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To: Walk Softly who wrote (68568)	1/28/2000 11:06:00 AM
From: JustInTime	Respond to of 108040

MAIL could be big...found this tidbit on a message board dedicated to IT contractors, where they discussed big trends for the next few years: "Email: The next big outsourced application by Barbara Gomolski, Research Director, Gartner Institute Electronic mail is viewed by most as a mature application that has become somewhat of a commodity. But a trend toward email outsourcing will spell new opportunities for IT contractors who know where to look. Just a few years ago, the idea of outsourcing email was considered radical ? even reckless ? by most top IT managers. Issues of security, a lack of interoperability between email systems and the relatively high cost of email outsourcing made it impractical to hand this application over to an outside service provider. All that is changing. Outsourcing email and email-related services is now being viewed by many enterprises as a way to cut overall messaging costs and improve reliability. It is becoming much more common for IT departments to consider email outsourcing so they can focus on areas they deem to be more strategic to the organization. " MAIL.COM fits the bill here, along with new deal with ELNK, more and more companies will outsource their eMail operations in the months and years ahead.