Hosted Email – Update #1

December 28th, 2009 Posted in Blog, Technology

Well, after 24 hours of trying out 01.com, I’m left frustrated by their jumble of different systems with no attempts to aggregate them into a single ‘portal’, particularly the diversity of different admin systems. OTOH, the mail service is quite fast, although I have not tested inbound mail much. They called me this morning to see how things were going (I bitched about their lack of a unified UI), which was a nice touch. I also asked about BES pricing, and it seems that this might turn out more expensive than I had hoped and with quite a bit of risk in migrating from BIS to BES at the carrier level. It’s too complicated to explain, suffice it to say that I have a legacy cell plan that is generous with data and any changes might make that go away… There is also the risk of paying lots of $$$ for BES, which I might not actually use for very long if an Android phone comes out with a keyboard, CDMA and GSM….

Sooo, I’m left re-considering my options. Suddenly, Google’s offerings seem quite attractive, esp. since they have a Blackberry OTA sync client that’s free. Hmmm. I might also have to have a second look at The Message Center as they offer a BES-independent BB sync of some sort.

What a pain. Really and truly. I need to make decision soon so I can migrate and stabilize all this before I go on extended travels…

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EastLake Ventures
EastLake Ventures is lead by Bob Bozeman (formerly of Angel Investors LP) and develops innovative funding and liquidity strategies for mature startups.

International Characters
International Characters has developed patented technology to accelerate stream-based character/text processing using x86 instruction sets, reducing processing time, computational load and power requirements.

Colligent
Colligent provides the music and advertising industries with an advanced social networking metrics, enabling managers quickly understand trends and develop targeted action plans. Clients include Sony, CBS, Hollywood Records and Razor & Tie.

Goldeneye
Goldeneye is a new generation ERP for automotive dealerships that streamlines both dealership operations and customer experience.

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