Did you drill down far enough on the 365 site to see that you can get stand-alone hosted email for $5/month? I'm working a project for a company and that's one of the services we recommend if they're going to 365.
David On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 3:48 AM, Tom Miller <tmil...@hnncsb.org> wrote: > Anyone on the list using "cloud" services? I looked at Office 365 and > found it to be far more expensive than what I pay now. But, I can see > replicating my web sites and databases to a cloud just for the space. > > >>> Ken Schaefer <k...@adopenstatic.com> 11/2/2011 10:57 PM >>> > > Really?**** > > ** ** > > Gartner is saying that Cloud has entered the “meaningless hype” stage…**** > > > http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/its-official-cloud-computing-now-meaningless-169416 > **** > > ** ** > > CIOs and CEOs still pay attention to this stuff because at least there is > some effort to justify the conclusion. Most IT people I’ve run into > couldn’t write a business case to save their lives.**** > > ** ** > > Cheers**** > > Ken**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Rod Trent [mailto:rodtr...@myitforum.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 2 November 2011 11:47 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > ** ** > > Yeah…their track record isn’t great (particularly over the last couple > years), however, CIOs and CEOs still eat them up. Gartner, right now, is > promoting the Cloud like there’s nothing else. 3 years ago it was > “outsourcing”. Now, companies are bringing resources back in-house because > they realized... “Oops” that didn’t work.**** > > ** ** > > You just have to be very careful with “industry” information. It can be > just as politically motivated as anything else.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 11:24 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > ** ** > > To me, Gartner's stats are just derived from flawed research and easily > subverted questions. > **** > > *ASB***** > > *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker***** > > *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market…***** > > ** ** > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Rod Trent <rodtr...@myitforum.com> wrote: > **** > > Tada…**** > > **** > > Particularly Gartner’s, IMO…**** > > **** > > *From:* Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 10:43 AM**** > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues**** > > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > **** > > Or just make them up…as 95% of all statistics are.**** > > **** > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 02, 2011 9:19 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT] Stats about IT**** > > **** > > You're going to want to check with the research firms:**** > > **** > > Gartner, IDC, Forrester, ITIC, etc (http://itic-corp.com/)**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- David _____________________ *"Remember that democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide." --John Adams, letter to John Taylor, 1814* * * ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
