02
Oct

IBM to launch Webmail offering, Google scared to death - not.

Posted by rafael.laguna

Reuters published an article titled "IBM takes on Google in business Web-mail market" - bold words but hey, this is Big Blue, right? We haven't seen much from IBM in the SaaS space yet, so this move was about time. What is surprising is the positioning of this offering, low function, low price ($36/user/year) but business Web-Mail. This simple Web-Mail offering is not based on Notes but on Outblaze, a more consumer oriented Web-Mail client from a company from Hong Kong that IBM bought cheaply earlier this year.

To compete in the business mail space IBM needs to do more than this. Real business email offerings like Network Solutions nsMail Pro  or 1&1 MailXchange offer fully featured messaging and groupware, with push mobility, Outlook and Mac integration, a fully featured Web client and much more.

The only thing about "LotusLive iNotes" in common with Lotus Notes is the brand name. It is not from Lotus, not Notes, not business eMail, and it will not make the smallest dent in Googles business.

Try again!


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Ed Brill

I'm not sure why an acquired company can't be "from Lotus". In the time since acquisition, we've done plenty of work to integrate the Outblaze technology and expertise into the LotusLive family of offerings http://www.lotuslive.com . LotusLive has been active since April 2009 and we have had other hosted or SaaS offerings from IBM and partners for many years.

Let's check back in a year and see where LotusLive Notes and iNotes are versus OpenExchange and other competitors.

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