyone else.
Many of us still have and use Yahoo and this is troubling.
Not as troubling as Gmail which monitors your communications.
Microsoft has not had a great webmail solution for sometime, this could resolve it.
Also, when they buy the company they get their data centers which is really what Microsoft needs to compete with Google.
So who is right and who is wrong? Time will tell but I for one, am not happy about my yahoo email becoming one with Microsoft because anyone who uses MSN/hotmail knows Microsoft knows nothing about spam prevention.
Google won that one big with Postini.
Microsoft also gains an excellent, albeit dated, portal. And presumably revenues from this as well. Software assurance on your yahoo mail account anyone?
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Friday, February 1, 2008
Where do you want to be in an Emergency?
Relaxing of course! But highly unlikely since everyone else around you will be going crazy. This is your chance to help others since your plans will have been put in place and you have little or no worries.
Some clients have asked about Business COntinuity and Lotus infrastructures, I started with this list to remind them, sometimes you have to plan for the way unexpected.
Every business has had a failure at one time, recognize any of the following:
Electrical power loss/surge (accidental, intentional or just random)
Telecommunication lines cut or inoperative
Cut cables to from a building or data center
Hard drive failures
Motherboards that just stop working
SAN cables that got cut in a closet door or melted
Fire Extinguisher/Sprinklers set off in your data center
Construction broke a hole in the wrong wall/floor/roof
And of course hurricanes, fires, tsunamis, floods, snow storms and other acts of God or unnatural acts of terrorists.
Some are major disruptions, others are minor. A few are reoccurring and some are even intentional like when testing generators or building services.
They all have one thing in common!
Your business and it's data and operations are at risk.
Some clients have asked about Business COntinuity and Lotus infrastructures, I started with this list to remind them, sometimes you have to plan for the way unexpected.
Every business has had a failure at one time, recognize any of the following:
Electrical power loss/surge (accidental, intentional or just random)
Telecommunication lines cut or inoperative
Cut cables to from a building or data center
Hard drive failures
Motherboards that just stop working
SAN cables that got cut in a closet door or melted
Fire Extinguisher/Sprinklers set off in your data center
Construction broke a hole in the wrong wall/floor/roof
And of course hurricanes, fires, tsunamis, floods, snow storms and other acts of God or unnatural acts of terrorists.
Some are major disruptions, others are minor. A few are reoccurring and some are even intentional like when testing generators or building services.
They all have one thing in common!
Your business and it's data and operations are at risk.
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