Comments on: Google’s new Outlook connector for Google apps is a big deal http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/11/googles-new-outlook-connector-for-google-apps-is-a-big-deal/ Business • Technology • Society • Environment Sun, 16 May 2010 21:41:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Troy Angrignon http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/11/googles-new-outlook-connector-for-google-apps-is-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1384 Troy Angrignon Wed, 05 May 2010 22:49:04 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=781#comment-1384 Most corporate Exchange systems I've seen have 100MB mailbox limits. It can go higher but industry standard is 100MB, causing users to constantly manage their inboxes with rules and manual cleanups. Google does not use MAPI, that is Microsoft's approach. And I think you're missing the point that if users "want to use a more intuitive interface", that's the point of this article. They can now use their Outlook as the perfect front end with Google as the back end (replacing the 200-300% more expensive Exchange server.) Where do you find Google Mail services coming up so short in your full pro and con list? I've never seen any advantage to Exchange. It has higher up-front costs, higher maintenance costs, and most of the time, unuseable mailbox size limits (although as noted above, that's a setting that can be changed.) Most corporate Exchange systems I’ve seen have 100MB mailbox limits. It can go higher but industry standard is 100MB, causing users to constantly manage their inboxes with rules and manual cleanups. Google does not use MAPI, that is Microsoft’s approach. And I think you’re missing the point that if users “want to use a more intuitive interface”, that’s the point of this article. They can now use their Outlook as the perfect front end with Google as the back end (replacing the 200-300% more expensive Exchange server.) Where do you find Google Mail services coming up so short in your full pro and con list? I’ve never seen any advantage to Exchange. It has higher up-front costs, higher maintenance costs, and most of the time, unuseable mailbox size limits (although as noted above, that’s a setting that can be changed.)

]]> By: Lorenzo http://www.troyangrignon.com/2009/06/11/googles-new-outlook-connector-for-google-apps-is-a-big-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-1383 Lorenzo Wed, 05 May 2010 22:43:27 +0000 http://www.troyangrignon.com/?p=781#comment-1383 You obviously have a beif with your inhouse administrators however that does not reflect capablities of the systems. Exchange can also be hosted offsite and accessed seemlessly over the internet whereas Google still relies on MAPI technology which is slow and limited if users want to use a more intuitive interface such as outlook. I've looked at the whole Google apps inside and out and when I do the "full" pros and cons, it comes up really short. Regards, You obviously have a beif with your inhouse administrators however that does not reflect capablities of the systems. Exchange can also be hosted offsite and accessed seemlessly over the internet whereas Google still relies on MAPI technology which is slow and limited if users want to use a more intuitive interface such as outlook. I’ve looked at the whole Google apps inside and out and when I do the “full” pros and cons, it comes up really short.

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