Berkeley Logic Managed Email Services
Using email and having constant access to an online repository of business documents is a vital component of modern business life. When email doesn't work properly workplace tension goes through the roof, and unpleasant memories are created.
A sure road to disaster is to use old-fashioned POP email and keep your archive of important business documents on a PC hard drive. Not only is your data vulnerable to destruction in the case of a hardware failure, but it is locked up in your desktop computer and not accessible when you aren't in the office.
Berkeley logic minimizes unpleasant email memories and gets your desktop email out of jail by using a client-server network approach to email management.
The email management strategy keeps all of your email on a server in the Internet "cloud." The term "cloud" refers to the myriad of services that are available online 24/7 to anyone with an Internet connection and a web browser. If all of your email is in the cloud, then all you need is a web browser to find that attachment someone sent you last month.
Using a web browser to access email in the cloud is part of the client end of the client-server strategy. But, sometimes a web browser just doesn't cut it compared with traditional email programs. With client-server technology, and the IMAP email protocol, it is possible to use another program besides a web browser to access the email in the cloud. At Berkeley Logic we see Mozilla Thunderbird as the best cross-platform IMAP client, but IMAP also works with Microsoft Outlook.
We really like the Google Apps integration of the IMAP protocol with their free Gmail service. Using a commercial domain, Google will give a business hundreds of free 6 Gbyte accounts. Vernon Keenan wrote about how much he likes Google Apps in our blog.
Berkeley Logic provides a number of services with respect to Google Apps and Gmail:
- New Business Setup. Berkeley Logic can get your new business up on Gmail with a domain name in a single day. We can also recommend the best email client for your specific needs.
- POP and IMAP Email Conversion. Berkeley Logic will back up all of your enterprise email and upload it to Google Apps. This is a fairly extensive project that usually entails a full sweep of all computers using enterprise email and a reset of all email server settings.
- In-House Email Server Removal. Google Apps has many of the features that Microsoft Exchange users have grown to love, such as calendaring and shared documents. If you are still using an in-house server, the cost and reliability benefits of converting to free Google Apps is compelling. Berkeley Logic can help you get off of Microsoft Exchange with our IT consulting services.