Seems like IBM is ready to compete with Internet giant, Google, as the new cloud computing email service provider.
The service, called LotusLive iNotes is going to have an “aggressive” pricing of US$3 per employee per month while Google is charging slightly more than US$4.
The higher price is justified by a higher value attributed to Google’s far bigger memory capacity and added features like word-processing and video.
IBM is compensating that by emphasizing on simplicity and user friendliness. It has “Everything you need. Nothing you don’t.”
The website mentions:
“You’ll have access to all the essential messaging features – previously only found in desktop software – via the Web browser.
You don’t need any special training – and there are no hardware, software or data center costs to worry about, either. In just minutes you can issue e-mail accounts to your users, and easily manage member’s accounts.”
It still remains to be seen how attractive a deal it really is. But having to pay if you want more than 1gb of storage seems unappealing when Google is offering far more for free.
Source: AFP
