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Intermedia NET counteroffers IBM

IBM has recently offered a bounty for users migrating to its Lotus software, and now the US leader in hosted Microsoft Exchange, Intermedia NET, announces a counter offer. Intermedia is offering $20 per company migrating from Lotus to Intermedia`s hosted Exchange service. This offer will counter IBM`s $20 per seat, up to a maximum of 1000 seats offer. Although the offer is lower than IBM?s, Intermedia.NET believes that it is still more attractive, given the superior technology and user-friendliness of Microsoft Outlook and Exchange.

?Given the inherent attractiveness of Exchange and Outlook, we very frequently migrate Lotus customers over to our hosted Exchange service,? said Michael Choupak, CEO of Intermedia.NET. ?So while we have no need to offer financial incentives to migrate customers, we wanted to make a symbolic offer of $20 as a token to welcome Lotus users upgrading to Microsoft Exchange.? "Customers migrating from Lotus to Intermedia NET?s Exchange hosting service should call sales and reference the ?Lotus migration $20 offer?. Our advanced support team will be available to assist with migration of your company email account from Lotus after sign-up."

In the hosting business since 1995 and hosting Microsoft Exchange since 2000, Intermedia NET offered the first Exchange hosting solution specifically for small and medium businesses -- enterprise-strength technology as a service for a low monthly fee, with no up-front investment.