Comments on: Rackspace Enters Small Biz Email Race With Webmail.us Buy http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tech IPOs Return With Rackspace - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-892696 Tech IPOs Return With Rackspace - GigaOM Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:16:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-892696 <p>[...] to expand its hosting infrastructure, expand rapidly into fast growing cloud computing sector and offer services for small and medium sized [...]</p> [...] to expand its hosting infrastructure, expand rapidly into fast growing cloud computing sector and offer services for small and medium sized [...]

]]> By: Wedding Photographers http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-822549 Wedding Photographers Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:40:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-822549 <p>My university just went with gmail, and it's funny that I've never heard of webmail.us.</p> My university just went with gmail, and it’s funny that I’ve never heard of webmail.us.

]]> By: eVxz.com http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-596381 eVxz.com Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:20:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-596381 <p><strong>Rackspace Enters Small Biz Email Race With Webmail.us Buy</strong></p> <p>Small- and medium-sized businesses are the hot target markets right now, whether it' s voice and broadband or web services. The biggest opportunity, however, seems to be in hosted email, as Yahoo' s (YHOO) $350 million bet on Zimbra and...</p> Rackspace Enters Small Biz Email Race With Webmail.us Buy

Small- and medium-sized businesses are the hot target markets right now, whether it’ s voice and broadband or web services. The biggest opportunity, however, seems to be in hosted email, as Yahoo’ s (YHOO) $350 million bet on Zimbra and…

]]> By: sylvie chen http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-591955 sylvie chen Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:14:09 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-591955 <p>Rackspace is falling into the management trap that thinks it can create revenues by hosting apps on their iron which is not kicking out enough dollars. Unfortunately, their products are not innovative, are poor in handling issues such as heat abatement and cooling and in general, are a commodity, not a technology.</p> <p>Instead, they should acquire technologies that improve their market position i.e., better clustered power and cooling.</p> <p>Good luck to you email users....</p> Rackspace is falling into the management trap that thinks it can create revenues by hosting apps on their iron which is not kicking out enough dollars. Unfortunately, their products are not innovative, are poor in handling issues such as heat abatement and cooling and in general, are a commodity, not a technology.

Instead, they should acquire technologies that improve their market position i.e., better clustered power and cooling.

Good luck to you email users….

]]> By: Fell Swoop http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-591398 Fell Swoop Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:13:41 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-591398 <p>Nice article. Spelling correction- BlacksbUrg.</p> <p>Cheers, Jonathan</p> Nice article. Spelling correction- BlacksbUrg.

Cheers, Jonathan

]]> By: RYK http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-590071 RYK Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:09:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-590071 <p>Webmail.us stores its data on Amazons3 and uses some 200 Rackspace servers as database and webservers. I suspect large part of their robustness came largely due to AmazonS3, wonder what'll happen to that relationship now.</p> Webmail.us stores its data on Amazons3 and uses some 200 Rackspace servers as database and webservers. I suspect large part of their robustness came largely due to AmazonS3, wonder what’ll happen to that relationship now.

]]> By: Bryan Menell http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589994 Bryan Menell Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:07:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589994 <p>Any time I see a private company (Rackspace) announcing quarterly revenues, I have to also assume that they're conditioning the market, and an IPO is in the works.</p> <p>Better do your acquisitions now when it's easy.</p> Any time I see a private company (Rackspace) announcing quarterly revenues, I have to also assume that they’re conditioning the market, and an IPO is in the works.

Better do your acquisitions now when it’s easy.

]]> By: Bruce Judson http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589895 Bruce Judson Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:42:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589895 <p>Om:</p> <p>Great post. It seems to me that this opportunity is arising with small and medium sized businesses because the larger players are recognizing that the needs of these entities are still not being fully met.</p> <p>Toward this end, I thought you and your readers would be interested to know about the service we launched last week, "Search Free Apps" (www.SearchFreeApps.com) that searches almost 600 hand-picked valuable business services that are available free on the Web. It's a way for small and medium sized businesses to find the great free services that everyone knows are out there; but often difficult to locate.</p> <p>Search Free Apps (www.SearchFreeApps.com) was profiled last week in the Wall Street Journal online.</p> <p>Once again, thanks for the great post.</p> <p>Bruce Judson Founder, Search Free Apps</p> Om:

Great post. It seems to me that this opportunity is arising with small and medium sized businesses because the larger players are recognizing that the needs of these entities are still not being fully met.

Toward this end, I thought you and your readers would be interested to know about the service we launched last week, “Search Free Apps” (www.SearchFreeApps.com) that searches almost 600 hand-picked valuable business services that are available free on the Web. It’s a way for small and medium sized businesses to find the great free services that everyone knows are out there; but often difficult to locate.

Search Free Apps (www.SearchFreeApps.com) was profiled last week in the Wall Street Journal online.

Once again, thanks for the great post.

Bruce Judson Founder, Search Free Apps

]]> By: Marshall Kirkpatrick http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589872 Marshall Kirkpatrick Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:13:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589872 <p>The Webmail.us guys are some of the nicest folks in the industry. Funny, people mocked me for profiling them when I did on TC. Ha! Way to go guys!</p> The Webmail.us guys are some of the nicest folks in the industry. Funny, people mocked me for profiling them when I did on TC. Ha! Way to go guys!

]]> By: Rick http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589814 Rick Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:18:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589814 <p>Are all these companies a threat to Microsoft Outlook? I welcome the new regime. We need better communications. And I hope this continues to the entire unified communications space!</p> Are all these companies a threat to Microsoft Outlook? I welcome the new regime. We need better communications. And I hope this continues to the entire unified communications space!

]]> By: VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of Buzzword word processor http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589358 VentureBeat » Adobe buys Virtual Ubiquity, maker of Buzzword word processor Mon, 01 Oct 2007 06:01:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589358 <p>[...] yet more email software news, GigaOm reports hosting provider Rackspace has bought Webmail.us, an email hosting service. Tagged co:Virtual [...]</p> [...] yet more email software news, GigaOm reports hosting provider Rackspace has bought Webmail.us, an email hosting service. Tagged co:Virtual [...]

]]> By: bc http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589316 bc Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:12:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589316 <p>I am disappointed by the acquisition. I have been a Webmail.us user for many years and was a Rackspace customer for many years until there growth took a toll on their service. When it starts to look like the company will be run like Rackspace, I will look for a new email hosting provider for my company.</p> I am disappointed by the acquisition. I have been a Webmail.us user for many years and was a Rackspace customer for many years until there growth took a toll on their service. When it starts to look like the company will be run like Rackspace, I will look for a new email hosting provider for my company.

]]> By: Hotpricelist.com http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589306 Hotpricelist.com Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:04:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589306 <p>Been using webmail.us on 3 of our properties for the past year or more.</p> <p>Great company. POP, Imap, and a nice newsletter campaign management system. Can't say enough good things about them.</p> Been using webmail.us on 3 of our properties for the past year or more.

Great company. POP, Imap, and a nice newsletter campaign management system. Can’t say enough good things about them.

]]> By: davidphile http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589293 davidphile Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:47:25 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/09/30/rackspace-webmail-us/#comment-589293 <p>I used webmail.us for a short while last year. The experience was flawless.</p> I used webmail.us for a short while last year. The experience was flawless.

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