By: Richrowley

Richrowley — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:00:56 +0000

We transitioned the school from Microsoft Exchange 2003 to Google apps just before Christmas. The process was easy and the benefits are enormous. I have one less server on site that I have to worry about, no storage headaches, minimal administration time and saving the license fee. Still working on buy in from some members of the staff, so we are working to make sure that they understand the value of the new system. Pupils just love it.

By: ALfromToronto

ALfromToronto — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:24:13 +0000

In a College environment, most students are probably already using gmail or Windows Live mail, so it’s a consideration to have them continue using it, providing:
[ULIST]
[ELEMENT]the College should have high-speed, stable, redundant access to the internet [/ELEMENT]
[ELEMENT]many sites block gmail/hotmail accounts from access, so an alternate name would have to be made available that can be redirected to the gmail/hotmail account as well as be used as the sending address[/ELEMENT]
[/ULIST]
However, for staff, faculty and grad students, protection of restricted documents and intellectual property would dictate that a secure in-house system be used.

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By: Richrowley

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