New service gives SMBs access to hosted e-mail and calendar, as well as support for mobile devices. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 6
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. and REDMOND, Wash., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
GoDaddy.com Inc., the world's largest domain registrar and largest hosting
provider in North America, and Microsoft Corp. today announced that
GoDaddy.com is delivering mobile and group e-mail plans with Microsoft
Outlook, powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, to help small and
medium-sized businesses (SMBs) improve worker productivity and communications
regardless of physical location. The new e-mail plans from GoDaddy.com,
including Personal Outlook, Outlook with Mobile, and Group Outlook with
Mobile, give SMBs the ability to manage all of their online services from one
place.
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"We have many customers who currently use Microsoft Office Outlook for
their e-mail. It was only natural that we expanded our offerings to include
mobile and group e-mail plans with Microsoft Outlook," said GoDaddy.com CEO
and Founder Bob Parsons. "Our goal is to be a one-stop shop for every
customer. Business owners who want the advantage of Microsoft Outlook e-mail
plans can rely on us, without worrying about system maintenance."
GoDaddy.com's e-mail plans allow small business owners to focus on
improving the productivity of their business, instead of dealing with IT
issues, by offering the following benefits:
-- On-the-go access to calendar, address books, tasks and e-mail on
virtually any device, including the Web and mobile devices, as well as
computers in the office or at home
-- Better collaboration through appointment scheduling, assigning tasks,
delegating access to e-mail and a common address book - all core features of
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Microsoft
Entourage 2008
-- No upfront hardware and software costs for these services, which often
can prevent SMBs from realizing the benefits of corporate-grade IT services
and create challenges associated with help desk support and ongoing system
maintenance
"This announcement with GoDaddy.com represents an exciting opportunity for
business owners to leverage the resources of two industry leaders who
understand the needs of businesses and their employees," said John Zanni,
general manager of Worldwide Hosting at Microsoft. "By expanding our existing
partnership, GoDaddy.com is now providing its customers with the benefits of
mobile e-mail and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, in addition to the reliable
infrastructure and support that has made GoDaddy.com one of the top hosting
services providers worldwide."
About Go Daddy
Go Daddy is a leading provider of services that enable individuals and
businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy
provides a variety of domain name registration plans and Web site design and
hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on-demand services. These
include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private
registration, ecommerce Web site hosting, blog templates and blog software,
podcast packages and online photo hosting. The Go Daddy Group, Inc. has more
than 31 million domain names under management. Go Daddy registers, renews or
transfers a domain name every second. GoDaddy.com is the world's No. 1 domain
name registrar according to Name Intelligence Inc. GoDaddy.com is also rated
the world's largest hostname provider according to Netcraft Ltd. During 2007,
The Go Daddy Group registered more than one-third of all domain names
registered in the top six generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com,
.net, .org, .info, .biz and .mobi.
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their
full potential.
SOURCE Microsoft Corp.
