Amazon Web Services launches Amazon WorkMail
United
States: Amazon
Web Services (AWS) a clear leader in cloud computing market worldwide launched
its email and calendar services –WorkMail.
The product was introduced nearly a year before in a preview mode. Since its
last year, the company has been working on multiple enhancements such as
migration tool for a smooth move off of exchange as well as support clients
that run on OS X including Apple Mail and Microsoft Outlook.
The product is launched for
enterprises and fits well with the other solutions such as WorkDocs –an
enterprise storage and sharing services, WorkSpaces –a managed desktop
computing services, QuickSight –a business intelligence services, and so on.
WorkMail runs on Cloud and
works with client’s desktop/laptops and mobiles. The service is priced at $4
per user per month, providing 50GB of mailbox storage.
WorkMail is generally
available in three AWS regions -US East, US West, and Europe.
According to the TechSci Research, Amazon Web Services is
expanding its product portfolio and giving the option to the clients to
leverage cloud computing services more extensively. The product WorkMail will
compete with Google Apps for Work which leverage Google Cloud Platform and
Microsoft O365 email services which is utilizing cloud services of Microsoft
Azure.
TechSci
Research
depicts, that the Amazon Web Services which have the dominance in Cloud
Computing market will be leveraging its existing client base, and it is
expected that in the coming years WorkMail has the significant share in the AWS
total revenue.