[NTLUG:Discuss] Messaging system & support

[Brian Kontrath]

Robert Citek wrote:

>
> Hello all,
>
> I got this message from a friend.
>
> On Thursday, Aug 12, 2004, at 10:06 US/Central, [a friend] wrote:
>
>> I'm managing a project here at [some company] to replace our email 
>> system from the current unix-based sendmail/smtp/pop3 setup with 
>> Eudora clients to something else--whatever that turns out to be.  We 
>> have people demanding built-in calendaring and while they could use 
>> Outlook as a client with our current server offerings, the 
>> calendaring won't be as nice as if we had an Exchange Server behind it.
>>
>> I have no problem finding people to install and support Exchange, but 
>> I'm trying to present alternatives as well.  The leader seems to be 
>> SuSE Linux's Openexchange Server (now owned by Novell).  But I don't 
>> know who could support us on that locally.
>>
>> Do you know of any companies that could give us really good support 
>> on whatever system we choose, even up to 24/7/365 if we want to pay 
>> for that?
>
>
> Any ideas?  Specifically:
>  - What other products offer built-in (or nearly built-in) Calendaring?
>  - Any opinions on SLOX?
>  - Is there any reason not to use Exchange?
>  - What other questions should my friend be asking?
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
>
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Have your friend  trial the Bynari InsightServer. You can demo the 
product  free of charge.  Also, they are IBM partners.


http://www.bynari.net/

Regards,

Brian