Google's Postini group Dec. 9 rolled out
Message
Continuity, the latest in a string of software solutions to help
Microsoft's on-premise e-mail users to get more comfortable with the
Google Apps cloud.
Google Message Continuity preserves the
state of corporate e-mail created in Microsoft Exchange, the e-mail server
software used by most businesses today.
The application duplicates e-mail accounts living on
Microsoft Exchange servers in the cloud, using Google's Gmail, Calendar and
contacts from Google Apps. Message Continuity constantly syncs Gmail and Exchange,
allowing users to switch from one e-mail environment to the other.
The idea, said Adam Swidler, product marketing manager
for Google's Postini group, is that if Exchange fails or needs to be
taken down
for maintenance, users can log into Gmail with the same user ID they
use to log into Exchange to access e-mail, calendar and contact data.
For more, read the eWeek article: Google Message Continuity Replicates Microsoft Exchange Data.
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