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Register now to join Osterman Research and USA.NET for an informative webinar on January 27, 2009 at 1pm ET, 10am PT, featuring Michael Osterman, President of Osterman Research, and Steve O’Brien, VP of Managed Messaging Services for USA.NET.

During this interactive event you’ll hear about:

Major trends in 2009 affecting IT teams managing email and messaging
Recent Osterman Research survey results showing 2009 IT budget trends
How hosted Exchange can recession-proof and future-proof your email system
Case studies of organizations who moved from on-premise to hosted messaging
The future of email, collaboration and messaging in 2009 and beyond

The event will include live Q&A with these two industry experts so be sure to bring all your questions on messaging and collaboration services.  A recently published white paper related to this event is also available for download.

Denver, CO, January 6, 2008 – USA.NET, Inc. announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked it as a "Top Player" in their Hosted Business Email-Market Quadrant 2008 report. USA.NET was recognized for leading the market in terms of market share and for its comprehensive suite of hosted business email services offered at affordable prices. The only other company that ranked close to USA.NET as a top player in this market was Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). This ranking follows a similar recognition from the Radicati Group in October in the hosted Microsoft Exchange market.

"We are very pleased to be consistently ranked by the Radicati Group and other leading 3rd party sources as the market leader in the rapidly growing hosted business email and messaging market," said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of its parent company, Perimeter eSecurity. "In this challenging economy companies are seeking outsourced providers that meet the high deliverability and reliability needs email and messaging require. We are proud that these 3rd parties see us as the best choice."

The report highlighted the following standout features of the USA.NET hosted business-class email offering including its proprietary hosted email solution, Commercial Messaging Services, and Hosted Exchange offerings. Both services are available in various packages that can be mixed and matched to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and to take advantage of advanced features such as mobility support for all popular handheld devices. The company provides emai

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts – November 10, 2008 – 123Together.com – a mindSHIFT Technologies company and the leading provider of hosted enterprise-class messaging and collaboration solutions such as hosted Exchange Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – today announced that it has eliminated setup fees for all new customers who sign up for its hosted Exchange Server service, available immediately.

“Our goal is to help businesses of all sizes remain profitable despite the current economic downturn,” said Ravi Agarwal, founder and Senior Executive Officer of 123Together.com, a mindSHIFT company. “By eliminating all setup fees for our hosted Exchange Server services, we make it possible for businesses, regardless of their size, to make use of the functionality that this industry-leading, enterprise-class messaging and collaboration application provides without having to incur significant financial expenses or hire additional personnel.”

As a result of the current economic downturn, many small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) are required to decrease overhead, cut operational costs and reallocate existing funds to get the most value from every dollar they spend.  At the same time, business owners expect increased productivity and efficiency among their existing employees, with additional human and financial resources unlikely or impossible.

The economic climate has forced SMBs to search for more cost-effective alternatives for critical business applications, such as email, to maximize the effectiveness of existing business resources without having to incur any additio

Watch the recorded webinar “On Premise Software vs. Software as a Service” featuring Vice President for Collaborative Computing at IDC, Mark Levitt.  During the webcast, Mark discusses the latest SaaS trends in email, messaging and collaboration from an analyst’s perspective.

Also on this event is Chuck Marratt, the Director of IT from MTM Luxury Lodging , a Seattle-area based boutique luxury hotel group where technology plays an important role in their operations.  The group manages several hotels nation-wide, including Hotel 1000 in downtown Seattle, a property renowned as a leader in hospitality IT.  MTM contracts multiple services from USA.NET including Hosted Exchange 2007, SharePoint, Content Filtering, Instant Messaging and BlackBerry Enterprise Services.    During the event Chuck talks about his cost-free upgrade to Exchange 2007, and how the SaaS approach has “future proofed” his messaging an collaboration systems.  This webcast is sponsored by USA.NET.

Denver, CO, Oct. 1, 2008 –USA.NET, Inc. announced today that industry leading analyst firm, The Radicati Group, Inc., ranked it as the “Top Player” in their Hosted Microsoft Exchange– 2008 Market Quadrant report. USA.NET was recognized for leading the market in terms of market share and for offering a highly comprehensive suite of messaging services at an affordable price that target a broad range of customer needs. USA.NET scored highest on functionality and market share as compared to other messaging providers.

“We are honored to be distinguished for the second time in a row by the Radicati Group as the market leader in the rapidly growing hosted business email and messaging market,” said Doug Howard, President of USA.NET and Chief Strategy Officer of its parent company, Perimeter eSecurity. “I am proud to say that it reflects our ongoing efforts and success in delivering the most reliable email service to businesses.”

The report cited the following "key strengths" for USA.NET:

A highly scalable and customizable three tiered Hosted Microsoft Exchange solution that can be modified to fit a company’s needs.
Dedicated technical account managers – a unique customer service not typically offered by competitors.

Premium IT security services such as, anti-spam and anti-virus protection, content filtering, email encryption, eMessaging archiving, enforced TLS, other compliancy services, and disaster recovery.

