Comments on: Could Gmail Become a Corporate Solution?

By: zibou

zibou — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:04:50 +0000

what about confidentiality ?

Will companies accept to deliver (almost) all their information to Google ?

I think companies won’t neglect this point when evaluating e-mail solutions.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:36:20 +0000

Not sure why they don’t think that Labels are any good … I’m in the process of switching our school here in New Zealand over to Gmail, and everyone’s loving it so far. If messages are “Archived” so they’re not in the Inbox, the labels work exactly like folders.

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:33:43 +0000

What about the whole Sarbanes Oxley can-o-worms? Our company is taking the exact opposite tactic, supposedly for compliance reasons. Soon, we will not be able to save any emails to PST files, and emails on the server will be deleted automatically according to a set schedule.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:34:53 +0000

Folders are possible with Firefox and “better gmail” greasemonkey script.
Or Folders4Gmail: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/8810

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:35:43 +0000

Folders…Folders…Folders…

I am a gmail user and Outlook at work. I have heard all the talk from Google how their “tagging” is superior, doesn’t matter, no one at work will accept it. We have tried. They need the folder paradigm to get in at work.

If they had folders, it would all be over except for the switch!!!

By: JR Raphael

JR Raphael — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:09:35 +0000

For what it’s worth, I personally use both Gmail and Outlook myself. I have my Outlook set up to be synchronized with my Gmail account via IMAP, so I manage my mail there from my primary computer and have things organized the way I like. If I’m working remotely, though, I can easily access everything through the Gmail web interface, too. A bit of an involved setup, admittedly, but it works great for what I need.

By: JR Raphael

JR Raphael — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:05:24 +0000

You definitely can. All my e-mail — work and personal — goes through a Gmail account that no one ever sees. They’ve made it incredibly easy now to manage accounts from multiple domain names in a single Gmail configuration. I have at least five different addresses that I use through mine.

By: DWiner

DWiner — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:56:43 +0000

I also heard that Penske, the truck leasing major, is also slowly moving to Gmail’s corporate solutions by phasing out Outlook…!

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:48:24 +0000

I live in Outlook at work, but do much of my personal email in Gmail after hours. I could make the move if Gmail offered a few of the organizational features that I’m accustomed to – folders are a biggie on my wish list.

By: jdw24b

jdw24b — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:42:06 +0000

I would; ours is off-site host already, and the larger storage would be a boon to the users. Not to mention the ease of use.

One thing to ponder, can we keep out @blah.com addressing?

That might be the only hurdle to keep us from going Google.