Switch to Google Apps from Microsoft Exchange?

Something that caught my eye recently was this post over at one of the many Google blogs, outlining a new tool Google developed to migrate email, calendar, and contact data from Exchange to Google Apps. In the library’s recent 14 Days comment system, I left a note mentioning how I would like to see the college transition from an email system based around Microsoft Exchange to one based on Google Apps. This new tool seems like the perfect way to do that. Google Apps is free and I believe a superior product. The Computing Center ought to look immediately into making this transition, especially with all of the other cost-saving measures the Administration has enacted or is considering.

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  adam katcher March 20, 2010 at 9:30 am

  agreed. everyone i know who uses gmail enjoys the quality. i can say it is better in many ways than the current trinity email system. a transition to gmail might be a good idea, especially with regards to savings for the expensive upkeep and whatnot of our present tech.
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