5 Cloud Computing Email Services for Enterprises

Cloud services dynamically balance itself to meet the needs of its users, and because of the fact that the service provider supplies the necessary hardware and software, the need for self-deploying a company resource is simply uncalled for.
Cloud Email Services are pretty different from the normal provisions, as they offer larger storage and better security. Another serious advantage in using a cloud based email service is the option for transferring corporate data from one place to another. These services take the full advantage of cloud computing benefits to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility and responsiveness, and minimize cost.

1. Google Apps:
Google Apps is a service from Google providing independently customizable versions of several Google products under a custom domain name. The service features a number of functionalities for Gmail, Google Groups, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and other sites.
Businesses consider Google Apps to be reliable, secure and powerful. Applications like Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs, not only reduce the IT costs, but also help employees to work in a more efficient manner.
Google Apps for business is free for 30 days, $5 per user account and month thereafter or $50 per year. Google Apps for Education is free and offers the same amount of storage as Google Apps for Business accounts. Another notable feature is that the service offers an average 25GB of email storage per employee.

2. PanTerra Networks:
PanTerra Networks are one of the major providers in cloud based unified communication services. It has a perfect combination of unified solutions with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) service, recommended for small and medium sized enterprises. The service provides businesses an option for adding and deleting seats at their will, making a fixed cost of communications for SMBs.
WorldSmart, PanTerra Networks first product, integrates voice, conferencing video, messaging, email collaboration, fax and call center services into a single solution with a common user and administration portal.
In 2010, the company introduced a 100 percent browser-based version of WorldSmart (WorldSmart 4.0), eliminating any on-premise hardware or client software requirements and storing all communications in the cloud.

3. Cisco WebEx Mail:
Cisco WebEx Mail is recommended for companies who are bearing the extra burden of email management and migration issues. Cisco WebEx Mail helps enterprises to concentrate more on their strategic projects, as the service train employees to adapt to ever changing organizational needs.
Another important feature of Cisco WebEx Mail is the inclusion of advanced migration tools. The solution also interoperates with email infrastructure as well as archiving and security solutions which obviously minimize disruptions during the transition to a hosted email solution.

4. VMware Zimbra:
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) is a groupware email server and web client created by Zimbra, located in Palo Alto, California, USA. The service provides better enterprise flexibility and integrates services such as email, contacts, calendar, sharing and document management plus mobility and desktop synchronization to users on any computer.
The collaboration suite is built upon advanced web applications and the server is built on open standards and superior technologies, so as to provide unrivaled user scalability and lower overall total cost of ownership (TCO).
The company was purchased by Yahoo! in September 2007, and subsequently acquired by VMware on January 12, 2010.

5. IBM Lotus iNotes:
LotusLive is a suite of business networking and collaboration cloud-based services hosted by the IBM Collaboration Solutions division of IBM. The integrated services include social networking for businesses, online meetings, file sharing, instant message, data visualization and e-mail.
LotusLive iNotes is a web-based e-mail and calendar service. It uses the messaging assets that IBM acquired from Outblaze, a Hong Kong-based online application service provider. The service provides web based email services that equip employees with real time email access from a web browser and internet connection. In addition to a web-based interface, all e-mail accounts are enabled with POP, authenticated SMTP and IMAP capabilities for use with e-mail clients such as Lotus Notes or Microsoft Outlook.