IBM is set to take on Google with the launch of a corporate
email service designed to appeal to users that are already familiar
with its Lotus products.
The comapany is looking to exploit concerns around Google's
reliabilit after its Apps service suffered a high profile outage
last month,and the comfort that some customers have in a well
established tech brand.
"Some large companies have moved their entire email over to
Google Apps so it is happening but it might not be the right
approach," one IBM staffer said recently.
A version of this story originally appeared on
Microscope.