Why Choose GMS?
GMS could be a very economical choice. Stanners said, “It’s got very low management overhead. The administrative requirements are nothing like Exchange. We also run on much lower hardware specs.” New 64-bit hardware to run Exchanger Server 2007 could in itself be a stopping point for many organizations, and savings in time and headaches to manage your messaging system are also certainly worth factoring into your budget. GMS web mail is designed to look much like Outlook. I guess the theory here—as with many Exchange Server alternatives—is that end users will more readily adapt if they can still use their familiar Outlook client and a similar web-based interface. In other words, they don’t have to adapt much at all; IT admins are the ones who deal with all the changes. You can see the GMS web mail interface in the screenshot below. And here’s a calendar page, once again looking quite similar to Outlook. Gizmos Let You Customize Web Mail One of the areas of greatest improvement with the