June 27, 2008 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Hong Kong-based web host PacHosting (pachosting.com) has launched a BlackBerry email hosting service, allowing a BlackBerry (blackberry.com) to stay synchronized with via Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
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Joining other email hosts like MailStreet (mailstreet.com) that offer support for BlackBerry, PacHosting announced late last week that it is the latest entrant into the market.
Partners have even shown optimism that the publicity created from Microsoft's added interest in the SaaS-delivered model will bring about positive spillover for the entire industry.
Hosted email, especially on the versatile BlackBerry, gives users the benefit of secure, wireless access to business email, synchronized wireless calendar, contacts, mail folders and tasks.
Marketing manager for hosted solutions Michael van Dijken said Microsoft's Online Services are generally targeted at value-added resellers or systems integrators. He said applications differ from the partner-hosted solutions from Intermedia or groupSPARK, companies which provide hosted, or private label versions of Exchange or SharePoint and other similar applications.