March 5, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Microsoft Exchange hosting reseller groupSPARK (groupspark.com) announced on Tuesday that it welcomes Microsoft's further entry into the hosted services market with the beta release of Exchange Online and SharePoint Online for small and medium-sized businesses.
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GroupSPARK says that Microsoft's recent launches further validates groupSPARK's core vision that Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services version 3 are best utilized as hosted services. And with recent analysts like Radicati Group anticipating a large boom in the market share of Exchange Server mailboxes, groupSPARK says its hosted offerings will become sought out by many SMBs looking for an online solution they can private-label.
"We welcome Microsoft's new entry into the hosted services market and are encouraged that SMBs will realize that hosted software services are a key tool in increasing corporate productivity and growing their business," says Ravi Agarwal, CEO of groupSPARK. "Currently only 1.5 million users use hosted Exchange worldwide. Microsoft's entry into this market will cause awareness of hosted Exchange to grow and will cause this market growth to accelerate. groupSPARK is uniquely positioned to help channel partners to take advantage of this explosive growth opportunity and maximize revenue."
