Exchange 2010 Launch: Week Round Up

Of course, Microsoft will have its hands full convincing enterprises to upgrade in an economic downturn. The company has been stressing that deploying Exchange 2010 will ultimately cut costs with cheaper storage options and built-in e-mail archiving that will eliminate the need for a third-party archiving vendor.

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But even though enterprises such as Ford and Global Crossing are early adopters of on-premises Exchange 2010, Microsoft still must face down the growing threat of Google Apps and other Web-based productivity suites.

Last week Microsoft made a concession to this threat by lowering prices for its current Exchange Online service and its BPOS (Business Productivity Online Services) suite of online productivity apps. The online version of Exchange 2010 is scheduled to release in mid-2010.

Here's a round up of the latest Exchange 2010 stories from CIO.com and its sister publications.