Optional solutions for all Hosted Microsoft Exchange packages that include a hosted Microsoft Windows SharePoint, and secure Inst

Live Webcast: On-Premise Software vs. SaaS for Messaging and Collaboration

Register now for this webinar, to hear IDC collaboration strategist Mark Levitt describe how the evolution of email, messaging and collaboration has reached the point where your organization should revisit the decision made years ago between on-premises software or software as a service (SaaS).

Joining Mark is Chuck Marratt of MTM Luxury Hotels to discuss how hosted Exchange 2007 services from USA.NET play an important role both strategically and in the day-to-day operations at this luxury, boutique hotel group. MTM has a tradition of seeking technologies that allow their team to spend less time managing systems and software and more time serving the guests, employees and other stakeholders. All with a goal of maximizing revenue streams and minimizing costs for the company while helping to create a one-of-a-kind guest experience.  Steve O’Brien, VP of Managed Messaging Services will be the host.

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Where are the systems and infrastructure located? There is no significance for that question – it's at the Microsoft data centres, located worldwide in strategic cities. Microsoft boasts about its data centre housing high resilient and complex equipment which hosts your mail solution. Dedicated Servers are abundant which needed to support your organization exclusively with a clear isolation of your data from other organizations. All the relevant information is consistently synchronized to the directory in the Microsoft data centres, enabling your users to flawlessly accessible to your users email from a wide range of devices anywhere in the world, including from your corporate network as well as from outside over the Internet in a secure fashion. Enterprise can be up and running relatively faster with Microsoft Exchange Online Service. I checked with someone who tested Exchange Online, the procedures seem to be simple and straight forward. One can log in to the service's using a Web-based management interface provided Microsoft, which has full of straightforward instructions and self explanatory configuration information to your domains of choice to send and receive e-mail through your hosted Exchange account. This is proprietary provisioning system underlying theILM technology (I guess), so that the creation of users are as simple. Licensing Part! – I always have hard time when it comes to license management for Microsoft Windows software. But with Exchange Online, you don't have to scratch your head so painfully – they have made it easier. For example, you temporarily di

It is true that delivering a feature-rich messaging service is becoming a challenge, and regulatory requirements are getting more complex. These challenges are aftermath when Messaging services turned out to be a mission critical in the business. Recently, when HP finished EDS acquisition, all the 150K employees in EDS got partial transition to HP's messaging service by having @hp.com email address to all EDS employees. This kind of changes have to be done in real quick; these days, merger and acquisition activities demands quick adjustment in these type of service capacity. Right technical expertise is in high demand for making this kind of drastic change. What Microsoft does to change the "buy versus build" economics? Microsoft Exchange Online offer a hosted enterprise messaging solution at remote site based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Microsoft can leverage solution with in-depth knowledge in its own products, best practices they developed among its customers and partners, and experience from operating Microsoft's internal corporate messaging to deliver a world-class, mission critical service. As far as users are concerned, applications offer greater level of end user experience and Microsoft's hosted Exchange infrastructure is easy to configure, maintain and use without the need of complex backend servers and integration expertise, however this whole system of exchange hosting is done with tight integration of Windows. In one of my previous posts, I mentioned about one of the growing service models – Software plus Service (S+S). According that post in brief, "In

The Wireless Wars: Exchange Hosting is the Neutral Zone is a free recorded webcast sponsored by USA.NET.

Overview: Today, mobility in business isn't just a luxury, it's a necessity. Achieving mobility, however, may be easier said than done when confronted with the growing arsenal of devices, ever-evolving technology and woefully inadequate budgets. The release of the iPhone 3G with Active Sync has heated up the wireless wars within the corporate world where users are now demanding integration and support for the device.

In this webinar, Bob Melk, Publisher of CIO and Steve O'Brien, VP at USA.NET explore the Wireless Wars – from the latest intelligence to much-needed battle plans. It's a must see event for anyone ready to reign victorious on the wireless battleground.

Milford, CT – July 15, 2008 – Top rated hosted eMessaging service provider and Perimeter eSecurity subsidiary, USA.NET, announced today their Unified Mobility Platform (UMP) now also includes the latest iPhone 2.0 SDK to deliver secure, device agnostic mobile messaging services to enterprises on-demand. Enterprise employees are now free to select the device of their choice and have it fully integrated with their Hosted Microsoft Exchange implementation, making it easy to accommodate business and personal needs via a single device. With UMP enterprises can now satisfy technology populists without the costs associated with deploying new platforms, service upgrades, employee certifications and providing 24X7 support for multiple devices. Unlike in-house business email systems that often need to limit mobility choices to reduce the total cost of ownership and minimize complexity, USA.NET’s email hosting customers enjoy the ability to select the device that best suits their business needs and lifestyle, and do so on a user-by-user basis.

“With all of the challenges IT organizations face supporting mobility there isn’t a one size fits all device or platform,” Doug Howard, Chief Strategy Officer, Perimeter eSecurity and President, USA.NET. “Gone are the days when enterprises could dictate what platform their employees will use. CIO’s are feeling pressure to support numerous devices such as the iPhone and at the same time to apply consistent governance policies across the enterprise. UMP facilitates this by applying an audit trail for archiving emessaging, ediscovery, patch manage