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Archive for August, 2010

Centralized Contact Sharing for Exchange Hybrid

by Robert McAden on August 31, 2010 | No Comments

Our customers continue to rave about our Exchange Hybrid offering. It gives them the flexibility to purchase Microsoft Exchange mailboxes for power users, while purchasing budget-friendly Rackspace Email mailboxes for everyone else—all on a single domain. And now our customers have yet another reason to love our Hybrid . . . Hybrid Contacts Our cross-platform [...]

Join us for our Virtual SharePoint Summit

by Tom Duscheid on August 30, 2010 | No Comments

Calling all SharePoint customers, and everyone interested in learning more about Microsoft SharePoint. Please join us for . . . Virtual SharePoint Summit 2010 September 21, 2010 10 AM – 2 PM (CDT) Rackspace has lined up SharePoint experts from across the industry for this jam-packed, all-day summit. We will cover topics such as: Using [...]

Rackspace Business Productivity Rx: Composing Better Email

by Lizetta Staplefoote on August 25, 2010 | No Comments

Emails that get to the point are much more effective than poorly worded emails that lack focus. Constructing your emails for maximum efficiency is one more way you can increase productivity. Here’s a section-by-section primer to get you started. Crafting Subject Lines A straight-forward subject line is a great way to increase the effectiveness of [...]

Rackspace Business Productivity Rx: Have Your Own Backup Plan

by Lizetta Staplefoote on August 16, 2010 | No Comments

What would you do if you lost the draft of that novel you’ve been working on? How much time would it take to re-type? Can you ever re-take that picture of your son smiling in the bathtub when he was 6 months old? Never. If you have to take work home and lose that “do [...]

Rackspace Business Productivity Rx: Organize Your Inbox with Email Filters

by Ben Hubbard on August 11, 2010 | No Comments

The problem: I recently gave in and joined Facebook. Nearly all of my friends, family, and co-workers were already avid users. Right away, I was flooded with emails from Facebook letting me know someone requested me as a friend, accepted my offer to be a friend, commented on my wall, or did anything connected [...]

Business Email Usage Statistics | Email Usage Graph by State and Region

by Michael Ferranti on August 10, 2010 | 1 Comment

Ever wonder which states work the longest hours or the oddest hours? Here is an interesting graph showing work behavior broken down by Regions and States. The data were compiled based on Rackspace business email usage trends in the United States. The results are quite amazing. *Artwork by Klaus Shmidheiser Copy the code below to [...]

Three-Column View: Now in Rackspace Webmail

by Manny DeJesus on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

With monitors getting wider and laptops/netbooks becoming more prevalent, we’re excited to introduce our latest Rackspace Webmail feature: Three-Column View. Now, users with limited vertical space can quickly read more of their email messages without scrolling. This new feature is LIVE now – so give it a try. To enable Three-Column View: > Navigate to [...]

Outlook 2010: Top 5 New Features

by Eric Boyce on August 4, 2010 | No Comments

Microsoft has released the new Outlook 2010, and it is loaded with new features and improvements that will make managing your email, calendar, and social connections a breeze. Look at what’s new: Multiple Accounts Now you can send and receive through multiple accounts including Hotmail, Gmail, or just about any provider. It even supports multiple [...]

Rackspace Business Productivity Rx: Best Practices for Data Security

by Lizetta Staplefoote on August 3, 2010 | No Comments

If you’re like most modern businesses, a data breach or an email outage can bring productivity to a standstill. Often, the careless or unwitting actions of users are the root cause. At Rackspace, we take a no-compromises approach to our customers’ email security–but end users should also employ certain best practices, to help keep data [...]