Brian M O’Curran November 18 2009 11:52:38 AM
In today's challenging economic climate, business leaders must find new ways to ensure effective communication and collaboration
without breaking the bank. IBM understands this challenge and offers a range of email products to meet the needs of our customers.
In 2009, we are introducing
LotusLive™ iNotes, an online webmail service that will feature essential email and calendaring capabilities
at a fraction of the cost of Microsoft Exchange.
LotusLive iNotes can co-exist with your existing Microsoft Exchange solution or even replace it. With Lotus email solutions you could realize
significant TCO savings from your existing Microsoft environment.
As a leading provider of mail and groupware products for many years, IBM is pleased to add webmail from LotusLive to its messaging
portfolio. It is just one of the ways IBM is helping customers lower their costs, without compromising their business goals. Let IBM help
you design the messaging environment that meets the needs of all your employees.
New cloud-based Webmail solution provides more client choice | What do these companies have in common? A) A business with 100 employees many of whom work remotely. B) A company with 10,000 employees with half in offices and half on the road. C) A single person consulting firm. Email. More than likely every employee in each of these companies uses email in one form or another - but how much and how often is a big variable. “One size doesn't fit all” when it comes to email for the enterprise and IBM is offering more options. LotusLive iNotes is the newest service from IBM's cloud collaboration platform, LotusLive. LotusLive iNotes is a Web-based service for email, calendaring and contact management starting at $3 per user per month. Information technology departments in companies of all sizes are challenged by shrinking budgets and shortages of staff. In many larger enterprises, there is a need to deliver basic email, calendaring and contact management services at a lower cost. Small and medium business drawn to the convenience and savings of free or low-cost Web-based email services are tired of service outages, distracting advertisements or security and privacy concerns. They are recognizing the need for business-grade email. |
Beating the competition In June 2009, LotusLive made a major impact on the industry in a side-by-side comparison with Google Apps, EMC and other vendors’ cloud
technologies at Enterprise 2.0, earning the “Buyers' Choice Award.” According to
InformationWeek, “IBM moved this week to bridge the gap
between current computing phenomena -- cloud computing and social networking -- by unveiling LotusLive Connections. The cloud service
won the Enterprise 2.0 Cloud Computing Technology Buyers' Choice Award, beating other leading cloud computing providers in side-by-side
competitions.”
LotusLive iNotes distinguishes itself from the competition with its aggressive price, open Web 2.0 technology and its business-grade implementation
and support. A complement to the Lotus mail portfolio, iNotes is ideal for customers seeking to expand mail services to boundary workers, departments
and small businesses.
Some Recent press -
ZDNet, "IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability,"
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Infoworld, Get out of the EMail Business,
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Some of The Benefits 
Benefits Predictable costs, usually on a per-user/per-month basis
Industry-leading spam protection
Real-time updates against viruses and malware
On-demand addition of new services when you need them
Fully branded products, payments, and support
Differentiators Simplified administration
Fast implementation
Low start-up and monthly costs
Unmatched branding and customization capabilities
Seamless integration with triple play services provisioning systems, log-in systems, payment gateways
Proven scale and reliability
Full Set of APIs to help integrate our service with yours
Features Full-featured Email (HTML and AJAX), POP3, IMAP4, & Authenticated SMTP
SSL Encryption, secure password recovery
Mobile & Push Email
SMS Gateway (mail-to-SMS & SMS-to-mail)
Email alert (desktop message notification)
Mail Forwarding and Filtering
Domain Management Tool (email administration interface for domain admins)
Customer Service Tool (email administrative interface for enterprise admins)
Guaranteed Service Levels with 24x7 Monitoring
Industry-leading Spam and Virus protection
E-Mail is just part of a larger collaborative offering. Give me a call or go check out www.lotuslive.com for a test drive, more info and a 30 day trial.
To learn more about LotusLive iNotes and all of our LotusLive services, please visit www.lotuslive.com/services/