Re: Help! Need to sell my company on Exchange!
From: Clay Gerrard (clayg_at_gvtc.com)
Date: 01/07/05
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Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:37:30 -0600
What about "bob" why does he hate exchange? If you could get him on your
side it would probably be alot easier to get the boss to budge.
-clay
"Jayson Avner" <garion1138@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been a lurker for several months now, and I have to start by saying
> that these posts have helped me more times than I care to count. So thanks
> to all!
>
> At the moment I work full-time for a nutritional supplement company north
> of
> San Francisco. We're a small business (not using SBS for reasons I can't
> quite comprehend) with 15 users.
>
> And sadly, we're using SMTP and IMAP accounts from our ISP for our
> "messaging system."
>
> The IMAP accounts fail on a regular basis, so the employees that use them
> must remove the box from Outlook and remap the account daily. Interoffice
> messaging is, naturally, a joke. It probably shouldn't even be considered
> "interoffice," given that every email has to travel outside the company
> network to get from one desk to another.
>
> My boss and several other company executives constantly complain about
> lack
> of communication, yet despite my constantly extolling the virtues of
> Exchange via emails, during meetings, and informal talks with other
> employees, my boss won't let me implement it. It's not even a money or
> hardware issue - we've got all that covered.
>
> Mostly, he says he doesn't want Exchange for fear of spam. Apparently, our
> ISP uses a great filter...so good, in fact, that most of our employees
> regularly miss emails from customers and suppliers because they are
> mistakenly flagged as Spam and never reach their Outlook inbox.
>
> So, because my boss apparently does not care about centralized email
> backups, how much shared calendars can help keep everyone on track and
> informed, how public folders would probably be better than the rediculous
> web-based message board application we just wrote (and now he wants to add
> a
> feature that will let people email important message board posts to other
> employees...as if that doesn't defeat the point and lend my argument about
> *just using Exchange* a lot of credit), we still won't do it.
>
> To cut this already-too-lengthy message short, I'm trying to find advice
> on
> how to sell my company on Exchange. To me, Exchange is 3/4 of the reason
> to
> even *have* a network in the first place.
>
> Anyway, if someone could offer some advice, I'd be forever grateful.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Jayson
>
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