28Apr/100
Email in the Cloud-Google vs Microsoft
Now is the time that enterprises were seriously looking into different ways to save during the recession times and for IT it is most important task on the table and considering the various options of jumping from On Premise to Exchange Cloud or from Exchange to Google Docs. What ever the choice could be but utlimately it is the email in the Cloud.
I have been hearing a great number of stories about the head on collision between the Microsoft and Google. A battle that can benefit you to save more. Here is a side by side comparison
| Pricing | Pricing: $5 per seat per month ($60 per year); $2 per user per month for Exchange Online Deskless Workers. | Pricing: $4.17 per seat per month ($50 per year). |
| Componenets | E-mail, contacts, calendar and instant messaging. SharePoint, Office Live and Office Online are available as extra costs as part of Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Standard Suite. | Gmail for Business, Google Docs, Calendar, Groups, Sites and Video, and chat and instant messaging tools. |
| Maximum Users Supported | 30,000; larger deployments must be approved by Microsoft engineers. | No limit |
| Product update cycle | Every 45 days. | Continuous |
| Mailbox size | 25GB (maximum without having to pay more) | 25GB (maximum without having to pay more) |
| Compatibility with Outlook Client | Full | Limited |
| Guaranteed Uptime | Guaranteed uptime: 99.9% | Guaranteed uptime: 99.9%; Google claims it averages less than 15 minutes of downtime per month |