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How to Migrate Old Email to Google Apps

Late last week, the Google Data API team released an open source email migration tool which will allow users to more easily migrate old email to Google Apps. Basically, if you are currently using email servers such as Exchange, Zimbra, or Qmail.

As we have previously seen, Google has already taken a number of steps [...]

Yahoo! Jumps on the Office Train with Zimbra

Reported exclusively on TechCrunch.com, Yahoo! will be announcing the acquisition of Zimbra tonight. The acquisition details were noted to be USD$350 million in cash. Yahoo! seems to still have quite a bit of cash laying around and they felt like they needed to jump on board with the Office Train. With Microsoft already scared that Google will soon be an influence in the office application industry, this

Google Secures Postini Acquisition

Google’s Vice President of Google Enterprise has announced the secured acquisition of Postini, “…more than 100,000 businesses on Google Apps, 35,000 businesses and more than 10 million users of Postini…”
This acquisition is just another part of Google’s global strategy that we are seeing be formed to push office to the web. As previously seen already, Microsoft is becoming a little scared of what Google is trying to do.

Microsoft to Acquire Parlano

Parlano and Microsoft have come to terms which are undisclosed, to be acquired by this corporate giant. Their 50-odd employees are planning on moving to Redmond, WA after the close of the deal expected to happen in the fourth quarter.
“…Parlano’s “collaborative” software enables thousands of workers to share messages and other documents in real time, and offers better security than the freebie instant messaging offered by some Internet service providers…” is what ChicagoBusiness.com had to say about the deal. This actually doesn’t come as a surprise to me, not in the least bit.

Google in the Clear with Postini

Early last month, Google announced the acquisition of Postini, an online e-mail specialty company. As normal procedure happens in the United States of America, the government needs to take speculation at the acquisition to ensure there aren’t any antitrust laws being broken. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has confirmed that the acquisition of Postini is legal and binding so there is no need for any action to be taken on the government’s behalf. Google is still in the dark about whether or not the DoubleClick acquisition will go through or not.

Google Announces Q2 2007 Results

Google has released their Q2 results. See below for the full details.

Google Acquires Postini

Postini is the global leader in on-demand solutions that deliver on the promise of Communication Security and Compliance. With Postini, your company is protected against increasingly malicious internet-based attacks. Your compliance is ensured for government, industry, and internal mandates; and you can re-establish increased productivity for your users. More than 35,000 businesses worldwide depend on Postini. We process over 1 billion messages per day, giving us an incredible pool of