GoDaddy and Microsoft Team Up
October 10, 2008 – 1:25 pmGoDaddy and Microsoft announced a new partnership to provide mobile and group email plans through Microsfot Outlook. This new deal is targeted toward the medium business and small/home office businesses. The key services provided under this agreement allow GoDaddy to offer Personal Outlook, Outlook with Mobile, and Group Outlook with Mobile, give SMB’s the ability to manage all of their online services from one place.
GoDaddy.com’s e-mail plans allow small business owners to focus on improving the productivity of their business, instead of dealing with IT issues, by offering the following benefits:
• On-the-go access to calendar, address books, tasks and e-mail on virtually any device, including the Web and mobile devices, as well as computers in the office or at home
• Better collaboration through appointment scheduling, assigning tasks, delegating access to e-mail and a common address book — all core features of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Entourage 2008
• No upfront hardware and software costs for these services, which often can prevent SMBs from realizing the benefits of corporate-grade IT services and create challenges associated with help desk support and ongoing system maintenance
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